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In your field: Charles Bruce - 'The surface in some fields is just like talcum powder'

We have now almost completed the spring work, with spring barley coming through the ground fairly evenly and its top dressing of fertiliser being applied at the end of last week.

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In your field: Charles Bruce - 'The surface in some fields is just like talcum powder'

We have now almost completed the spring work, with spring barley coming through the ground fairly evenly and its top dressing of fertiliser being applied at the end of last week. I am sure it would...

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