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Providing extended spring drilling windows in wet conditions

With an ability to grow on various soil types, sunflowers are quickly gaining traction – thanks to increasing marketability – as an attractive low-input alternative to cereal crops

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Providing extended spring drilling windows in wet conditions

As the wet weather continues, growers may be looking for spring cropping options with an extended drilling window to give heavy, clay-based soil conditions the chance to dry out and become more workable....

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