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Sowing seeds for success

DR MIKE SWAN IS HEAD OF EDUCATION AND THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL ADVISER FOR THE GAME & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST

On our last couple of shoots of the season, I noticed that one of my cover plots was all but gone, so started pondering what to do to make a better job for next season. It has been weak all winter and I’m lucky that it lasted so well in the mild weather. In an average year, with a bit more frost and snow, we would have been stymied earlier.

In common with most of our crops, this plot doubles as a patch of

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