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Essex farm uses borage and herbage seed to fight blackgrass

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Borage and herbage seed break crops have helped one heavy land Essex arable farm get on top of blackgrass, with double spring-sown breaks and low soil disturbance seen as the key in its grassweed battle.

The borage crop was introduced five to six years ago, and the farm is now hand-rogueing blackgrass in winter wheat crops.

In the past, a big chunk of wheat had to be abandoned and sprayed off with glyphosate.

Farm manager David Hall says both break crops of borage and herbage seed are profitable and fit in well with other crops on the farm, such as winter wheat and spring barley, after oilseed rape was abandoned a number of years ago for being to.

For More Details Visit: https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/crop-management/weed-management/blackgrass/essex-farm-uses-borage-and-herbage-seed-to-fight-blackgrass

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