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Sowing cover crops with a drone: not perfect, but promising

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Dutch arable farmer Pieter van Leeuwen Boomkamp sowed cover crops in his silage maize in mid-September using a drone. The idea behind this was that it might allow him to postpone chopping until after October 1st. Following Dutch law you have to sow a cover crop before ths date. By then, the cover crops, a mix of oilseed radish and leafy kale, would already be sown and germinated. Now, he looks back. What are the experiences? ‘I do want to continue experimenting.’ Sowing cover crops with a…..

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