A farmer-led trial is putting harvest weed seed control through its paces. CPM visits a farm in Warwickshire with a New Holland combine harvester fitted with a Redekop seed control unit.
There’s a sense of determined exasperation from Ted Holmes as he moves through his crop of Skyfall. This field is ready for harvest, but he’s left it until last, because it’s teeming with ryegrass.
“It’s like you’re playing tennis with this weed – just when you think you’re on the front foot, it snatches back a series of points, and you find yourself fighting again to stay in the game,” he says. “The other trying aspect is the extended germination period it has.”
https://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/machinery/the-seeds-of-a-new-way-on-weeds/
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