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Tuesday, 05 February 2019 12:52

‘Wet’ sums up season

A team from Southbridge-based EAL Agriservices Group loads up new season’s barley straw from a 22ha paddock on Grant and Bruce Perry’s farm at Barrhill, Mid-Canterbury. EAL boss Tim Ridgen said the straw followed a “great” crop of barley. Harvesting of autumn-sown crops is now in full swing in the province with soaring summer temperatures, although a wet early season has been blamed for a spike in fungal diseases for some. Photo: Rural News Group.

‘Wet’ sums up the 2018-19 grain season for Canterbury, says the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) research manager for cereals, Rob Craigie.

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