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Crop It Like It's Hot Podcast - Where next for NPK?

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Crop It Like It's Hot Podcast - Where next for NPK?

Economic and environmental drivers continue to put pressure on availability of crop nutrients.

As nitrogen prices remain volatile, in this episode of Crop It Like It's Hot, Alice Dyer explores what is driving fertiliser markets and what growers can expect for prices going forward.

With many growers looking to utilise organic nitrogen sources, Alice gets an update on the latest Farming Rules for Water policy for muck spreading and finds out how one organic and conventional farmer is using clover understoreys to alter his crop nutrition programme.

 

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