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Hopes rise for reprieve for maize seed treatments

An industry working group set up to tackle the impending ban of seed treatments on maize is hopeful treated seed will be available next spring

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Hopes rise for reprieve for maize seed treatments

The future viability of maize being grown in the UK - either for use as livestock forage or as a feed source for AD (anaerobic digestion) plants - has been in question due to an impending ban on all seed...

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