Oilseed rape growers focus on two factors for high yields

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Many high-yielding oilseed rape crops are grown in the Scottish Borders, helped by long summer days and few cabbage stem flea beetles. David Jones reports.Two leading Scottish Borders oilseed rape growers' focus on crop establishment and nutrition has led them to push their average farm yields towards the 5t/ha barrier.David Fuller manages 650ha of rapeseed, while David Fuller-Shapcott has just 17ha in the ground, but both have similar approaches to getting the best out of their crops.