Linseed offers double spring break crop option

摘要

The linseed area is growing in the UK and one Kent grower is adding to this upswing by using it as part of a double spring cropping break in an attempt to control a costly blackgrass infestation.The oilseed's low growing cost and late drilling date were two key factors that attracted Trevor Pierce, farm manager at R Sternberg Farms, to start growing the crop. It has also helped to spread thefarm's workload, on the low-lying heavy land within view of Dunge-ness nuclear power station.