How to avoid costly trace element deficiencies in late-sown crops
Minor nutrients such as copper, manganese and zinc will affect yields
Sowing: Conor Doyle loading rolls of plastic film to cover maize seed in Donore, Co Carlow. Photo: Roger Jones.
Mark Plunkett
As the old saying goes, ‘well sown is half grown’, which is the quest every spring when establishing crops.
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