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Andy Doyle is in the fields in east cork this week examining spring barley.
"While it was obvious that variety played a part in the general colour differences between fields, there was still a lot of colour variability within fields."
"A problem for crops in the area is relatively poor establishment. It’s obvious that when crops did eventually get sown, the land dried out."
To read the full In the fields article, see this week's Irish Farmers Journal on sale Thursday.
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