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Planning crop inputs when budgets are tight

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With product prices down for all ag sectors this season, arable growers are reconsidering their budgets. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR researchers Jo Drummond and Richard Chynoweth say monitoring of crops and the soil beneath them is key to deciding whether inputs can be trimmed without sacrificing yield.

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