Establish a low plant population (less than 200 plants/m2) if drilling early (before October)

Reduce lodging in crops

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Best Practice Guidance:

• Managing crops to avoid lodging. HGCA Topic Sheet No. 27. Summer 1999

Defra Project IF0131
Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems
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