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Wet weather affects FIRST seed trials

By Tim Hoskins, Missouri Farmer Today
Nov 28, 2015
Nov 28, 2015

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Excess rain was the main determining factor affecting yields in the Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) Seed Tests.

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