Just bringing your attention to an interesting section on this week’s Farmers Weekly Podcast. It includes an interview with Abi Reader from South Wales who is trialling Sida as a biomass crop on her dairy farm in South Wales. The section starts about 32 minutes into the podcast.
Sida “The next wonder-crop?” – Farmers Weekly Interview
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