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Soil health: a UK-wide discussion

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 28 June 2022 - Categories: Farming across the UK
Field containing arable stubble being subsoiled Credit: © Natural England/Jane Uglow

In this post, we'll share a summary of the second meeting of the UK Agriculture Partnership (UKAP). It was held at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise in Northern Ireland. The topic of the meeting was soil health.

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