Essex wheat grower Phil Cottis is renewing his interest in the often-forgotten milling variety Illustrious, as it looks to be an efficient user of nitrogen to produce high-protein grain and may help save him some expensive nitrogenous fertiliser. A small 2.8ha area of the winter wheat variety produced a 14% protein grain sample this summer […]
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