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Falling number

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Sep 15, 2026

Angus McDowallGUEST
18:36
Um, but the quality's been good.
Mark Bowsher-GibbsHOST
18:39
Hagberg similarly, is that harder under an organic system or...?
Angus McDowallGUEST
18:45
This year I don't think we've had a Hagberg below 300.
Angus McDowallGUEST
18:50
Um, last year the Hagbergs were all good.
Mark Bowsher-GibbsHOST
18:55
And, I mean, out of interest from a conventional perspective, the last couple of years have been quite difficult with yellow rust in conventional systems.
Mark Bowsher-GibbsHOST
19:05
How do you k- how do you try and mitigate that in an organic system?
Angus McDowallGUEST
20:50
Partly because they break down so quickly, and partly because, um, the farmer grows a variety, uh, to...
Angus McDowallGUEST
20:59
The farmer sells his wheat by tons per a- per, per acre, sells his wheat in a lorry load of so many tons.
Siobhan WalshHOST
10:15
But look, plenty of varieties there.
Siobhan WalshHOST
10:18
Good Hagberg numbers on a lot of those varieties as well.
Siobhan WalshHOST
10:22
Just out of interest.
Siobhan WalshHOST
10:25
So take a look at those.

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