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Pannar's strategy to help farmers improve yield – come what may

How do you see agricultural innovation evolving over the next decade, especially in terms of crop and soil science?

Seed companies are using genetics to increase crop production at an ever-increasing rate. This means that the top end yield potential of crops such as maize, soya bean and sunflower is steadily improving.

To convert this potential yield into improved yield per hectare, farmers will have to increase their use of fertiliser, not only to capture the value in the crop, but to prevent

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