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Now that's an interesting question.
I was speaking to a local farmer a few weeks ago. He told me that for decades, most French farmers have been encouraged to use synthetic fertilisers - above all other methods - when it comes to improving crop yields.
A result is that drainage has been largely neglected and much of the topsoil has been washed away, leaving infertile clay that has to be dosed with synthetic fertilisers in order to grow anything. A result is that good topsoil is hard to find.
This could all be wrong as the conversation was in French and I am FAR from fluent!
However, as our land has been neglected for 50 years plus, we have a good layer of topsoil.
If you can get a shovel-equipped working party together you'd be very welcome to several metres carré...
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I was speaking to a local farmer a few weeks ago. He told me that for decades, most French farmers have been encouraged to use synthetic fertilisers - above all other methods - when it comes to improving crop yields.
A result is that drainage has been largely neglected and much of the topsoil has been washed away, leaving infertile clay that has to be dosed with synthetic fertilisers in order to grow anything. A result is that good topsoil is hard to find.
This could all be wrong as the conversation was in French and I am FAR from fluent!
However, as our land has been neglected for 50 years plus, we have a good layer of topsoil.
If you can get a shovel-equipped working party together you'd be very welcome to several metres carré...
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