June 4, 2014

Clubroot and mud

A moist late spring means more mud clinging to equipment and, because growers are under extra pressure to get the crop seeded, less time available to clean equipment between fields. This greatly increases the risk of clubroot spreading from field to field. The following photos show high risk scenarios for clubroot spread…

mud on highway clubroot

truck mud on road small
Mud on packers

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