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En 2024, la succession d’un hiver doux et de temps pluvieux a entraîné des dépenses inédites en produits antilimaces. Lisa-S/Shutterstock

Pourquoi les limaces sont si difficiles à contrôler dans les champs et les jardins

Véritable cauchemar du jardinier ou de l’agriculteur, les limaces sont aussi très mystérieuses. Pour aider à minimiser les ravages qu’elles provoquent des scientifiques ont étudié leurs déplacements.
Even if the farmhouse stays dry, the crops are underwater. Steve Parsons/PA

Farmers, small businesses and the full cost of the wettest winter

With towns in the south and southwest flooded out, the government has offered £5,000 payments to help homeowners add flood protection to their homes, while small firms will enjoy a cut of a £10m fund to…
Has Charles good points to make about the countryside, or is he just stirring it up? Ben Birchall/PA

Charles: the future king with retro‑vision

In this week’s Country Life HRH Prince of Wales writes of the social and economic importance of farming. It is, he says: the bedrock of our rural communities, making post offices, pubs, public transport…
I’m just a sprayer, the pest manager does the thinking. ricephotos

Pest management – it isn’t just about the killing

To most people pest management brings up images of rats, cockroaches and chemical spraying. Poisoning vermin and insect is only one minor, albeit important, aspect of pest management. Few people know about…

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