Maize stubble by Day's Lode Road

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Maize stubble by Day's Lode Road

Image: © Hugh Venables Taken: 18 Nov 2017

Maize is increasingly being grown for anaerobic digestion to create gas and electricity, which is a questionable use of land and farming resources, especially due to the links between maize and soil erosion from the very late sowing of the crop.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.511437
Longitude
0.181343