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Slugs are the slimy bane of many a farmer’s life, but their days of munching on precious crops could be numbered thanks to a new tool that predicts where the pests will strike.
It’s the result of groundbreaking research from a consortium led by the British On-Farm Innovation Network (BOFIN).
One strand of the three-year, £2.6m project – funded by Defra – employed a network of ‘slug sleuth’ farmers working as field researchers to suss out the molluscs’ favoured soil types.
