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<blockquote data-quote="Steevo" data-source="post: 7027641" data-attributes="member: 430"><p>OSR can still be grown in the UK, after all it happily grows on roundabouts and roadsides without any issue. Growing it economically is a whole different ballgame, and this is something that perhaps wasn't quite the issue for the Romans.</p><p></p><p>The Romans may have farmed OSR here (you learn something new every day!) but they probably didn't have quite the challenges of imports from abroad, GM, high rents, etc that make it unsustainable financially. The economics of growing OSR are what ruin it more than the agonomic ability to grow it.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line: If OSR was worth £3000/t I don't think farmers would be quite so fussed if only parts of each field survived because it would still pay to grow it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steevo, post: 7027641, member: 430"] OSR can still be grown in the UK, after all it happily grows on roundabouts and roadsides without any issue. Growing it economically is a whole different ballgame, and this is something that perhaps wasn't quite the issue for the Romans. The Romans may have farmed OSR here (you learn something new every day!) but they probably didn't have quite the challenges of imports from abroad, GM, high rents, etc that make it unsustainable financially. The economics of growing OSR are what ruin it more than the agonomic ability to grow it. Bottom line: If OSR was worth £3000/t I don't think farmers would be quite so fussed if only parts of each field survived because it would still pay to grow it. [/QUOTE]
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