{"id":2934,"date":"2022-03-01T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agromavens.com\/?p=2934"},"modified":"2023-04-05T11:34:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T11:34:17","slug":"agricultural-facts-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agromavens.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/01\/agricultural-facts-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Silage may vary&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agricultural facts are important, especially for those of us working in agricultural communications and journalism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not surprising, therefore, that at Agro Mavens we occasionally feel duty-bound to offer a correction to fellow journalists when we spot an inaccuracy, or feel they may be leading their readers astray through a poor grasp of agricultural facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-spectator\/\">The Spectator<\/a>&nbsp;for allowing Adrian Bell to enlighten their readers <a href=\"https:\/\/agromavens.com\/index.php\/media-consultancy-film-tv-agricultural-storyline-advice\/\">again<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/agromavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Spectator-silage-letter-February-26-2022-623x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agromavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Spectator-silage-letter-February-26-2022-623x1024.jpg 623w, https:\/\/agromavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Spectator-silage-letter-February-26-2022-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/agromavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Spectator-silage-letter-February-26-2022-768x1262.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agromavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Spectator-silage-letter-February-26-2022-590x970.jpg 590w, https:\/\/agromavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Spectator-silage-letter-February-26-2022-363x597.jpg 363w, https:\/\/agromavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Spectator-silage-letter-February-26-2022.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agricultural facts are important, especially for those of us working in agricultural communications and journalism. 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