{"id":32469,"date":"2024-08-04T22:42:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32469"},"modified":"2024-08-04T22:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:42:55","slug":"maize-takes-root-round-south-abingdon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32469","title":{"rendered":"Maize Takes Root round South Abingdon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024080404.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s evident this year that maize has become the main crop in the agricultural land surrounding South Abingdon. Fields bordering Masefield Crescent<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024080403.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nand those near Overmead and Virginia Way are cultivating this tall plant.<\/p>\n<p>Known for its efficiency in transforming sunlight into biomass, maize serves as a source of animal feed. And with the growing emphasis on renewable energy, it is used in the production of biogas through anaerobic digestion, as highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/countryfile-tv-show\/countryfile-presenters\/adam-henson-the-rise-of-maize-in-the-uk\">Countryfile<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s evident this year that maize has become the main crop in the agricultural land surrounding South Abingdon. Fields bordering Masefield Crescent and those near Overmead and Virginia Way are cultivating this tall plant. Known for its efficiency in transforming sunlight into biomass, maize serves as a source of animal feed. And with the growing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}