Note the shorter vegetation, skirting the field boundary then moving away from it. This strongly suggests it was mowed, whereupon the regenerated knotweed was discovered, with the operator then moving away towards the crop.
The rhizomes of this plant are already established 7m into this neighbouring field. One can only hope it's not ploughed....
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