Our Sainfoin field is doing very well and is now coming into flower; a beautiful sight. The seed was drilled last June into a new, clean seedbed after ploughing and pressing the field. We later broadcast a companion grass mixture containing Timothy and Meadow Fescue on top of the seedbed, rolling it in to ensure establishment.

Being such an upright plant, Sainfoin doesn't provide a huge amount of weed smothering so a grass companion crop is needed to fill up the sward. It also increases the overall biomass of the crop to produce a better yield.

Looking forward, we can use the crop for haylage with the option to take seed from it at a later date.