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Herbal leys are great for providing increased forage availability through late spring, summer and autumn when simple grass leys may drop off; their inclusion of deeper rooting ...
Herbal Ley Establishment & Management Discover the benefits of introducing herbal leys into your rotation with this one day course, and leave feeling confident in your ...
Why include white clover in my pasture? White clover is a perennial forage legume. It has the ability to fix up to 180kg/ha nitrogen from the atmosphere, decreasing the need for ...
Intensive silage leys require high yielding, high energy grasses which are easy to cut and ferment to produce high quality forage. Selection of a grass mixture should take into ...
What Overseeding is the process of adding to an existing ley, to improve worn out or damaged leys, or patching up a recent sowing which has not taken we...
While the rain has certainly made harvesting difficult in the last few weeks, those fields that are cleared provide a great opportunity to plant fast growing forage crops for ...
Start planning now for Autumn sowings of wildflowers! Now is the time to start making preparations for Autumn sowings of wildflowers. Decisions can be made as to what type ...
Westerwold Ryegrass can be a very useful option to bulk up forage stocks from a spring sowing. Unlike other grass species, Westerwold will provide a full yield within the year of ...
At this time of year it is not unusual to receive calls regarding the management of autumn sown grass leys, usually a light autumn graze, plus some colder winter weather is ...
Supply of Stubble Turnips has been delayed this year but we're pleased to say that the seeds have finally arrived and we have started dispatching orders today. We are also ready ...
Mike Adams totally changed his farming system after attending the Herbal Ley Establishment and Management course at FarmED, run in partnership with Cotswold Seeds. Mike farms 305 ...
We have had numerous enquiries about using the No Till Crimper Roller method to terminate cover crops, and we learnt some important 'do's and 'don'ts' during our ...
We get a lot of phone calls from eager customers early in the Spring season who are ready to sow their Cotswold Seeds but don't know whether soil is warm enough for germination to ...
The key to successful over-seeding is to reduce the competition from the existing sward as much as possible, before introducing the new seeds. Sowing in warm conditions, just ...
When harvest is complete, planning when new leys are drilled is crucial over the following weeks. With legumes very sensitive to temperature, the sooner any seed mixtures ...
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