A mixture of information, news & case studies
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 ...
Starting next month, agroecological adviser Niels Corfield is leading three courses at FarmED about regenerative soil health - one for arable farmers, one for livestock farmers ...
Last month Cotswold Seeds lead a herbal ley course at FarmED, for those interested in exploring complex seed mixture of grasses, legumes and herbs for livestock health, ...
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 ...
Richard and Jo Cuzens at Littleton Cheney in Dorset kindly sent in these images. Following an Italian ryegrass silage mix the field was sown in August 2019 with a ...
We're receiving more and more questions from customers concerned about how to manage wireworms. Wireworms, the juvenile larvae of the click beetle (Elateridae) are a particular ...
Though herbal leys are traditionally used as forage with regular movement of stock to keep on top of the growth, our Simple Herbal ley is also designed to be a great cutting ...
Alpacas have become increasingly familiar animals in the British countryside in recent years. One farmer explained that this is because: ‘They are pets, grass cutters, ...
Before we took over our 107 acre experimental farm and education centre five years ago, in 2013, two thirds of land was given over to continuous crops, including spring barley, ...
Over the last 10 years the number of acres planted with grapevines in England and Wales has grown by 135%, according to the English Wine Producers trade body, making wine one of ...
The quieter winter months, when autumn sowing season is over, is the perfect time to take samples to test your soil health to make sure the baseline pH levels and nutrients are ...
Overseeding can be a very useful, low cost way of improving existing equine pasture, which may have become thin and tired with age or damaged through over-grazing and late August ...
If you’re looking to patch up failed game or environmental crops, Summer is the time to sow our Retrieve mixture for winter cover. Fast, reliable and economical, nothing ...
When an old ley becomes tired and it’s time to plough up and reseed to improve productivity, several well known pests, which might be living in the old grassland, can cause ...
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