A mixture of information, news & case studies
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 ...
Wireworms, the juvenile larvae of the click beetle (Elateridae) are a particular risk to crops which follow grass within a four year period. It’s believed that the wireworms ...
Species of the Week: Milvus Red Clover has very good persistence. The Swiss plant breeders have used the Matenklee or mountain type Red Clover as a parent and have bred a ...
This period of warm, settled weather has created a window for hay making. But while it’s always a relief to get hay in the barn in dry conditions, early cutting can come ...
Arable farmers can slash N costs with these soil improving crops. According to John Nix’s Farm Management Pocketbook, fertiliser prices increased by 45% each year between ...
April is the ideal time to plant both long and short term green manure crops. The shorter term green manure crops such as mustard, sweet clover and red clover all ...
Anaerobic digestion has made headline news as a green energy alternative to fracking. Cotswold Seeds Technical Advisor Paul Totterdell was interviewed by Reuters to talk ...
When the clocks go back, officially bringing British summertime to an end, you may think it’s too late to sow for forage for next year - but it’s not. You can ...
Lucerne varietal choice can be confusing. This is mainly because Lucerne is not native to UK soil, and therefore picking the right cultivar is important to ensure it can survive ...
Harry Blake, aged 21, helps run a 650 acre farm near Oxford with his Mother. He’s a fifth generation farmer and his family has been farming their land in Oxfordshire since ...
Jon Wilson is Farms Manager at Holt Farms, the Yeo Valley Family Farm, which provides milk to Yeo Valley to produce their well-known range of dairy products. ‘Our aim is ...
The soil is one of our most precious resources. It is the medium in which we grow our food, and it is home to a multitude of organisms whose activity is vital to crop growth. ...
To hold a seed in the palm of the hand is to hold a small future that is impossible to predict. Is the seed alive or is it dead? Will it germinate if it is given water, or is it ...
Watch, in full, a webinar for farmers, presented by Ian Wilkinson. In the webinar we look at using deep-rooting, diverse herbal leys as a way to combat some of the problems we ...
Planting an area of woodland is a great way to increase the variety of habitats on an area of land and we are seeing more woodland areas being planted on farmland through grant ...
