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Sowing and Growing Wildflowers We’re getting plenty of questions about sowing and growing wildflower mixtures, and Spring (late March-May) is the ideal time, giving the ...
RESEARCH PROJECTS & TRIALS SARIC & NIAB Restoring Soil Quality Through the Reintegration of Leys and Sheep into Arable Rotation Aim: Many farms are reintroducing mixed ...
The 2018 drought has caused a moss invasion in many lawns across the UK, which needs addressing this year. During one of the driest summers on record, with temperatures reaching ...
Lester Lavington manages Chapel Pill Farm, near the River Avon, for the Alvis family, who are producers of the award-winning Lye Cross Cheese. Over 100 years ago the ...
This equine and arable farm in Little Horkesley has been owned by Stephen March’s relations since just after the First World War but when Stephen and his wife took it over ...
Autumn sown cover crops or green manures are increasingly being grown on conventional and organic farms to improve soil fertility instead of leaving bare fallow over the winter ...
In the face of a marked decline in the number of wild flower meadows across the UK, many are choosing to recreate these spectacular shows of native floral species. Wild flower ...
A silage or hay crop with grazing aftermath for dry, alkaline soils, there are few crops like sainfoin. It is a high-yielding, drought-resistant plant which needs no nitrogen ...
Over half the UK is down to grass. But is it productive?
Good grass starts with good seed, but helping that seed get established is just as ...
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 ...
We’ve been involved in two local events this week. Last Thursday we were invited to The Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, for a Food & Farming day, part of Open ...
Low returns from the beef and sheep sectors are forcing producers to look for minimum cost systems that produce the low fat product consumers demand. Maximising the utilisation of ...
Here John Rogers from Hereford describes his Pochon Persistent mixture and how he is able to achieve high yields with no artificial Nitrogen inputs. He regularly takes ...
Trace elements, as the name implies, are required in very small quantities by both plants and animals, and concentrations are measured in parts per million (ppm) or mg per kg. The ...
