Congratulations to Chris Molyneux who was named Soil Farmer of the Year 2026 at Groundswell yesterday.  Growing field vegetables in Lancashire, Chris Molyneux, a customer of Cotswold Seeds, has used legume rich cover crops, strip tillage and controlled traffic farming to improve soil ...

The seventh editon of Insights, the newsletter for the Centre for High Carbon Cropping (CHCx3) is out and availble for download.  In this edition of Insights, CHCx3 Project Lead Dr Lydia Smith of Niab offers her viewpoint on perennial forage leys - capturing carbon and dealing ...

Now is the time to think about sowing Stewardship and SFI Wild Bird Mixes. We have fast growing 1 year mixes and 2 year mixes. Despite the dry conditions we had some great results with the One Year Winter Bird Seed Mix in 2026 (see photo), this mix of small seeds like millet, radish and mustard is ...

The latest newsletter from Legume Legacy features details on Meret Meret Kaspereit's interdisciplinary secondment on in vitro rumen fermentation and methane analysis at the University of Reading Earlier this year, Meret undertook an interdisciplinary secondment at the University of ...

The Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping (CHCx3) is running three courses during the spring.  The Biomass Open Day: 14th April 2026 On the day we will hear from the speakers: Will MacAlpine, Rothamsted Research Kevin Lindegaard, Willow Solutions David Marsh, Energy Crops ...