Sam recently gave two talks on plant diversity, soil health, cover crops and herbal leys. He was in North Hertfordshire with FWAG East and then in Towcester talking at the ‘Livestock Farm Business Resilience’ event hosted by Anglian Water. Read more:  Cover Crops Herbal ...

If you’re harvesting maize at the moment and looking for winter cover, as long as conditions allow you could consider sowing cereal rye & vetch, which is still available, or perhaps a short term ryegrass ley such as Westerwold or Italian ryegrass, which provides early grazing and/or ...

Congratulations to our customer, Charley Walker, who was named Grassland Farmer of the Year at the Farmers Weekly Awards. He set up a rotational grazing system on his upland beef and sheep farm, which has seen stocking rates increase by 23% and slashed costs of production. Another ...

Understanding the energy values of food-stuffs can help farmers ensure they are getting the most out of their forage. A sound knowledge of Dry Matter (DM), Metabolic Energy (ME) and Digestibility (D-value) is invaluable when planning for optimal production from livestock while keeping costs ...

We are delighted to see customers of Cotswold Seeds included in over half of the categories of finalists for this year’s British Farming Awards.  Tim Parton, from Brewood Park Farm in Staffordshire, is interested in cover crops and healthy soils, and was a FCCT soil farmer of the year ...