Silage Analysis for Dairy Cattle; Getting the Most out of your Grass Dry matter (DM) represents the proportion of total components remaining after water has been removed. The lower the DM of forage, the higher the fresh weight needed to achieve a target intake.  DM intake is ...

Herbal leys are great for providing increased forage availability through late spring, summer and autumn when simple grass leys may drop off; their inclusion of deeper rooting species provides drought resistance, and seasonal growth helping to keep consistent production through the ...

Linn Huser is one of two Doctoral Researchers who are working with Cotswold Seeds as part of the LegumeLegacy project. Here, Linn talks about her research into genetic diversity in grassland plants and the link to soil health and follow-on crops. She also talks about how working with Cotswold Seeds ...

Ellen Baekelmans is one of two Doctoral Researchers who have been working with Cotswold Seeds as part of the LegumeLegacy project. Here, Ellen talks about her PhD research into multi species grassland mixtures in crop rotations, looking at how they affect the physical, chemical and biological ...

Our annual supply of rye (conventional and organic) has now arrived in the warehouse. We take delivery of rye just once a year and there’s always a high demand as it’s a firm favourite with customers for use as an overwinter green manure cover crop. The seed leaves our warehouse almost ...