May - when the soils are warm and there’s adequate moisture - is the ideal time to sow lucerne and sainfoin, and after last year’s dry summer, farmers are increasingly interested in these deep-rooting, drought-resistant forage legumes. As they are slow to establish, the traditional ...

Some great feedback from Macaroni Farm in the Cotswolds, who describe our 200kg bags as a 'game changer.' Remember you can request these too, when placing your ...

Dan Bown of RA Bown at Northfield Farm in Worcestershire contacted us over the Easter weekend to let us know about his crop of westerwolds ryegrass. The crop was sown in the 3rd week of October, via min till cultivation, after spring barley. It has had no spring fertiliser and despite less than ...

Sowing and Growing Wildflowers Generally wild flowers are sown from March to May in the spring and late August to October in the autumn.  Sowing rate The sowing rate is 2-2.5 grams per square metre or 8-10 kg per acre depending on the mixture. Putting on more than this will mean 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 farming into arable rotations, hoping to improve soil quality and control herbicide resistant weeds like black grass. ...