We’ve all been holding out for a change in the weather, and following the few days of rain, everyone’s ordering their seed at the same time, and we’ve been working flat out to get deliveries out as fast as we can. Short term root crops and short term grasses such as Italian ...

We know from talking to customers that people value the wealth of knowledge offered by our technical advisors, as well as our specialist and bespoke mixtures, and the friendly and efficient service they’ve come to expect from Cotswold Seeds over the years, with next day delivery and our ...

Following the long and wet winter of 2017/2018 which exhausted forage stocks on some farms, we’ve had a spring and early summer season of complete contrast, the ground very quickly going from difficult wet conditions to baked out, with drought across the UK. This has lead to difficulty in ...

After what has felt like a very long, wet winter, we are receiving lots of enquiries about repairing grass leys that may have been poached by livestock. The high cost of housing livestock for longer than expected, exhausting over winter silage stocks and having to sacrifice spring cutting leys for ...

As Defra published it’s consultation paper today, outlining plans for new funding for environmental schemes, rewarding farmers who encourage biodiversity and improve soil health, Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, visited Cotswold Seeds’ customer ...