Legumes, grown with grass or on their own, play an important role in providing highly nutritious forage and free nitrogen. All legumes share the ability to collect nitrogen from the air and make it available in the soil for plant growth. Legume-rich forage is therefore low cost as it requires ...

Work will begin this week on the new entrance to Honeydale Farm. The new track will replace the existing one to improve road safety since the new access, further up the A361 towards Chipping Norton, offers better visibility for vehicles arriving and leaving the farm. The traditional dry stone wall ...

We’ve been drilling Ryegrass (Westerwold) and vetch at Honeydale Farm today before the rain forecast for this weekend. It’s to provide ground cover over winter and grazing for sheep. In order to establish small grass and clvoer seeds the seedbed needs to be firm before and after ...

Come at see us at Cereals to talk about livestock in the arable rotation and more. We're sharing a stand with the NSA.

Five members of the Cotswold Seeds team have just completed a three day intensive course on soil microbiology, looking at everything, from the importance of soil microorganisms, carbon content, to compaction, soil sampling and the formation of humus. At Cotswold Seeds and Honeydale Farm ...