Farmer James Foote was prompted to contact us earlier this year after seeing our various discussions regarding herbal leys on social media. James farms near Truro in Cornwall and was looking for a herbal ley for cutting. ‘Our main aims are to find a perennial forage mix that is deep rooting ...

The slow, cold and extremely dry spring has caused some spring sown reseeds to struggle this year in parts of the UK.  The lack of moisture and the slow establishment of the sown species has reduced the competition against weeds, giving them more room to grow than usual and as a result ...

If you’re growing maize, drilling grass into a standing maize crop can bring multiple benefits and now is the perfect time to sow Italian ryegrass with CoverCoat.  Broadcasting Italian ryegrass into standing maize as a covercrop protects the soil, preventing soil erosion and improving ...

The hot weather in the middle of June has really helped with hay-making. A two year Italian Ryegrass Ley sown in Autumn last year has produced top quality hard horse hay ideal for the racehorse market. The regrowth from the hay cuts can either be cut for haylage later in the season or hay if the ...

Sow westerwold annual ryegrass now and you’ll have a high yielding hay crop ready for cutting within just three to four months time. Other forage leys which take longer to establish need to be sown in Autumn for a hay crop the following Spring but the wonder of westerwolds is that it grows ...