There are few forage crops like sainfoin. This legume is seeing a resurgece in popularity thanks to the recent EU-funded research that has raised the profile of this high protein, anti-bloat, drought-resistant plant to a new generation of farmers. Join the Sainfoin Experience Day, hosted by ...

Top Tips for Establishing Countryside Stewardship Mixtures. The rewards available through the Countryside Stewardship Schemes are becoming increasingly attractive to farmers and growers throughout the UK, especially since the introduction of the new simplified offers from January 2018 ...

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 ...

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 ...