If you’re starting off the new year with a visit to the Oxford Real Farming Conference and thinking that one of your farming resolutions for 2017 might be to ‘Sort out Your Soil’, using green manures to add humus to soil to increase fertility so that chemical fertiliser use can be ...

Cotswold Seeds MD and farmer Ian Wilkinson is taking part in presenting two sessions at the Oxford Real Farming Conference in January, which both look at issues relating to diverse crops for improved soil health, human health and profitability. The annual Oxford Real Farming Conference, held in ...

In partnership with other Oxfordshire farms, we’re conducting an experiment over the next few months to determine the best way to provide food to support farmland birds during the winter hungry gap. We’re comparing the effectiveness of growing wild bird plant mixtures, compared to ...

Ian leading a practical workshop fo FWAG South West at Rhode Farm Bridgewater on the benefits of winter covercrops.  Sown just before or after the combine, our Winter Warmer super quick mix covers the soil, fixes N while the weather is warm and picksup N that would otherwise be washed ...

Ian is leading a practical workshop for FWAG South West next week,looking at the benefits of cover crops. It will take place on the morning of Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 10am-1pm at Rhode Farm, Rhode, Bridgwater, TA5 2AD.   Ian will be joined by resource protection specialist Jo Oborn and ...