It's best to exercise caution when it comes to late sowings in September and October.  This is a good time of year for sowing overwinter cover crops or green manures, which have increased in popularity due to ‘Greening’. However, time is of the essence as the weather deteriorates; ...

Our Mycorrhizal Fungi (MF) trials are progressing well. Earlier this year, we sought farmers willing to take part in trials of MF, sowing half their seeds with MF and half without. Naturally occurring, MF can provide a higher yielding grass ley with increased robustness, better drought tolerance ...

Following the end of the four-year-long EU funded LegumePlus research project, its coordinator Prof. Irene Mueller-Harvey of Reading University will be presenting results in America. Prof. Mueller-Harvey will give a presentation at the Synergy in Science: Partnering for Solutions meeting at the ...

On Saturday we held the Wychwood Project Pollinator Day at Honeydale Farm and it can only be described as a HUGE success. All at Honeydale would like to thank everybody who came and showed huge interest in what is happening at the farm, as well as those Cotswold Seeds staff who showed such ...

The four-year-long LegumePlus project comes to an end later this year, and to celebrate the achievements of all involved, we will be holding a dissemination event in October, where researchers involved in the project will be presenting their research and talking to us about their ...