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There are big differences between the types of seed mixtures we use for agricultural purposes, such as hay, silage and grazing, and those that we advise for amenity use, such as ...
Making good hay is both an art and a science, as well as being weather-dependent. Starting out with the right seed is certainly a step in the right direction. Hay ...
Charles Hunter-Smart has held the position of Farm and Estate Manager at Bradwell Grove for nearly 30 years, running a business which includes arable cropping, a beef suckler ...
If there is one man who has inspired and influenced the work of Cotswold Seeds and guided our product development its Frank Newman Turner, a pioneering farmer and author who ...
Listen to the webinar hosted by Ian Wilkinson, on how to make the most of cover crops and green manures, covering everything from when to sow, what equipment is needed to sow, ...
Autumn sown cover crops or green manures are increasingly being grown on conventional and organic farms to improve soil fertility instead of leaving bare fallow over the winter ...
Ruminal tympany, commonly known as bloat, is a digestive disorder of ruminants that occurs when the gas produced during normal rumination is trapped in the rumen and can not be ...
Fertiliser merchant, food manufacturer and vet all in ...
Ian Wilkinson describes the benefits of complex seed mixtures and their importance in modern grassland ...
Dr. John Frame, fellow of the Linnean Society and a past president of the British Grasssland Society, and Scott Laidlaw, a recipient of the BGS award, explain how to extend the ...
When we consider the different species that can be utilised in a grass seed mixture, grasses and clovers can be viewed as a versatile array of tools, which when carefully ...
Grassland accounts for two thirds of the agricultural land in the UK and supports about £10 billion worth of ruminant products per year, which represents 60% of the UK ...
Isn’t it strange how things change? Only a couple of decades ago westerwolds ryegrass was considered to be a poor quality, emergency crop with little appeal to UK farmers. ...
Here at Cotswold Seeds we have seen an increasing volume of enquiries about creating a durable grass cover for large scale solar parks. Some of these solar parks have an existing ...
Bumble-bees used to be a regular feature of the British countryside. They were often considered so common as to be unworthy of special mention by entomologists before the Second ...
ELS and HLS sewardship agreements cover 2.5 million hectares and there are around 14,000 English farmers with ELS agreements. DEFRA has provided some £400 million to fund ...
Livestock farmers are on the receiving end of volatile market prices for meat and milk. Alongside this, feed and fertiliser, the two key variable costs of production have risen ...
Companion cropping can sometimes be a difficult term to define, but a learned fellow farmer, Andy Howard, describes it as growing two or more crops together, and that’s ...
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