A mixture of information, news & case studies
This month's newsletter from the Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping (CHCx3) newsletter is full of news and views, including: * An editorial from Stuart Knight, ...
Herbal Ley Establishment & Management Discover the benefits of introducing herbal leys into your rotation with this one day course, and leave feeling confident in your ...
Congratulations to David Newman & Tracy Russell, the winners of this year’s Soil Farmer of the Year award, which was announced last week at Groundswell. David & ...
Milvus red clover is a European variety (developed in Switzerland. It has been bred from Matenklee cultivars, which has historically been bred for longevity and ...
Read all about LegumeLegacy’s first face-to-face training gathering. Following its successful online event in September 2023, LegumeLegacy was delighted to host ...
Suitable soils and optimum pH Over-seeding can be beneficial on most soil types. Routine monitoring of pH levels will allow for any necessary corrections to be made. When to ...
Lucerne often appears to be heading for a revival, then along comes a wet summer and there is not much interest. It has been grown for more than two hundred years and is a major ...
With their ability to provide high yields of good quality forage and to fix ‘free’ nitrogen from the atmosphere, clovers are finding popularity on many farms. Clovers ...
Tom and his family have been farming near Kings Lynn since the 1960s, having originally moved up from Hampshire. The farm is a mixed dairy and arable enterprise, based around a ...
A presentation we've been giving to agricultural colleges, international symposia and farming groups on the many benefits of seed mixtures containing ...
Many farmers are increasingly concerned about which forage crops to plant to withstand lack of rain. However, for farmers on dry, neutral or alkaline soils lucerne could ...
Mr. Cornwallis, a mixed farmer from Oxfordshire, describes his sytem for using a Cotswold Seeds Herbal Ley as foggage. Mr. Cornwallis, was found by the Farm Business ...
Trials at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester (Gloucestershire) and by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (Hampshire) have indicated the higher yield potential ...
Farmers about to harvest whole crop silage can consider drilling lucerne at this time of year. With whole crop being clamped this month there is a window of opportunity ...
Buttercups are probably one the most well known and easily recognisable meadow plants in the UK. There are many different types of buttercup, from the more well known Meadow, ...