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Jersey suffers from high levels of pollution from intensive agriculture. Last year, in peak times of potato growing, nitrate levels reached double the EU limit of 50 mg per litre ...
Stuart Hammond is a third generation farmer, and his family have been using Cotswold Seeds’ Pochon Persistent ley for over two decades with impressive results and ...
Martin Chatfield, at Crossways Farm, describes himself as an accidental farmer, who started farming ‘by mistake’ after he bought some chickens. That was nearly forty ...
Richard Bown is a third generation farmer, and his family are third generation Cotswold Seeds’ customers. Richard farms at Northfield Farm, near Upton on Severn, with his ...
Right across the UK, autumn sowings of stubble turnips and forage rape are now being grazed, fulfilling their valuable role in providing sheep and cattle with ...
As part of our involvement with the LegumePlus project studying the various benefits of Sainfoin (legumeplus.eu), we are exposed to a great deal of scientific information, ...
Wet weather delayed episode 4 of our crimper roller experiment, but we finally found a warm, dry day to give it another go. Sam Lane talks about how successful the roller was this ...
Suitable soils These mixes are suitable for most soil types with a pH above 5.5. When to sow The one year mix is sown from late April until June and should be avoided on land ...
Cut three times a year, lucerne produces a protein-rich 14t DM per hectare without nitrogen fertiliser and on dry land. No one can really understand why so little lucerne is grown ...
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 ...
At spring approaches, we are asked most often is: when is the best time to plant grass leys? Here is a brief run down of optimum planting dates. Of course these will vary ...
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 ...
Suitable soils and optimum pH These will grow on most soil types with a pH above 5.6. When to sow Sow mixtures containing legumes in to warm soil between May and ...
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 ...
From the Winter 2017 issue of 'Broadcast' Robin Hill founded Cotswold Seeds in 1974, while book-keeper Elaine Hall joined in 1982 and is still overseeing the ...
