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Farm Walk at Honeydale

Cover Crop for February Grazing & Spring Sowing

This late sown cover crop has established well near Hull. Established on September 10th by Jonathan Hodgson with the Mazuri strip-till drill, it’s ready for grazing in ...

* New * Buttercups

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, ...

A FarmED Team Reflection on ORFC Global 2021

 

Sowing & Growing a Pure Timothy Ley

Sainfoin Experience Day

The Sainfoin Experience Day was hosted by Cotswold Seeds and the University of Reading, to discover more about the many benefits this ‘Healthy Hay’. Full ...

Ian's Guest Blog for Agricology

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 ...

Herbal Leys and F. Newman Turner

If there is one man who’s inspired and influenced the work of Cotswold Seeds and guided the company’s product development it’s Frank Newman Turner, (1913 – ...

Growing Sainfoin

Sainfoin leys should be considered to last four years or more. In this they are similar to Lucerne. However a proportion of the sainfoin will last considerably longer (up to 20 ...

Simple Herbal Ley

Cotswold Seeds: The First Chapter

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 ...

Haymaking in the Heat

The hot weather in the middle of June has really helped with hay-making. A two year Italian Ryegrass Ley sown in Autumn last year has produced top quality hard horse hay ideal ...

Cocksfoot-The Black Sheep of the Grass Family?

This article considers whether farmers should grow cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) on dry soils as an alternative to ryegrass. Ian Wilkinson, Managing Director of Cotswold Seeds ...

Plant green manures in April to 'Sort Out Your Soil'

April is the ideal time to plant both long and short term green manure crops. The shorter term green manure crops such as mustard, sweet clover and red clover all ...

Ryegrass

Autumn Wildflowers

September is a prime time for sowing wildflowers, when grass growth is slowing, meaning the flowers have a chance to come through. Whether you're planning agricultural ...

Farmland Birds: Sowing & Growing

Use root crops to finish lambs over winter

Many livestock farmers plant brassica root crops over winter to supplement winter grazing. To make the most of this highly nutritious crop - and finish lambs quickly - is fairly ...