Ian is speaking on March 4th at Innovation for Agriculture's Animals to Arable Conference. He'll be talking about forage choice and planting the right seed mixtures. Other speakers include Stephen Briggs and Tim May from Kingsclere Estates. It'll be a fascinating event and there are still ...

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 of water and high levels of farming chemicals forced the closure of Val de la Mare reservoir. Deputy Environment ...

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 son, Dan. They have 420 acres which are predominantly used for dairy. The 170 dairy Holstein herd, comprising 65 milking ...

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 years ago, but Martin says he’s never stopped learning and experimenting. As a first generation farmer, he has ...

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 significant cost savings.  This mix is suitable for taking a cut of silage, but is mainly used for rotational grazing. ...