The Sainfoin Growers’ Guide is available to order or download. Following on from the EU-funded LegumePlus project, it outlines the many benefits of growing sainfoin and represents the first practical approach for cultivation, focused on building a bridge between the latest advances in science ...

Prime Minister and local MP, David Cameron visited Honeydale Farm today to see the simple and newly created natural flood management works there, and learn how such schemes on farms can help prevent flood events downstream. Addressing the controversial issue of paying farmers to flood land, the ...

The results of the four-year-long LegumePlus project were presented by the participating scientists and researchers who gathered at NIAB's Innovation Farm - see a summary ...

Long Term Green Manures: Nothing improves soil more than adding organic matter to it. Soils with enough organic matter are easier to work and grow better crops. This is well known and fast being recognised by all those involved in agriculture. Every year, due to cultivations, a crop uses between 2 ...

Paul Totterdell’s role at Cotswold Seeds has evolved over the years to cover all things technical, in every sense of the word. He was born in Gloucester but moved to North Littleton, near Evesham as a young boy, growing up in a rural community with many friends involved in farming. His first ...