A mixture of information, news & case studies
Two neighbouring Cotswold farmers have gone into partnership in an innovative, joint venture with a Cornish dairy farmer and herbal leys are driving the busi...
The next LegumeLegacy Newsletter is now online, featuring news about the training event in Zurich in April event, political decisions and developments across Europe and the ...
As part of a wider project with the Royal Agricultural University, we are conducting research looking into the aims, establishment, management, termination and the root ...
Legumes help sustain soil fertility but the plant is only half the ...
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 ...
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 ...
With rising nitrogen prices and an ever-increasing requirement to farm in an environmentally sustainable way, green manures are fast becoming a viable way to cut input costs, add ...
Scott Laidlaw has received the British Grassland Society award for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of grassland management. He is currently working at The ...
Ian Wilkinson describes the benefits of complex seed mixtures and their importance in modern grassland ...
The Amphitheatre at Berrybank Park, the stunning new outdoor performance space in the Cotswolds, is covered in Cotswold Seeds Wild Flora & Hardwearing Lawn ...
We have had numerous enquiries about using the No Till Crimper Roller method to terminate cover crops, and we learnt some important 'do's and 'don'ts' during our ...
A new research project aims to help UK farmers and growers target Net Zero and build farming resilience through diversifying their arable and forage cropping. It will also enable ...
When areas of the country suffer a very dry spell, such as spring 2017, farmers maybe concerned about seed germination. To minimise the risk of crop failure, Ian ...
Input prices are rising far faster than inflation and, shockingly, fertiliser is now twice as expensive as it was five years ago. This, combined with the volatility of market ...