When a farmer or landowner apply for a stewardship scheme, specific codes must be selected. As many of our customers have discovered, there are numerous options, with each code having its own eligibilities and requirements. With so many to choose from, we thought that...
In our latest blog, Marc Bull – one of our game cover and stewardship advisors – looks at why autumn is the best time to reflect on the year’s cover crops to learn lessons for the season ahead. He also looks at the increasing importance of supplementary feeding in the...
To give a deeper insight into a gamekeeper’s thinking behind cover crops, Arthur Barraclough visited Eddie Collins - keeper on a 600 acre Hampshire estate - to discuss how he makes the most of his game crops. What are your main cover crop choices on the shoot?...
Ben Dolbear, Bright Seeds technical advisor and beef and arable farmer from the New Forest, looks at what cover cropping is, what its benefits are and the best crops to use. The term ‘cover cropping’ envelops an array of crops, typically established in late summer and...
What are rescue crops? Why are they important? What varieties do we have to offer? For our latest blog, Arthur Barraclough – our game crop advisor for the South and Southeast – looks at rescue crops and the role they play Most people reading this will be aware that...
Due to the sector that we all operate in being centuries old, we regularly hear tips and pieces of advice on how to get our cover crops away and how to keep them healthy and strong as they grow. This is often referred to as ‘husbandry’ - ‘the care, cultivation, and...
Since the 1930s, a staggering 97% of the UK’s meadows and flower-rich grasslands have been lost – an area in size similar to Wales! However, over the last ten years, with public understanding of environmental issues increasing, wildflowers have been making a...
Over the past few years, we have seen wildflowers become a feature of more and more shoots due to their ability to brighten a landscape, attract insects and help sustain partridge and pheasant chicks. And the good news is – whether sowing a bumblebee mix or something...
Marc Bull – Bright Seeds game crop advisor and stewardship specialist – talks about the relationship between farming and stewardship: something that is more important than ever following the new rules post-Brexit. Can it Work? In a word...Yes! The two can work...
Brexit could potentially have a substantial effect on game cover – as well as the shooting industry in general. With new import taxes, tariffs, phytosanitary certificates, fluctuating currencies to name but a few, it would be unwise to expect everything to remain the...