From January 2024 onwards, developers in England will be required to deliver a 10% ‘Biodiversity Net Gain’ (BNG) when building new housing and industrial or commercial developments. This is in an attempt by the government to make new infrastructure nature positive....
For those planning to enter a stewardship scheme, it is high time to start thinking about your options. With so many schemes now available, choosing the right one – particularly given the harsher economic climate – will be an important consideration for farmers,...
With wildflower’s becoming increasingly more important and their use more versatile, we now have our own specialist on the subject at Bright Seeds. Megan Townley, our new wildflower seed development manager, speaks about her background, and why wildflowers are the...
We’re now at the point in the growing season which allows us to judge just how the spring planted crops are faring. This helps with the decision as to whether something later-planted is required, depending on how successful everything is looking. Generally,...
In our latest blog, one of our directors – Arthur Barraclough – looks at some of the recent questions about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and the role that this particular scheme has to play… What is the Sustainable farming Incentive and why is it...
With farming, gamekeeping and the running of shoots seemingly facing new challenges every year, we talk to our technical sales advisor for East Anglia – Max Stuart – about what attracted him to the industry in the first place, the difficulties facing the modern...
It is a common misconception among gamekeepers and shoot managers that game maize is, effectively, the same as other varieties. Chris Bright is here to tell us why this isn’t the case… By all accounts, maize was not originally intended to be grown in the UK,...
When Bright Seeds took on Dean Lane Farm in March 2020, our vision was clear. We wanted to create a high-quality working environment to ensure we continue to supply our products efficiently, whilst enabling us to adapt to an ever-changing industry. We used some of the...
As we are all aware (though with some important details still notably undecided), gamekeepers, landowners and farmers are facing a quite substantial change to how government support payments will be processed, with the new ELMs scheme soon to be implemented. For...
The life of those running and managing shoots can sometimes feel like a never-ending carousel. Albeit an enjoyable (and often frustrating) one. So, with the curtains closing on yet another shooting season, it is already time to start thinking about how we can best...