The conversation around UK native wildflower seed is one that is of increasing importance, especially when we consider that 97% of the UK’s grassland has been destroyed since the 1930s, and non-native species now outnumber UK native wildflower species across the...
Running a shoot – whether commercial or DIY – has been a gruelling undertaking over the last few years. Covid, bird flu and the war in Ukraine have caused serious issues with supply chains and costs, not to mention the basic requirement of actually carrying out...
The cereal harvest in underway and as we know, this is an important time for every arable farmer across the country. Hopefully, the weather behaves for us, and the harvest is a success. This would be against the odds of a very difficult sowing and establishing season....
Marc Bull, of Bright Seeds, looks at how and why game crops have evolved through the ages, from the impact of World War II to the introduction of stewardship schemes… It is estimated that roughly 25,000 hectares of gamecover crops are grown across Britain each year....
It is safe to say that the weather has not been the gamekeepers or the farmers friend recently. You don’t need us to tell you that the last few months have been wet, to say the least. This has created a lot of uncertainty when it comes to game cover crops. With the...
Selecting the right game cover seed for your shoot is vital. The decisions made now can have a sizable impact on the general success of the upcoming season – and with the running costs of shoots still at an all-time high, it’s important to get it right first time. As...
With each Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme designed to provide different benefits to the land or the habitat, it can be a little hard to keep up. One scheme that has been discussed with regularity recently is SAM3 Herbal Leys. This falls under the wider...
Bright Seeds’ new wildflower specialist Megan Townley known first-hand how effective wildflowers can be within game cover and conversation mixes. The question is, are they being utilised to the full potential…? To the purist, the term ‘wildflower’ strictly relates to...
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) has been the most talked about initiative in recent weeks, with our office and agents inundated with questions around what mixtures and crops we can provide for the various agreements. This hasn’t come as a surprise. With the...