Products — Clovers
Red clover
Red Clover normally produces two main cuts and a small autumn cut. Most early varieties are traditionally known as Broad Red or Double Cut Clover. It is a useful component in the short-term grass mixtures for silage, haylage etc. Church of Bures are maintainers of Essex Broad and still grow the variety in Essex.
ESSEX BROAD
This is a 100% UK native variety in which we have specialised for a number of years. Produces heavy yielding hay and seed crops. It also provides a rich quality growth and leaves excellent soil fertility.
White clover
White clover is a low growing high tillering plant which is very important constituent of our long term leys. In our mixtures we blend two varieties this enables maximum benefit in terms of flexibility to most multi purpose leys.
CHURCH WHITE CLOVER BLEND
This is a blend of medium and large leaved white clovers which will help bulk the grass for cutting and grazing with excellent mid summer production without artificial fertilizer.
50% Large leaf
50% Medium leaf
Lucerne
Lucerne is mainly grown as a crop for cutting, either for silage, hay or crop drying. There are three or four cuts taken each year at six weekly intervals.
VELA
One of the most recent additions to NIAB’s list. It produces excellent yields and high protein content with good resistance to Verticillium Wilt.
DAISY
Good dry matter yields of higher protein content than most other Lucerne varieties. Its excellent disease resistance facilitates superior persistence for longer life and trouble-free forage. Thinner stems enhance palatability and digestibility.
LUCERNE MIXTURE
7 kilo Lucerne
1 kilos Meadow Fescue
• 8 kilos per acre
All Lucerne seed supplied by Church of Bures is pre-inoculated with Nitragin Gold (Rhizobium meliltoi - nrg-185-1 inoculant) which provides beneficial living nitrogen-fixing bacteria to the seed.
