Products — Conservation mixtures
With the new commitment from the government regarding funding levels for the Higher Level Stewardship Scheme until 2014, farmers who have applied to join the HLS scheme this year can now be given start dates with confidence.
Natural England will now be able to lift the temporary freeze on setting up new agreements and farmers will be able to make plans based on definite funding dates.
If any specific mixtures are required that have been recommended will do our best to help.
Field Margins
2m & Beetle Bank
5.0 kg Cocksfoot
3.0 kg Red Fescue
2.0 kg Timothy
• 10.0 kg per acre
6m Margin and Stewardship
Church of Bures Stewardship
2.0 kg Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass
2.0 kg Meadow Fescue
2.0 kg Chewings Fescue
2.0 kg Sheeps Fescue
1.0 kg Timothy
1.0 kg Highland Bent
• 10.0 kg per acre
Pollen and Nectar
20% Meadow Fescue
10% Tall Oat Grass
10% Cocksfoot
10% Timothy
10% Tall Fescue
9% Sainfoin
8% Birdsfoot Trefoil
6.5% Black Medick
6% Early English Winter Vetch
6% Alsike
3% Late Flowering Red Clover
1% Black Knapweed
0.5% Musk Mallow
• 100% Sow at 10kgs / acre
Pollen & Nectar/Nectar Rich Mixture
10% White Clover
10% Red clover
10% Birds Trefoil
20% Vetch
10% Fenugreek
10% Lucerne
20% Phacelia
10% Sainfoin
• 100% Sow at 5 kgs / acre
Arable Reversion
Recreate Grassland Mixture
2.0 kg Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass
2.0 kg Meadow Fescue
2.0 kg Chewings Fescue
2.0 kg Sheeps Fescue
1.0 kg Bentgrass
0.5 kg Timothy
0.5 kg Essex Broad Red Clover
• 10.0 kg per acre
GENERAL PURPOSE WILDLIFE MIXTURES
Both these mixtures can be used in many different situations ie. field margins, meadow mixtures, reservoir/pond surrounds and as a wild flower base mixture. These mixtures are an ideal and cost effective way of complying with the rules of almost all of the schemes.
(Heavy Land)
2.0 kg Red Fescue
2.0 kg Chewings Fescue
2.0 kg Meadow Fescue
2.0 kg Timothy
1.0 kg Smooth-stalked meadow grass
1.0 kg Crested Dogstail
• 10.0 kg per acre
(Light Land)
2.0 kg Meadow Fescue
2.0 kg Red Fescue
1.5 kg Sheeps Fescue
1.0 kg Crested Dog’s-tail
2.0 kg Cocksfoot
1.0 kg Smooth-stalked meadow grass
0.5 kg Brown Top
• 10.0 kg per acre
Bumblebees & Butterflies Mixture
see Wild Flowers
Wild Bird Mixtures
Church Wild Bird
This is a mixture that will provide shelter and food for a whole host of birds: skylarks, chaffinches, goldfinches, yellow hammers, sparrows, reed buntings etc.
30% White Millet
20% Canary Seed
15% Linseed
15% Sunflower
10% Triticale
5% Kale
5% Quinoa
• 10.0 kg per acre
Church RSPB Conservation
In conjunction with the RSPB we have devised a farmland bird conservation mixture. This mixture is selected to feed the wild birds and encourage an increase in their numbers.
20% Kale
30% Quinoa
50% White Millet
• 8.0 kg per acre
DEFRA Wild Bird Mixtures
Conservation mixtures are now commonplace in the countryside. This is part of DEFRA’s commitment to restoring farmland bird numbers as stated in the Biodiversity Action Plan. The acceptable mixtures must contain plenty of seed producing plants such as quinoa, millet, sunflower, wheat etc. These mixtures provide a bird table of food throughout the winter months that will help the vulnerable farmland birds and so reverse the national decline. The 20% of kale in the mixture will provide good shelter and cover.
For more information contact us at the office or for a detailed insight into the new schemes visit the campaign for the Farmed Environment.
WM1 Wild Bird Seed Mixture
80% Cereal Mixture
10% Kale
10% Quinoa
• 20.0 kg per acre
For any customers entering into an Entry Level Scheme or HLS scheme, please ring the office and ask for advice on what is needed in order that your seed meets the requirement for DEFRA.
