SEEDS REQUIRED PER STATUTE ACRE

Beans-Broad 100 kilos
Beans-Spring & Winter 75 kilos
Borage 6 kilos
Canary 15 kilos
Clover, Red 6.5 kilos
Clover, White 2 kilos
Fodder Radish 5 kilos
Kale 2 kilos
Linseed 25 kilos
Lucerne 9 kilos
Maize 15 kilos
Maples 100 kilos
Mangel 3.5 kilos
Mustard (Broadcast) 9 kilos
Mustard (drill) 6 kilos
Peas 100 kilos
Rape (drill) 3 kilos
Rape (Broadcast) 5 kilos
Runner Beans 20 - 40 kilos
Ryegrass (alone) 15 kilos
Sunflower 5 kilos
Swede 2 kilos
Sweet Corn 8 kilos
Tares 62.5 kilos
Turnip 2 kilos
Turnip (Stubble) 3 kilos

1 Hectare = 2.471 acres
1 Acre = 0.4047 hectares

EU SEEDS REGULATIONS

All seeds scheduled in the Seeds Regulations have been tested in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations and in purity (as defined) and germination are not less than the prescribed declarable minima percentage, unless otherwise stated. For declarable minima purity (P) and germination (G) figures see below.

P G
Beans-Broad 98 80
Beans-Field 98 85
Clover-Red 97 80
Clover-White 97 80
Cocksfoot 90 80
Fescue-Meadow 95 80
Fescue-Red 90 75
Fodder-Beet 97 73
Fodder Radish 97 80
Kale 98 75
Linseed 99 85
Lucerne 97 80
Mangel 97 73
Maples 98 80
Mustard 98 85
Peas 98 80
Rape 98 85
Ryegrass-Hybrid 96 75
Ryegrass-Italian 96 75
Ryegrass-Perennial 96 80
Sunflower 98 85
Swede 98 80
Timothy 96 80
Trefoil 97 80
Turnip 97 80
Vetches 98 85

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