Biodiversity & Multi-species products
Blends to boost biodiversity. As well as breeding and trialing grass, forage & herbal ley varieties, we create and trial biodiversity mixtures at our trial site, Cropvale, looking to find the next generation of multi-species leys.
The aim of our biodiversity trials is to come up with an optimum blend of legumes, root crops, herbs and grasses, which will be suitable for a wide range of farms throughout the UK. With blends that will produce large volumes of high quality forage, for livestock farmers to increase meat and milk yields, and blends to enhance farm biodiversity. Including legumes in a biodiversity blend is one way to achieve this. Legumes have great nitrogen (N) fixing potential, which means less artificial nitrogen needs to be added to the soil to grow the crops. Deep-rooted species are also employed to improve soil structure while flowering species are utilised to help pollinating insects do their job. Due to the nature of the species involved, weed control in our biodiversity trials is very limited so we score the plots for their natural weed suppression abilities, which will add to the persistency and quality of a mixture in the field. The following are our top performing herbal ley mixtures.
SFI CSAM3 High Production Herbal
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For terrific yields and quality
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High output systems with healthy soils
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For cutting & grazing
SFI CSAM3 Barmix
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One of our top-selling products
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With biodiversity from herbs and legumes
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For cutting & grazing
Proterra Maize
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Quick and easy option for undersowing to maize
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Tall fescue is slower growing than ryegrass, so does not over compete with the maize crop
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Short-Medium term
Prota White
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A blend of white clover varieties, to optimise performance across a variety of environmental and management conditions
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Long growing season
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Short term
Prota Red
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A blend of red clover varieties, to optimise performance across a variety of environmental and management conditions
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Suited to cutting systems because of a more erect growth habit, deep taproot, and crown growing point
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Fixes atmospheric nitrogen, up to 200kg N/ha/yr
Prota Duet
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PROTA DUET is a unique mixture of red and white clovers
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Diversity of rooting systems and flowering times for biodiversity benefits and productivity
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Short term
Sheep Graze
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Ideal for finishing lambs or for wintering sheep
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Good protein content
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Short term
Catch Crop Finisher
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Designed for quick and nutritious feed that fits easily into rotations
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Short term
AB15
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AB15 is a mix designed to provide food for farmland wildlife, including pollen and nectar for pollinators
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It can also be a useful part of a rotation aimed at reducing blackgrass populations
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Short, medium and long term