Countryside Seeds Ltd

Countryside Seeds Ltd

As of the 1st July a slight change to the business, it's become incorporated and with it a change of name. Farm machinery sales have not been a part of Farm Equip's business for a number of years and we felt now was the time for a new name to reflect more of what we do, so Countryside Seeds Limited was born.

We still offer friendly service and advice with up to date products at keen prices.

Company History

Farm Equip was launched by myself (Kevin) on the 1st January 1980. Initially selling farm consumables from the back of a yellow transit van.

Over the past few years the business has become almost predominately the sale of seed in its varies guises where it be a single bag of lawn seed to tonnes of grass/cereal seed.

I am in the very lucky position to be a distributor for some of the UK’s leading seed houses which include Barenbrug UK Ltd, DLF Trifolium Ltd, Grainseed Ltd and Soya UK to name a few.

I am more than happy to work with the customer on compiling their own mixture.

To contact me you may PM through the forum or I am very happy to be telephoned on 07881 804442.
Email: [email protected]

As like a lot of you I'm self employed so no 9-5 here so please telephone at your convenience.

 

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Labrador Mixture
For challenging exposed sites

Use: Cover & Feed & Brood Rearing

Length of use: 2 Seasons

Sowing Period: Spring

Herbicide Weed Control: No

Labrador will tolerate difficult and soil pH soil types, whilst providing quality cover.
Also suitable for Environmental Stewardship Schemes.

Mixture Formulation:
Spring Triticale
Mustard
Kale
Linseed
Quinoa

 

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Setter Mixture
Traditional mixture for winter holding

Use: Cover & Feed

Length of use: 2 Seasons

Sowing Period: Spring

Herbicide Weed Control: No

Setter will provide you with cover and feed throughout a two year period.

Mixture Formulation:
Phacelia
Sweet Clover
Millet Blend
Maize
Mustard
Keeper Kale
Buckwheat
Sunflower

 

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Cocker Mixture
Herbicide tolerant mixture

Use: Cover & Feed

Length of use: 2 Seasons

Sowing Period: Spring

Herbicide Weed Control: Yes

If weed control is your priority then this is the mixture for you!

Mixture Formulation:
Caledonian Kale
Mustard
Fodder Radish
Linseed
Strengths
Butisan tolerant
If weed control is your priority this is the mixture for you!
Full season cover for 2 years

 

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Golden Retriever
Herbicide tolerant mixture

Use: Cover & Feed

Length of use: 1 Season Sowing Period: Spring Herbicide Weed Control: Yes

Excellent full season cover combined with seed shed potential.

Mixture Formulation:
Dwarf Sorghum
Dwarf Sunflowers Millet Blend

Strengths
Stomp Aqua tolerant
Excellent full season cover combined with seed shed potential Ideal driving cover for pheasants or
partridges
Winter holding potential

 

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Sunspot Sunflower
Fantastic autumn feed source

Use: Cover & Feed

Length of use: 1 Season

Sowing Period: Spring

Herbicide Weed Control: Yes

Sunspot provides an excellent autumn feed source.

Strengths
Large, attractive flowers
Excellent seed production
Good standing ability
Used by finches and game birds
From our own plant breeding programme
Sold in 1 hectare units
Crop Height 130-150cm

 

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Carbon
Kale Mustard Hybrid, Summer sown cover

Use: Driving Cover & Recovery Crop

Length of use: 1 Season

Sowing Period: Summer/Autumn

Herbicide Weed Control: No

Carbon is a kale mustard hybrid, providing fantastic dry cover.

Strengths
Amazing cover produced in a short period of time
Best sown in June or July
From the same plant breeder as Utopia
Excellent cover by November
Frost tolerant
Ideal for new sowings or patching existing areas
Can be sown into cereal stubble
Sow at 2 kilos per acre
Crop Height 60-100 cm

 

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Caledonian Kale
Tall club root resistant kale ideal for driving

Use: Driving Cover

Length of use: 2 Seasons

Sowing Period: Spring

Herbicide Weed Control: Yes

Why run the risk of crop failure? Caledonian kale comes with clubroot resistance.

Strengths
The first kale bred with clubroot resistance
Caledonian can be continuously sown on brassica sick sites
A taller kale allowing for easier bird access
Winter hardy
Excellent germination and vigour potential
British bred, reliable and trusted
Seed can be supplied treated against flea beetle
Crop Height 90-100cm

 

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Giant Jumbo Star
Later sown tall sorghum mixture

Use: Driving Cover

Length of use: 1 Season

Sowing Period: Spring

Herbicide Weed Control: Yes

Jumbo Star can be sown later than other Sorghums, just watch it grow!

Strengths
Tall, dense cover ideally used for a windbreak around maize
Good vigour and fast growth
Can reach a height of 5-6ft
Later drilled crops will have reduced height potential
Crops can screen guns allowing them to get in position without
disturbing the birds
12 kilo one acre units
Crop Height 200-220cm

 

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Intermediate DP2
Intermediate Sorghum is an ideal replacement for maize

Use: Driving Cover

Length of use: 1 Season

Sowing Period: Spring

Herbicide Weed Control: Yes

If rats and badgers are a problem, Intermediate Sorghum can provide a similar height to maize, without the cob!

Strengths
Ideal replacement for maize
Makes excellent controlled driving cover
Herbicide use possible
Best sown in June
10 kilo one acre units
Crop Height 120-150cm

 

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Shorty Sorghum
Low crop canopy provides warmth and shelter

Use: Driving Cover

Length of use: 1 Season

Sowing Period: Spring

Herbicide Weed Control: Yes

Lower crop canopy provides warmth and security, making Shorty the ultimate driving crop.

Strengths
Ideal for driving and winter cover
Can make excellent flushing points within maize
Excellent replacement for kale
Adds warmth to maize crops when sown adjacent
Weed control possible
Not suitable for northern England or Scotland
12 kilo one acre units
Crop Height 90-100cm

 

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We offer GREEN GLOBE & MASSIF turnip seed a good replacement for Swedes.

Later maturing than stubble turnips and with higher dry matter, higher yields and better winter hardiness. They have a growing period of 12 – 15 weeks and provide excellent autumn and early winter feed for sheep and cattle.

Green Globe turnips produce soft, easily eaten, roots that are well anchored into the ground, suitable for grazing by all types of stock. They will provide a very high fresh yield from large bulbs.

Massif was bred in Scotland by the James Hutton Institute and will produce huge yields from large roots.

Turnips are utilised between October and January, preferably strip grazed to reduce waste.

 

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Available Swede varieties for 2019.

In alphabetical order:

Airlie is a low to medium dry matter variety with a very high fresh yield and good disease resistance. It is a dual purpose variety suitable for fodder and culinary use with purple skin and creamy white flesh. Airlie is an early to intermediate use variety.

Brora is a deep, purple-skinned variety, which can be grazed early in the autumn or used for the pre-packed market as an early harvested crop. Brora has a high marketable yield and is fully tried and tested in the UK. Brora has low resistance to powdery mildew.

Gowrie is a variety bred in Scotland and can be utilised pre or post-Christmas. It can produce high dry matter yields and exhibits good resistance to both clubroot and powdery mildew.

Invitation is a very uniform, clubroot resistant variety, ideal for utilisation after Christmas. It also has excellent resistance to powdery mildew and will produce large leaves for extra grazing potential. Invitation is winter hardy and is suitable for sheep or cattle.

Kenmore is an early maturing variety with medium dry matter white flesh and intermediate shape (between globe and tankard) shape, best suited as stock feed, not culinary use. Very high yields of fresh and dry-matter with low to medium dry-matter content but moderate winter hardiness. Good powdery mildew resistance.

Lomond high fresh and dry yields make this variety ideal for finishing lambs post Christmas. Lomond has both powdery mildew and clubroot resistance and trials show it suffers less from rots and splits in its root.

Marian is a medium dry matter variety with moderate resistance to club root. It is a dual purpose variety suitable for fodder and culinary use with yellow coloured flesh and purple skin.

Magres is the professionals choice, grown in the UK as a uniform purple swede with a flexible harvest date. Used by many growers to supply the supermarkets.

Ruta Otoffte is a medium dry matter variety with good mildew resistance. It is a dual purpose variety suitable for fodder and culinary use with purple skin and cream coloured flesh. Ruta Otofte is a popular variety with sheep farmers.

Triumph A new generation high–yielding swede variety ideally suited for out-wintering sheep. A yellow–fleshed mid-maturity variety with good leaf holding characteristics.

 

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2019 Environmental Mixtures - Countryside Stewardship Option – AB8


Flower Rich Margin - Ideal for field margins and buffers

Target: Pollinators

Scheme: Countryside Stewardship & CFE Voluntary Measures

Area: Field Margin

Sowing period: Spring

Flower Rich Margin is an ideal mixture for field margins and buffers, containing a blend of 50% grasses and 50% wildflowers. Suitable for Countryside Stewardship Schemes.
Countryside Stewardship Option – AB8

Mixture Formulation:
Grasses:
Red Fescue
Crested Dogstail
Meadow Fescue
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass

 

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2019 Environmental Mixtures - Countryside Stewardship Option – GSA, OP4 and OPS

Multispecies Ley - Ideal for creating legumes and herb rich swards

Target: Pollinators

Scheme: Countryside Stewardship & CFE Voluntary Measures

Area: Field Margin

Sowing period: Spring

Multispecies Ley is ideal for creating legumes and herb rich swards.

Suitable for Countryside Stewardship Schemes; Countryside Stewardship Option – GSA, OP4 and OPS

This mixture is also suitable for Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) fallow land option

Mixture Formulation:
5 Species of Herbs/Wildflowers
5 Species of Grasses
4 Species of Legumes

 

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2019 Environmental Mixtures - Countryside Stewardship Option – AB1

This mixture is also suitable for Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) fallow land option

Created to attract and maintain bumblebee populations

Target: Pollinators

Scheme: Countryside Stewardship & CFE Voluntary Measures

Area: Field Margin

Sowing period: Spring

Bee Mixture is a blend specially created to attract and maintain bumblebee populations.

Suitable for Countryside Stewardship Schemes.

Countryside Stewardship Option – AB1

This mixture is also suitable for Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) fallow land option

Mixture Formulation:
Phacelia
Red Clover
Sainfoin

 

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2019 Environmental Mixtures - Countryside Stewardship Option – AB1

This mixture is also suitable for Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) fallow land option

Pollen and Nectar - Wonderful pollen and nectar mixture

Target: Pollinators

Scheme: Countryside Stewardship & CFE Voluntary Measures

Area: Field Margin

Sowing period: Spring

Wonderful pollen and nectar mixture, rich in food for many butterflies and bees.

Suitable for the Countryside Stewardship scheme;

Countryside Stewardship Option – AB1

This mixture is also suitable for Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) fallow land option

Mixture Formulation:
Alsike Clover
Red Clover
Birdsfoot Trefoil

 

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2019 Environmental Mixtures - CFE Field Margin Mix - Countryside Stewardship Option – AB8 & SW1

A fantastic mixture containing UK native wildflowers.

Target: Pollinators

Scheme: Countryside Stewardship & CFE Voluntary Measures

Area: Field Margin

Sowing period: Spring & Summer/Autumn

A fantastic mixture containing UK native wildflowers.

Suitable for Countryside Stewardship Schemes;

Countryside Stewardship Option – AB8 & SW1

Mixture Formulation:
Chewings Fescue
Common Bent
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Rough Stalked Meadow Grass
Timothy
Tall Fescue

 

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2019 Environmental Mixtures - Basic Habitat - Countryside Stewardship Option – SW1, SW3 & SW4

Helps protect habitats from sprays

Target: Pollinators

Scheme: Countryside Stewardship & CFE Voluntary Measures

Area: Field Margin

Sowing period: Spring & Summer/Autumn

Ideally suited to either 2, 4 or 6 metre buffer strips.

Suitable for Countryside Stewardship Schemes; Countryside Stewardship Option – SW1, SW3 & SW4

Mixture Formulation:
Chewings Fescue
Common Bent
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Rough Stalked Meadow Grass
Timothy
Cocksfoot

 

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2019 Environmental Mixtures - 2WBF - Ideally sown on field margins and headlands

Countryside Stewardship Option – AB9 & OP2

Target: Farmland Birds

Scheme: Countryside Stewardship & CFE Voluntary Measures

Area: In Field

Sowing period: Spring

A great mixture to provide a succession of food for 2 years.

Suitable for Countryside Stewardship Schemes;

Countryside Stewardship Option – AB9 & OP2

This mixture is also suitable for Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) fallow land option
Mixture Formulation
Spring Triticale
Kale
Quinoa
Linseed

 

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2019 Environmental Mixtures - Bird Feeder - Provides a succession of food

Countryside Stewardship Option – AB9 & OP2

Target: Farmland Birds

Scheme: Countryside Stewardship & CFE Voluntary Measures

Area: In Field

Sowing period: Spring

A fantastic mixture to provide a succession of food.

Also suitable for Countryside Stewardship Schemes;

Countryside Stewardship Option – AB9 & OP2

This mixture is also suitable for Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) fallow land option

Mixture Formulation:
Kale
Sunflower
Linseed
Fodder Radish