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HLS pollen and nectar mixes

Jack Russell

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Arable Farmer
Location
Holderness
We have some small areas in wild bird mix and pollen and nectar mixes. The problem we have is that on heavy soils the small seeds struggle to establish and the grasses dominate. If we plough out the areas to establish another mix then we will end up with a cloddy dry mess with nothing growing. When we’ve had inspections they’ve generally accepted what’s there is ok for our situation but I want to try and improve them. Is it feasible to direct drill/cut some small seeds into the established grass? And when is best to do it?
 

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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

Farming and Countryside Programme Director, Janet Hughes will be joined by policy leads working on SFI, and colleagues from the Rural Payment Agency and Catchment Sensitive Farming.

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