agricultural seed merchants 2016

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AGRICULTURAL SEED
MERCHANTS 2016
Welcome to our 2016 Catalogue
Welcome to our 2016 catalogue which I hope you will all find of interest. I’m sure you will also notice that this
year we have gone back to a stapled booklet rather than a loose leaf folder, which seemed to spill out on the
floor every time you opened it!!
With the ever changing EU rules we managed to place all of our Spring Contracts much earlier this year and most
were placed by early October. I can’t remember us ever having a filled order book so soon – well done to Kit.
I am pleased to announce James Todd will be joining us in early
February, assisting us with sales. James has worked in the industry
for several years where he gained much experience and Kit and I look
forward to working alongside him. James is married and lives locally
in Suffolk.
It has been a very busy season cleaning all varieties of seed this year.
With a kind harvesting season, we experienced good yields with
excellent germinations.
The photographs below we hope you find of interest/tonguein-cheek! For those in the know this was a ‘daily habit’
of the previous generations, which Kit and I
very occasionally enjoy!!
Robert Church
Managing Director
The Team
Robert Church
Managing Director
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 07767 756774
Kit Motion
Director
Farm seed sales, buying back,
placing contracts and pulse trading
and transport.
Mobile: 07739 539672
Geoff Lakin
Horticultural Sales Manager
Vegetable seed sales, export sales.
Home: 01205 366068
Mobile: 07887 693554
James Todd
Ben Turpin
Sales Manager
General Farm Sales
Mobile: 07803 701704
Mobile: 07981 860780
Warehouse Site Manager and
Transport - High Fen
Telephone: 01787 227654 • www.churchofbures.co.uk
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Peas
Exporting, Canning, Picking, Maple & Vining Peas & Seed Treatments
Church of Bures is actively involved in the production of 19
different varieties and supply over 40 different varieties of peas
each year.
Traditionally Maro has been the forerunner in terms of total tonnage.
As maintainers of the variety the company grows the Breeders seed
in single acre plots which are inspected and rogued four times during
the crop’s development. This enables us to produce and supply the
cleanest stocks of Maro available in the world.
Church of Bures is the UK agent for Pure Line Seeds Inc. Pure Line are
plant breeders who have been producing world-class quality vining
peas for over 60 years. As well as importing the seed from the USA,
we also produce seed in the UK. Growing contracts for vining pea
seed are available and have proven to be a very lucrative break crop.
Church of Bures, are the owners and maintainers of Minerva maple
peas. We have been growing this variety for many years and together
with our involvement with the marketing of Swift maple peas our
market share is now considerable in the pigeon pea seed industry.
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PEAS, EXPORTING, CANNING, PICKING & MAPLE PEAS
Exporting and Canning Peas
Maro - By far the longest surviving variety in this sector as other
varieties ‘come and go’. The Japanese market for pea snacks is pretty
consistent year by year, and with a tried and trusted variety such as
Maro we have customers who always come back for more knowing
they will receive a product that works for them every year.
The processors and the grocery trade favour Maro also, as it has little
or no soaking problems. Typically, it will receive higher premiums
on farm than any other marrowfat, and, as the variety maintainers,
Church of Bures will ensure you get the purest and highest quality
seed available in the country. Maro is also an excellent variety for the
sprouting trade abroad, as it is a full leaved variety.
s Kamas Westrup dresser for grading seeds
s Kipp Kelly gravity table for removing stones
and light material
s ‘Pea Picker’ cylinders for removing pea
moth holes
s Satake ESM ‘Magic Eye’ machine for achieving even colours
s Loading 22 tonnes of Maro Peas for export to Japan.
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Picking and Maple Peas
PICKING PEAS
Onward - One of the most popular varieties in use today. It boasts a
Heavy yielder. Height 30”/75cm.
growers. Height 24”/60cm.
Cascadia - Snap pea type with very sweet round edible pods. Height
Oregon Sugar Pod - Edible podded variety with tender pods which
30”/75cm.
should be eaten when young. Height 40”/1.1m.
Early Onward - This variety is similar in characteristics to Onward
MAPLE PEAS
matures 7 - 10 days earlier than Onward. Height 20”/50cm.
brown skinned pea which produces high yields, is early to mature with
Flavora - Dark green indeterminate growth. Long pods 3.5”/8.75cms
to pigeons which makes it a valuable commodity. It is also ideal in various
Ambassador - A maincrop variety with dark green blunt ended pods.
although the pods and foliage are a darker green. A heavy yielder which
mostly doubles containing dark green peas of excellent quality and taste.
robust habit and produces a heavy crop year after year. Ideal for market
Minerva - This is a Church of Bures variety. It is a purple flowered
seed of good shape and colour. It is still the preferred variety for feeding
green forage and silage mixtures and the brown seeded peas can be
Mid-season variety ideal for the fresh market. Height 20-24”/50-60cms.
sold into the feed market for grinding and inclusion into animal feed. Its
Greenshaft - Good yielding maincrop variety with long, curved,
organic farmers as green manure or as a deep-rooting full foliage legume.
pointed pods. Height 28”/70cm.
Kelvedon Wonder - First early with dark green medium-sized pods.
Strong popular variety which is robust and ideal for market growers.
Height 18”/45cm.
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popularity has increased steadily over recent years due to its value to
Swift - This semi-leafless maple pea yields higher and is easier to
harvest than existing varieties. Swift is an established variety for the
pigeon trade.
VINING PEAS
PEA SEED TREATMENTS
after Avola. Majority of peas are medium to large and have good
Wakil XL - (Triple Purpose) This triple purpose treatment from
Syngenta is an outstanding product for control of Damping Off,
Ascochyta and Downy-mildew.
Ambassador - A solid maincrop variety that matures eleven days
colour. Has good resistance to powdery mildew.
Avola - A proven early variety used both in the fresh market and for
PICKING, MAPLE, VINING PEAS & SEED TREATMENTS
Vining Peas and Seed Treatments
Thiram - (Single Purpose) - For the prevention of Damping Off.
freezing. Large seeded full foliage, first early.
Banff - Excellent double podding early variety combining good yield
and quality with excellent pea to vine ratio. Thrives on
lighter soils.
Legacy - A high yielding, triple pod, full foliage variety that has good
powdery mildew resistance. Early maincrop.
Preference - A semi-leafless early maincrop variety with good
resistance and root rot tolerance. A good yielder.
Serge - A maincrop variety. Exceptional yields and quality. Produces
consistent uniform sample. Double pointed pods, with 10 - 11 seeds
per pod.
Skye - This is a very exciting semi-leafless variety from Pure Line
Seeds Inc with enormous potential. It is an early pea which matures 6
days later than Avola.
Style - A very high yielding semi-leafless variety that produces 10
– 11 peas per pod. It stands well and the quality and colour are both
good. Style has yielded over seven tonnes per hectare for canning.
Prefers heavier highly fertile soils.
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Clovers
RED CLOVER
Red Clover normally produces two main cuts and a small autumn cut.
Most early varieties are traditionally known as Broad Red or Double Cut
Clover. It is a useful component in the short-term grass mixtures for silage,
haylage, etc.
Essex Broad - Church of Bures, are the maintainers of Essex Broad
and still grow the variety in Essex. It is a 100% UK native variety in which
we have specialised for a number of years. Produces heavy yielding hay
and seed crops. It also provides a rich quality growth and leaves excellent
soil fertility.
WHITE CLOVER
White clover is a low growing high tillering plant which is a very important
constituent of our long term leys. In our mixtures we blend two varieties
this enables maximum benefit in terms of flexibility to most multi
purpose leys.
Church White Clover Blend - This is a blend of medium and
large leaved white clovers which will help bulk the grass for cutting and
grazing with excellent mid summer production without artificial fertilizer.
50% Large Leaf Clover
50% Medium Leaf Clover
CRIMSON CLOVER
Crimson Clover is a good choice for smothering weeds, fixing nitrogen
and is a fast growing bulky green manure. It has deep roots that penetrate
the soil, a mass of foliage and when ploughed in helps to improve the soil
structure. It will also produce lovely crimson flowers that are very attractive
to bees and other beneficial insects.
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YELLOW SWEET CLOVER
Fast to establish biennial legume. Can sow from May onwards, strong
rooting plant which improves soil structure.
CLOVERS & SMALL SEEDS
Small Seeds
FORAGE RAPE
This is a most useful crop and can be sown at any time from March to
September providing food from Autumn to Spring.
Broad Leaf Essex - More Winter hardy than English Giant and
slightly shorter.
English Giant - Broad-leaved variety and selected for its hardiness.
Immense growth and a large broad leaf.
WINTER & SPRING OILSEED RAPE
Oilseed rapes are constantly being improved with new varieties coming
onto the market each year. It is impossible to catalogue all the available
varieties that we can offer, however, we welcome your enquiries.
BORAGE
This is a cobalt blue flowered herb, said to have been introduced into
Britain by the Romans, but is now considered to be indigenous. It is a fast
growing annual completing its full growing cycle in about four months.
The plants are very robust and hardy and with its rapid growth rate, it
tends to smother out most weeds. Borage flowers attract both wild and
honey bees in very large numbers. Sown in the Spring at 8 kilos per acre
and swathed in July when seed-drop is imminent, this oil crop will thrive
on most soil types.
MUSTARD
Tilney - This variety produces high green weight matter up to flowering.
Church of Bures are the sole maintainers in the UK for Tilney Mustard.
It has excellent standing ability and produces large volumes of green
matter and residual fibre. There is a leaflet available from us, which offers
all the necessary information.
VETCH/TARES
Vetches are very important in UK agriculture. They form an essential part
of any green manure mixture as their leafy plant is ideal for ploughing in
to improve soil humus and structure. Arable silage mixtures also benefit
from the inclusion of vetches.
English Early - Its nitrogen-fixing properties and ability to smother
weeds due to its dense foliage make this an ideal part of the organic
conversion process. As a leafy and leguminous plant it is an excellent cost
effective crop especially on organic farms.
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Root Crops
KALE
Marrow Stem - A valuable crop suitable for the dairy herd coming off
grass for the autumn. Has a thick stem and large nutritious leaves.
Thousand Head - Although it is not as palatable as Marrow Stem Kale,
it is more leafy and frost resistant. Provided it is not over-mature or grown too
large, cattle will eat the stem completely.
Graded Seed H - 1.75mm-2.00mm. For use with Stanhay Belt No. 7.5 or
8 Webb Selector Wheel B.
Graded Seed J - 2.00mm-2.25mm for use with Stanhay Belt No. 8.5 or
Webb Selector Wheel C.
When seed is graded, it becomes uniform in size thus easing precision drilling.
If you would like graded seed, please enquire when ordering.
FODDER BEET
A crop for cattle as it produces high dry matter yields with high energy values.
It is suitable for producing high quality feed in areas where forage maize is
unsuitable. It tends to be more drought tolerant than swedes and turnips. All
Fodder Beet varieties are pelleted in 1 acre boxes.
Kyros - Yellow intermediate type. Heavy yielding and with strong top. Roots
grow well out of the ground.
Magnum - Very high yields and dry matter, easily harvested by sugar beet
machines. White rooted beet.
MANGEL
Brigadier - Orange intermediate globe shape; large top with 11.2% dry
matter.
TURNIP
Green Globe - An excellent white-fleshed turnip with green top root. High
feeding value and good keeping quality.
Green Top Scotch - Green top globe shape. Very hardy variety with
yellow flesh.
STUBBLE TURNIPS
Barkant - This purple top variety has high leaf and root yield and is suitable
for summer or autumn use.
Marco Tetraploid - This produces good dry matter yields with welldeveloped roots and has good resistance to bolting.
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Field Beans are one of the world’s most important legume crops and
world production exceeds four million tonnes per annum.
There is a substantial usage of small, uniform round-seeded tic beans in the
diet of racing pigeons in the UK, Belgium and Germany. Maris Bead is a tic
bean that is used in this market. Maris Bead is a Church of Bures variety
having been purchased from PBI. The input costs for growing tic beans are
not necessarily greater than for animal feed. The crop must be harvested
and dried very carefully. Tic beans should not be harvested less than 15.516.0% moisture where possible or dried at high temperatures because these
conditions cause seed to crack and split.
SPRING BEANS
Maris Bead - This is a Church of Bures variety. The round seed is small and
RUNNER BEANS
ROOT CROPS & BEANS
Beans
Enorma - One of the best varieties for pulling. Has long pods of very
fine texture.
Prizewinner - This variety produces an abundance of long pods of fine
texture. Remarkable and excellent table quality.
Scarlet Emperor - Although this variety has been on the market for
many years it is still very popular particularly with the amateur gardener but
also with Commercial Growers. Long pods and an excellent cropper.
Streamline - A reliable favourite. Long podded, good for table use and
for exhibition. Very popular with the vegetable gardener and commercial
producer.
White Emergo - White seeded variety. Good quality pods with
excellent flavour.
is predominantly used for the pigeon trade. Medium/early ripening and good
standing power. For an established variety it has good Downy Mildew
resistance.
BROAD BEANS
Aquadulce - The most popular variety for autumn
sowing and as such produces consistent high yields
and beans of superb eating quality. A favourite with
gardeners and commercial producers.
Bunyards Exhibition - This high yielding white
seeded variety has long pods which make it ideal for
picking.
Express - Early white-eyed variety with black and
white flowers. Very popular with commercial growers.
Giant Exhibition - White seeded variety with
long pods of excellent quality. Good variety for the
fresh market.
Imperial Green Longpod - Excellent quality
green seeded variety. Long pods containing 6-7 seeds
per pod.
Imperial Green Windsor - Pods shorter than the longpod varieties but
with 5-6 excellent quality beans per pod.
Masterpiece Green Longpod - This variety has green seeds and
produces pods similar in length to Bunyards Exhibition.
CLIMBING BEANS
Blue Lake - Round pods similar to dwarf french bean. These are for fresh
market, but also suitable for freezing. White seeded.
The Sutton - Early heavy cropping dwarf variety. Rather short pods about
4-5 beans per pod. Height 1’/30 cm.
Witkiem - Early variety producing a high yield of broad well-filled pods and
a tasty crop.
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Conservation
The existing Environmental Stewardship schemes in England (ELS, HLS and
OELS agreements) will be succeeded from January 2016 by a new Countryside
Stewardship scheme. This will incorporate elements from Environmental
Stewardship, the Woodland Grants Scheme and Catchment Sensitive Farming.
Existing agreements will still be managed until their agreed end date and it is
expected that many of the options and mixtures that have been used in these
previous schemes will form part of the new scheme.
In addition to this, many of these mixtures can be used to meet certain Ecological
Focus Area (EFA) requirements following the latest CAP reforms.
We can supply a range of excellent standard mixtures as detailed or can produce a
completely bespoke mixture to suit your specific requirements please contact us to
order your personal mix or for more information.
FIELD MARGINS
2m Margin & Beetle Bank
5.0kg Cocksfoot
3.0kg Red Fescue
2.0kg Timothy
10.0kg per acre
6M MARGIN & STEWARDSHIP
Church of Bures Stewardship
2.0kg Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass
2.0kg Meadow Fescue
2.0kg Chewings Fescue
2.0kg Sheeps Fescue
1.0kg Timothy
1.0kg Highland Bent
10.0kg per acre
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POLLEN AND NECTAR MIXTURES
Pollen and Nectar with Grass
20% Crested Dogstail
20% Meadow Fescue
10% Chewings Fescue
10% Sheeps Fescue
10% Timothy
5% Slender Creeping Red Fescue
5% Common Bent
5% Red Clover
2% Alsike Clover
5% Sainfoin
4% Common Vetch
2% Birdsfoot Trefoil
2% Black Knapweed
10.0kg per acre
Nectar Rich
10% White Clover
10% Red Clover
10% Birdsfoot Trefoil
10% Sainfoin
20% Vetch
10% Fenugreek
10% Lucerne
20% Phacelia
Sow at 5kgs per acre
Recreate Grassland Mixture
2.0kg Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass
2.0kg Meadow Fescue
2.0kg Sheeps Fescue
1.0kg Bentgrass
0.5kg Timothy
0.5kg Essex Broad Red Clover
10.0 kg per acre
GENERAL PURPOSE WILDLIFE MIXTURES
Both these mixtures can be used in many different situations such as field margins,
buffer strips, meadow mixtures, reservoir/pond surrounds and as a wild flower
base mixture. These mixtures are an ideal and cost effective way of fulfilling
various requirements.
Heavy Land
2.0kg Red Fescue
2.0kg Meadow Fescue
2.0kg Timothy
1.0kg Smooth-stalked meadow grass
1.0kg Crested Dogstail
10.0 kg per acre
Light Land
2.0kg Meadow Fescue
2.0kg Red Fescue
1.5kg Sheeps Fescue
1.0kg Crested Dogstail
2.0kg Cocksfoot
1.0kg Smooth-stalked meadow grass
0.5kg Brown Top
10.0kg per acre
BUMBLEBEES & BUTTERFLIES MIXTURE
This is an excellent way to attract bees, butterflies and many other insects. This
mixture is ideal for domestic wildlife projects and
farmers alike.
3kgs Borage
2kgs Phacelia
1kgs Essex Broad Red Clover
6kgs per acre
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CONSERVATION
ARABLE REVERSION
Conservation, Greening and EFA’s
WILD BIRD MIXTURES
Conservation mixtures are now commonplace in the countryside. This is part of APHA’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, cereals 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.
These mixtures can also be used to fulfill some of the EFA’s under the new rules. For
more information contact us at the office or for a detailed insight into the new schemes
visit the campaign for the Farmed Environment. www.cfeonline.org.uk
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
10.0kg per acre
WM1 WILD BIRD SEED MIXTURE
80% Cereal Mixture
10% Kale
10% Quinoa
20.0kg 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
8.0kg per acre
WILD BIRD SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING
Wild bird seed crops produce a large amount of food for farmland birds throughout
the winter. As the weather deteriorates however, their ability to provide a reliable
supply of seed becomes less. This is when it is important to ‘top up’ that shortfall with a
supply of key seeds to give the birds a reliable food source through until the Spring.
Supplementary feeding provides additional feed from December through to the
Spring alongside existing wild bird seed cover. This ensures that when the cover crop is
depleted of seed, the birds can then switch to the supplementary feed.
We can supply an excellent range of either ‘premixed’ seeds to meet growers
prescribed requirements, or we can supply them as ‘straights’ for those who wish to
mix their own.
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Bag size is typically 25kgs or we can pack into Big Bags.
CONSERVATION, GREENING & EFA’S
GREEN MANURE MIXTURES
These are becoming more popular all the time as they have 2 very important roles.
They add organic matter to the soil and make nitrogen available to the following
crop. Typical ingredients used are Red Clover, White Clover, Phacelia, Mustard, Vetch
and Rye. This can also be made up of Rye, Vetches, Italian Ryegrass and Minerva
Maple Peas.
GREENING AND EFA’s
Following CAP reforms the Single Payment Scheme for farmers was replaced from
1st January 2015 for a Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) This scheme contains mandatory
greening requirements, which will account for around 30% of the
total payment.
One key aspect of this scheme is the so called ‘3 crop rule’ whereby farmers with
more than 30ha of arable land that are not exempt are required to grow at least
three different crops with the largest crop not covering more than 75% of that arable
land. This has triggered a higher demand for growing pulses, which can also offer an
alternative break crop to oilseed rape. Please contact us for more information about
the options with pulses and see the relevant sections within
this brochure.
Another key aspect of the scheme is the introduction of Ecological Focus Areas (EFA),
which dictates that any farm with over 15ha of arable land that are not exempt must
ensure that an area equivalent to 5% of the arable area be EFA. There are five options
that can be used in combination to fulfill the EFA area requirement but these options
are not all weighted equally whereby some will require a larger or smaller area to
count as a hectares worth of EFA. Options are: Hedgerows, Buffer Strips, Fallow,
Nitrogen Fixing Crops and Catch/ Cover Crops.
Full detailed information on all aspects of the new schemes can be found at
www.gov.uk/cap-reform.
Some of our standard seed mixtures are EFA compliant as outlined but we are also
able to produce completely bespoke mixtures to your particular specification. At
Church of Bures we are placed extremely well to cater for these demands as we
produce most of the crops ourselves.
Please contact us to discuss all your requirements.
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Conservation, Greening and EFA’s continued
BUFFER STRIPS
Weighting: 1m in length= 9m2 EFA
(i.e. you would need to have 1.1km of buffer strips to count as 1ha EFA)
Buffer strips must be next to a watercourse and be a minimum of 1m width. Grazing and
cutting is allowed, if the strip is temporary grass, but there must be no crop production. You
can use the same buffer strip required for cross compliance as an EFA also.
• Use Church’s General Purpose Wildlife Mixtures or create your own mix to include wild
flowers or legumes.
In field buffer strips parallel to watercourses are also permitted and can be sown with wild
bird mixes or nectar sources- use Church Wild Bird or Pollen and Nectar with Grass.
FALLOW
Weighting: 1m2= 1m2 EFA
(i.e. 1ha fallow land will count as 1ha EFA)
To qualify the fallow period is on arable land from 1st January to 30th June in the
same year. The minimum area is 0.01ha and must have a minimum width of 2m.
Temporary grass, wild bird mixes and pollen and nectar sources can be sown but
these cannot be harvested or grazed.
• Use Church Wild Bird, WM1, Nectar Rich or Grass Margin mixtures.
NITROGEN FIXING CROPS
Weighting: 1m2= 0.7m2 EFA
(i.e. you would need to sow 1.4ha of nitrogen fixing crops to count as 1ha EFA)
Nitrogen Fixing Crops must be in the ground between 1st May and 30th June, and have be
a minimum of 0.01ha in area.
A full list of eligible nitrogen fixing crops is available at www.gov.uk/cap-reform and there
are three classes available: arable leguminous crops, pasture legumes (without grass) and
mixed legumes (where all of the crops are considered to be individually leguminous).
• Use Peas, Beans, Vetch, Lucerne, Sanfoin, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Clovers.
CATCH CROPS AND COVER CROPS
Weighting: 1m2= 0.3m2 EFA
(i.e. you would need to sow 3.3ha of catch/ cover crops to count as 1ha EFA)
Both Catch Crops and Cover Crops must have a minimum area of 0.01ha and consist of a
mix of at least two different eligible cover crops and be a minimum of one cereal and one
non cereal crop. Any percentage mix can be used as long as there is sufficient ground cover
and at least two different crops are visible.
A catch crop must be established by 31st August and retained until at least 1st
October in the same year.
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CONSERVATION, GREENING & EFA’S continued
A cover crop must be established by 1st October and retained until at least 15th
January the following year.
Eligible crops are:
Cereal Non Cereal
Rye Vetch
Barley Phacelia
Oats Mustard
Lucerne
Oilseed Radish
Grass is also permissible as long as it was undersown in the previous crop and is
visible and dense enough to cover the ground by the start of the catch crop or cover
crop period. Some suggested mixtures are detailed however we appreciate that every
situation is different so at Church of Bures we can produce your very own bespoke
mixture to include any percentages of the eligible crops.
Church Rapid Fix
75% Rye
25% Vetch
Sow at 50-65kg/ha
• Rapid establishment and excellent winter ground cover offers good weed
suppression.
• Also nitrogen fixing.
Church Maxi Cover
80% Oats
15% Vetch
5% Phacelia
Sow at 40-50kg/ha
• High Dry Matter cover crop with good weed suppression and nitrogen fixing.
Church Easy Cover
75% Rye
25% Mustard
Sow at 25-40kg/ha
• Economic cover crop which rapidly establishes suppressing weeds and is easy to
incorporate back into the soil.
Church Deep Fix
75% Oats
15% Vetch
10% Oilseed Radish
Sow at 35-50kg/ha
• Nitrogen fixing cover crop with the ability to root through compacted soils
improving structure.
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Game Cover
LATE SPRING/EARLY SUMMER SOWING
Artichokes - Produce good early cover and provide birds with excellent food
throughout the winter. Drill with a potato planter in ridged rows. This product is
perishable and must be drilled as soon as possible upon receipt of the tubers.
● Drill March/April @ 500 kgs/acre in 75-90cm rows.
● Height: 5’-6’ / 150-180cm
NB Minimum order 250 kilos
Buckwheat - This game crop matures quickly to supply continuous food and cover
throughout the Autumn. A good ingredient for mixtures.
● Drill May/June @ 50 kgs/acre in 12-18cm rows.
● Height 2’-3’ / 60-90cm
Canary Grass - Hardy perennial which can last up to ten years. Once established
it provides excellent warm cover breaks holding in birds. Recommended by Game
Conservancy for its excellent holding ability in the warm dense foliage that it
produces.
● Drill March/May @ 2 kgs/acre in 60-75cm rows.
● Height 3’-4’ / 90-120cm
Canary Seed - Dense annual crop providing low cover and valuable food during
winter months. Canary seed is often used as an ingredient in mixtures as it creates a
bushy plant similar to grass with lots of seed heads.
● Drill March/April @ 15 kgs/acre in 20cm rows.
● Height 2’-3’ / 60-90cm
Dwarf Sorghum - This is a dense leafy
cover crop offering good feeding value. It is a
single cross hybrid, which is early to mature,
and has a high grain potential. The variety we
offer has large leaves and very good standing
power. It stands about 2/3rds the height of Giant
Sorghum and remains standing to provide warm
cover as well as height to lift the birds.
● Drill Mid-May to Mid-July @ 8 kgs/acre in 20-
30cm rows.
● Height 3’-4’ / 90-120cm
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Kale - Traditionally this has always been the most popular game cover crop. It stands
well throughout the season and its broad leafy plant with thick stems provides the
perfect game cover. Underneath the plants is a bare floor, which is ideal for pheasants
especially when hand fed. Thousand Head is popular due to the large number of broad
leaves and Marrow Stem’s thick stalk creates an effective umbrella type canopy.
VARIETY
HEIGHT
DRILL
RATE
ROW
Marrow Stem
4’ / 120cm
May / June
2kgs
60cm
Thousand Head
3.5’ / 105cm
May / June
2kgs
60cm
See Root Crops Page for more details
● Drill Mid-May to Mid-July @ 12.5kgs/acre in 30-40cm rows.
● Height 5’-7’ 180–210cm
Linseed - Produces valuable food in autumn making it a very useful ingredient in
game cover mixtures.
● Drill April/May @ 25kgs/acre.
● Height 1’-2’ / 30-60cm
Maize - This will produce an excellent canopy that will last well into the winter. Cobs
are set low with well set flint grains. Its early vigour will contribute to establishing an
excellent cover crop to hold the birds.
● Drill Late April - Early June in 50-60cm rows 50,000 seeds acre packs.
● Height 6’/180cm
Millet: - Red/White - Excellent game cover crop which can also be used to enhance
maize. It produces good, low cover for partridges and pheasants with the seed heads
providing food.
● Drill April/May @ 12.5kgs/acre in 25-50cm rows.
Quinoa - Food crop producing large volumes of seed that ripens and sheds
continuously for many months.
● Drill April/May @ 4kgs/acre in 30-40cm rows or broadcast.
Sunflower - Very tall crop which provides plenty of food in autumn and is also good
in mixtures.
● Drill May/June @ 5kgs/acre in 50cm rows.
Texsel Greens - This plant is a member of the rape family and looks similar initially,
but when left to mature they make a good game cover crop. They are very quick to
produce seed and can mature to full plant by the end of October even when planted in
July. No other brassica crop grows as fast, and no other crop provides a micro climate of
insect life for game birds in such a short time period.
● Drill late June - early September @ 2.5kgs/acre in 2 - 15cm rows or broadcast.
● Height 4’-5’/120-150cm
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Giant Sorghum - This is a huge plant which creates a canopy of shelter. Our variety
Susu is hardy, vigorous and can grow up to 7’ (210cm), but if drilled slightly later, the
more desirable height of 5’ – 6’ can be achieved.
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LATER SOWING
Fodder Radish - When planted early, this bushy plant can grow up to 5’ tall. It can
Millet Mix - The white and red millets produce an abundance of food so the mix creates a
fantastic reliable cover crop.
● Drill May-September @ 5 kgs/acre in 25-35cm rows or broadcast.
● Height 4’-5’/120 - 150cm
5.0kg White Millet
5.0kg Red Millet
10.0kg per acre
also be sown as late as September and is often used in emergencies.
Mustard - A very good cover. Often used as a standby if other game crops fail as it
can be drilled up to mid September and grown on very poor soils. Our variety Tilney
is one of the most winter hardy varieties available.
● Drill June/September @ 6kgs/acre in 20-30cm rows or broadcast.
Phacelia - Provides a quick, thick, dense cover which blankets weeds.
● Drill June/August, broadcast 4kgs/acre.
● Height 1’-2’/30 - 60cm
Stubble Turnips - Can be broadcast or drilled on stubble to produce effective large
leaved cover.
● Drill July/Early September @ 4kgs/acre in 20-30cm rows or broadcast.
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● Drill May/June @ 10kgs/acre in 25-50cm rows.
the full length of the stem. This very popular mixture combines the holding qualities of
kale and the fantastic feed production of quinoa, to provide an excellent game cover
crop. The kale and quinoa are supplied separately.
2.0kg Quinoa
1.0kg Kale
3.0 kg per acre
● Drill April/May, in 40-60cm rows, in acre packs.
Game Cover Mixture - By mixing crops it is possible to combine the best feed
GAME COVER continued
Quinoa/Kale - Quinoa is a tall colourful plant producing a mass of seed heads up
Mustard/Fodder Radish Mix - Mustard and Fodder Radish are extremely
vigorous in their growth habit. Mustard establishes very quickly and Fodder Radish
grows into a 4’ bushy plant. For patching up in bare areas of game cover or when a
game crop has failed completely, this is an ideal mix because it can be drilled as late
as September to create some cover.
4.0kg Mustard
2.0kg Fodder Radish
6.0kg per acre
● Drill April/May, in 40-60cm rows, in acre packs.
with the best cover. This mixture thrives under most soil and temperature conditions
and needs very little attention. This is an excellent hardy general-purpose mixture that is
widely used all over the country.
2.5kg Buckwheat
2.0kg Canary Seed
1.5kg Linseed
1.5kg Sunflower
1.0kg Mustard
0.5kg Kale Seed
0.5kg Rape
9.5kg per acre
● Drill April/May in 25-50 cm rows, in acre packs @ 9.5kgs per acre.
● Height 4’-5’/120–150cm
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Wild Flowers
CONSTABLE MIXTURE
This all purpose wild flower mixture is unique to Church of Bures. It provides a stable way of
establishing a beautiful meadow using attractive native species and has been formulated to provide
a wide range of strong UK native flowers. The Constable and Gainsborough Mixtures give excellent
variety and colour throughout the flowering season, from April through to October. The mixtures
will not only delight the eye with their rich diversity but will also prove very attractive to butterflies
and other insects.
Since enhanced soil fertility will have an adverse effect on the persistence of Wild Flora by
encouraging more aggressive grasses, clovers with their atmospheric nitrogen fixing properties
have been omitted entirely from the mixtures.
CONSTABLE MIXTURE
Flora
● 10.0%
Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus
● 12.0%
Black Medick (Trefoil) Medicago lupulina
● 6.0%
Carrot Daucus carota
● 9.0%
Field Scabious Knautia arvensis
● 9.0%
Knapweed Centaurea
● 10.0%
Ladies Bedstraw Galium verum
● 8.0%
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris
● 4.0%
Ox Eye Daisy Leucanthemum Vulgare
● 3.0%
Common St Johns Wort Hypericum perforatum
● 10.0%
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
● 6.0%
Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor
● 10.0%
Self Heal Prunella vulgaris
● 3.0%
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
20%
OF THE
MIXTURE
Mixed in with the wild flora is a carefully selected blend of attractive and ornamental
meadow grasses, which are worthy of appreciation in their own right. These will maintain
healthy but non-competitive growth in low fertility soil conditions, keeping the ground tidy
throughout the year. The ornamental grasses make up 80% of the mixtures with 20% wild
flowers. When buying a wild flower meadow mixture we provide you with a complete guide
to soil preparation, sowing, initial maintenance and continual maintenance.
Grasses
● 6.5%
Browntop Bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
● 18.5%
Chewings Fescue
Festuca rubra commutata
● 12.5%
Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca rubra litoralis
● 18.5%
Crested Dogstail
Cynosurus cristatus
● 12.5%
Meadow Fescue
Festuca pratensis
80
%
OF THE
MIXTURE
● 9.5%
Rough Stalked Meadow Grass
Poa trivialis
● 12.5%
Sheeps or Hard Fescue
Festuca ovina
● 9.5%
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
Sowing rate 1kg per 250yd2 - 12kgs per acre
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The Gainsborough wild flower mix has been formed to include less species than the
Constable Mix, however there are far more seeds of each wild flower specie included. This
improves the chance of establishment especially in areas where the soil is quite fertile and
the grasses are allowed to grow quickly and dominate. This is a beautiful mixture which is
completed by the attractive non-aggressive meadow grasses.
Flora
● 12%
Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
● 15%
Field Scabious
Knautia arvensis
● 8%
Ox Eye Daisy
Leucanthemum Vulgare
● 10%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
OF THE
MIXTURE
● 16%
Self Heal
Prunella vulgaris
● 12%
Meadow Buttercup
Ranunculus acris
● 12%
Lady’s Bedstraw
Galium verum
● 15%
Ribwort Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
● 6.5%
Browntop Bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
● 18.5%
Chewings Fescue
Festuca rubra commutata
● 12.5%
Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca rubra litoralis
● 18.5%
Crested Dogstail
Cynosurus cristatus
● 12.5%
Meadow Fescue
Festuca pratensis
● 9.5%
Rough Stalked Meadow Grass
Poa trivialis
● 12.5%
Sheeps or Hard Fescue
Festuca ovina
● 9.5%
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
20%
Grasses
80
%
OF THE
MIXTURE
CHURCH CORNFIELD MIXTURE
It is possible to create a striking meadow of annual cornfield flowers. When this mixture is
established the results are stunning. It is most commonly sold as a pure mixture of wild flower
seeds, however it is possible to dilute the flora with a meadow grass mixture.
● 10%
Corn Poppy
Papaver rhoeas
● 25%
Corn Flower
Centurea cyanus
● 17%
Corn Marigold
Chrysanthemum segatum
● 8%
Corn Chamomile
Anthemis arvensis
● 40%
Corn Cockle
Agrostemma githago
WILD FLOWER SEEDS
There are numerous wild flower mixtures available for a wide range of situations and soils i.e.
acid soils, damp loamy soils, calcareous soils, hedgerow and light shade, woodland, heavy
shade, water margins and pond edges. It is therefore possible to construct a mixture to suit
your needs and situation from the list of common names of wild flower species.
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WILD FLOWERS
GAINSBOROUGH MIXTURE
Grasses
LAWN GRASS
Almost all the different amenity grasses we use in our mixtures are in the top ten varieties listed
by The Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI). Each cultivar is selected by us to ensure their all round
performance regarding tolerance of close mowing, shoot density, fineness of leaf, cleanliness of
cut, winter greenness and the ability to grow strongly after mowing.
Dwarf Perennial Ryegrass - This is our best selling amenity grass. Its main attraction
being its low cutting frequency with good persistence and stability which makes it
ideal for many different grass situations at a low price.
Brown Top - This is the finest and highest quality grass which makes it an essential
component for a first class lawn.
Chewings Fescue - A very fine fescue which is distinguished by its strong root and
sward development. It has excellent tolerance to frequent close mowing and has a low
rate of leaf increase which makes it an ideal mixing component with other fine leaved
varieties.
LAWN & SPORTS MIXTURE
Without Ryegrass
A Mix TOP QUALITY ORNAMENTAL - Suitable for top quality lawns, low wear tennis courts,
croquet lawns and putting greens.
● 70% Chewings Fescue
● 30% Brown Top Bent
B Mix FINE LAWN - Suitable for low wear/low maintenance lawns.
● 90% Creeping Red Fescue
● 10% Brown Top Bent
With Ryegrass
C Mix ECONOMY MIX - Low maintenance ground cover.
Crested Dogstail - This is a very attractive yet more traditional grass. It can be used in
● 70% Amenity Perennial Ryegrass
Hard Fescue - Its growth habit makes it suitable for both amenity and meadow
D Mix SUPERIOR AMENITY MIXTURE - Suitable for hard wearing lawns, cricket pitches, tennis
courts and almost all other grassing situations.
ornamental lawn mixtures but is more suited to an old time meadow mix.
situations.
Creeping Red Fescue - This fescue is perfect for amenity mixtures as it fills out the
bottom of the sward and helps to keep a good colour in summer thus making it an
essential ingredient for excellent lawns.
Rough Stalked Meadow Grass - Requires moist conditions and thrives on strong soils.
Suitable for tough-wearing situations.
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass - As a drought resister this is very valuable under dry
conditions. It is suitable for shady areas and has thick shoot density for good ground
cover even when mown very short.
These top quality amenity grasses can be blended to form mixtures tailor-made to suit your own
special requirements for all situations i.e. golf greens, tees and fairways, horse gallops, car boot
fields, playing fields, air strips and runways, road side verges as well as different mixtures for low
maintenance landscaping grass.
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● 35% Amenity Perennial Ryegrass
● 15% Chewings Fescue
● 5% Brown Top
GRASSES
SOWING RATE
● 68gms/m2 (202 /yd2)
● 1kg covers 15m2 (18yd2)
(In order to calculate how many kilos of seed you require,
first work out the area in m² and divide by 15).
HOW MUCH SEED DO YOU NEED
● 15 m² / 18 yd² 1 kilo
● 30 m² / 36 yd² 4 kilos
● 75 m² / 90 yd² 5 kilos
● 100 m²/ 120 yd² 7 kilos
● 150 m² / 180 yd² 10 kilos
● 200 m² / 240 yd² 14 kilos
● 250 m² / 300 yd² 17 kilos
● 300 m² / 360 yd² 20 kilos
● 500 m² / 600 yd² 34 kilos
● 750 m² / 900 yd² 50 kilos
SPORTING AREAS
● Bowls 1,475m² / 1,764 yd²
● Cricket Square 753 m² / 900 yd²
● Football (min) 4,180 m² / 5,000 yd²
● Football (max) 10,180 m² / 13,000 yd²
● Golf (greens) 500 m² / 600 yd²
● Golf (18 holes) 9,000 m² / 10,800 yd²
● Hockey (min) 4,600 m² / 4,950 yd²
● Hockey (max) 4,950 m² / 6,000 yd²
● Rugby 6,900 m² / 8,250 yd²
● Tennis (regulation) 252 m² / 313 yd²
● Tennis (full size) 670 m² / 800 yd²
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AGRICULTURAL GRASS
Cocksfoot
Cocksfoot produces high yields in late summer and is suitable for use as autumn keep in November
and December. It is sometimes used as a special purpose grass on the drier, free-draining soils of East
Anglia. It is often used in strips of cereals to provide habitat for aphid eating beetles. Early varieties are
available with high yields at first conversion cut.
MEADOW FESCUE
An excellent hay type, which is also good for early grazing.
ITALIAN RYEGRASS
These grasses grow quickly and early for a short duration. They provide the bulk of hay and under
suitable management, continuous grazing.
WESTERWOLTH RYEGRASS
Fast growing, useful for quick cropping, patching of leys and building up humus in orchards.
TIMOTHY
High yields with a very good first conversion cut at 67D. Excellent ground cover and mid-season
digestibility.
PERENNIAL RYEGRASS
These vigorous grasses are durable, long lasting and tiller well. They form the basis of most pastures
and their root capacity makes a big contribution to soil humus and thus soil fertility.
MIXTURES
Number 1 - LOW MAINTENANCE
Low growing grasses are from the amenity list therefore this mixture can be used as an alternative cost
effective general purpose amenity grass mixture.
5.0kg Turf Perennial Ryegrass
5.0kg Creeping Red Fescue
10.0kg per acre
Number 2 - LOW MAINTENANCE + CLOVER
This mixture provides an effective means of covering the land with robust and vigorous grass as well as
adding some nitrogen to the soil with the red clover.
3.0kg Early Perennial Ryegrass
5.0kg Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
0.25kg Red Clover
8.25kg per acre
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Number 3 - LOW MAINTENANCE NO CLOVER
Similar to No. 2 but without the clover. Excellent long or short term ground cover.
8.0kg per acre
Number 4 - GENERAL PURPOSE & EARLY BITE
A vigorous and highly productive one-year ley. Suitable for spring or early autumn sowing. The first
cut is usually taken around the second and third weeks of May.
2.0kg Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass
5.0kg Italian Ryegrass
3.0kg Red Clover
10.0kg per acre
Number 5 - HIGH YIELD SILAGE MIXTURE
This is an excellent mixture combining the best quality grass for a maximum yield It
provides a very high D-value at the first cut (weeks 2-3 in May) and a high soluble
carbohydrate content which is important for good silage fermentation. No 5 will improve
profitability with winter milk production due to the improved palatability and the reduced
need for silage additives.
4.0kg Early Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass
4.0kg Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass
3.0kg Intermediate Tetraploid PRG
15.0kg per acre
THREE/FOUR YEAR LEYS
Number 6 - GOOD GENERAL PURPOSE
This is an excellent mixture full of highly listed varieties, useful for a multi-purpose grass
situation. The ley will have a thick bottom sward for good hay, silage and grazing.
4.0kg Late Perennial Ryegrass
0.5kg Church White Clover Blend
12.0kg per acre
Number 7 - LONG TERM HAY
A robust and resourceful mixture that contains persistent varieties ensuring good yields for cutting
and grazing over many years. The late perennial ryegrass provides a thick bottom sward for good
regeneration after each cut.
14.0kg per acre
Number 8 - INTENSIVE GRAZING
This long-term ley is rich in quality grasses providing all year round hardwearing grazing. It is
especially good for lamb production. The highly nutritious clover blend complements the
late perennial ryegrasses at the bottom of the sward. This hardy mixture can be used on all soil
types.
3.0kg Late Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass
1.0kg Church Grazing White Clover Blend
14.0kg per acre
Number 9 - MIDDLE TO LATE GRAZING
A combination of highly productive ryegrasses together with our nutritious clover blend allows
some intensive grazing after a highly productive hay cut. The clover blend makes the grazing
more palatable and will subsequently improve live weight gain.
1.0kg Church Grazing White Clover Blend
14.0kg per acre
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TWO YEAR LEY
Grasses continued
LONG TERM MIXTURES
Number 10 - LONG TERM LEY
The mix of grasses in this long ley have been selected to produce excellent yields for cutting and
grazing over many years. The Timothy is exceptionally resistant to cold temperatures and provides
good late season growth. The combination of white clover and vigorous perennial ryegrass provides
an excellent sward for grazing and cutting. No 10 is often used as a general purpose long term ley.
1.0kg Medium Timothy
1.0kg Late Timothy
0.5kg Church All-purpose White Clover Blend
12.5kg per acre
Number 12 - HORSE MIXTURE
For a permanent horse pasture, this mixture is one of the best available. It is specifically constructed
for horse paddocks and stud farms to provide balanced grazing and tough dense turf. The ley can be
grazed intensively throughout the year and the creeping red fescue has excellent repairing qualities
for the heavy users.
2.0 kg Early Perennial Ryegrass
2.0 kg Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.0 kg Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.0 kg Late Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass
1.0 kg Meadow Fescue
1.0 kg Medium Timothy
1.0 kg Late Timothy
1.5 kg Creeping Red
13.5kg per acre
Number 11 - SHEEP & YOUNG STOCK
Our sheep and young stock mixture is intended for profitable stock production with the emphasis
placed on seasonal production, live weight gain and fattening. The white clover increases production,
reduces inputs and maintains profit margins.
1.0kg Medium Timothy
1.0kg Late Timothy
0.5kg Church All-purpose White Clover Blend
13.0kg per acre
HERBS FOR HORSES
An excellent additive to the No 12 mixture and popular with horse lovers. A simple herb blend in the
ley enables horses to receive an increased mineral intake in the diet. Most wild herbs are drought
resistant and can improve drainage with their deep roots penetrating the subsoil. The flavour of the
herbs improves the palatability and thus the horses relish the fresh herb ley.
Church Horse Herb Blend
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n Chicory n Salad Burnet n Ribgrass n Yarrow n Sainfoin n Sheeps Parsley Cichorium intybus
Sanguisorba minor
Plantaga lanceolata
Achillea millefolium
Onobrychis viciifolia
Petroselinum crispum
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HAYLAGE MIXTURE
Haylage is simply forage that is baled at a higher moisture content than dry hay and then stored
in a sealed plastic wrap. Because of the high moisture level and air tight environment, the forage
ferments and is preserved by acid production during fermentation. A big advantage of this is
obviously the decreased curing time needed from cutting to baling which makes weather less of
a factor.
2.0kg Timothy
1.5kg Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
14.0kg per acre
REARING PEN MIX
Low growth mixture but hard wearing with the inclusion of White Clover to attract insect activity
for young poults.
6.0kg Turf Perennial Ryegrass
2.5kg White Clover
14.5kg per acre
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Seeds Required Per Statute Acre
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 below.
SPECIES ● Beans-Broad ● Beans - Winter ● Beans - Spring (Maris Bead) ● Borage ● Canary ● Clover Red ● Clover - White ● Cocksfoot ● Fodder - Beet ● Fodder Radish ● Kale ● Linseed ● Lucerne ● Maize ● Mangel ● Maples ● Millet Red/White ● Mustard (Broadcast) ● Mustard (drilled) ● Peas ● Quinoa ● Rape (drilled) ● Rape (Broadcast) ● Runner Beans ● Ryegrass - Hybrid
● Ryegrass - Italian ● Sorghum - (Dwarf) ● Sorghum - (Giant) ● Sunflower ● Trefoil ● Turnip ● Turnip (stubble) ● Vetches (Tares) 30
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1 Hectare = 2.471 acres
1 Acre = 0.4047 hectares
SOWING RATE PER ACRE 100 kilos 95 kilos 75 kilos 6 kilos
15 kilos
6.5 kilos 2 kilos 8 kilos 50,000 seeds per acre 5 kilos 2 kilos 25 kilos 9 kilos 45,000 seeds per acre 3.5 kilos 100 kilos 12.5 kilos
9 kilos
6 kilos 100 kilos 4 kilos
3 kilos 5 kilos 20-40 kilos 14 kilos 14 kilos 8 kilos
12 kilos
5 kilos 3.5 kilos 2 kilos 3 kilos 62 kilos P
98 98 98 G
80
85
85
97 97 90 97 97 98 99 97 98 97 98 80
80
80
73
80
75
85
80
80
73
80
98 98 98 85
85
80
98 98 99 96 96 85
85
80
75
75
98 97 97
97 98 85
80
80
80
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TERMS OF PAYMENT - Unless otherwise stated, our terms are strictly net cash. A credit surcharge
of 10% of the total value will be added to all invoices. This surcharge may be deducted if payment
is made within 28 days of the date of invoice - payment thereafter will be strictly net and includes
the credit charge. If the invoice is not paid after a further one month, we reserve the right to charge
interest at the rate of 2% per month on the outstanding amount.
TITLE - Title to the goods is reserved and shall not pass to the buyer until such time as payment has
been made in full.
CARRIAGE - All orders over £200 in value will be delivered to the Customer’s own farm free of
charge (East Anglia only). Orders valued at £200 and under will have the carriage charged at cost.
SEED DRESSING - Some seeds may be dressed with Chemical Seed Dressing and whilst every
precaution is taken we cannot be held responsible for any damage caused thereby.
LATENT DEFECT - Diseases of plants can be transmitted by the wind, by insects, by animals or by
human agencies and may be seed borne or soil borne. We believe the seed hereby sold to be free
from latent defect, but it is not a condition of sale, nor do we warrant that any seed sold by us shall
be free from such defect and will not be responsible in any way for the resultant crop.
MINIMUM ORDER VALUE - The minimum order for credit on account is £50.00.
CONDITIONS OF SALE - Title to the goods remains with the supplier until invoice(s) are settled
in full. The seller retains the right of title over the goods and any income from subsequent crops
or derived products until the entire outstanding amount is settled. The seller reserves the right to
suspend other or outstanding deliveries until outstanding amounts have been settled.
Seed returned will only be credited in full, subject to our seal being unbroken and that we can
sell elsewhere during the season purchased. A handling fee of 15% will be charged on any seed
returned. NB - This does not apply to mixed seeds, or those with a chemical treatment.
All information contained in the catalogue or given by our personnel and relating to varieties,
varietal characteristics or periods of maturity or fitness for any particular purpose or otherwise
relating to the performance of seeds is given for general guidance only. Variation in local or
climatic conditions can render such information inaccurate. Customers are therefore advised that
any such information given to them does not constitute a representation by us as to these matters
and should not be relied on as such. Customers should satisfy themselves that any seeds which
they order are of a variety and performance satisfactory for their requirements and order such
seeds at their own risk. Customers are advised that our personnel have no authority to give more
than general guidance as described above to customers and we disclaim liability for any advice
given or opinion expressed by them. Such advice is followed, or opinion acted upon, entirely at the
customer’s own risk.
VINING PEAS - Protected varieties of vining peas are protected by plant breeders’ rights under
either The Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964, The Plant Varieties Act 1997 or Regulation (EC) No.
2 100/94 or subsequent directives or acts. Permission to use farm-saved, bypass or intentionally
grown seed is not automatically given. By purchasing seed of protected varieties the buyer agrees
to abide by the laws, practices and operation of the directives and acts and to allow BSPB (British
Society of Plant Breeders) - acting on behalf of the Rights holder - full access to all relevant
documentation. The buyer should hold or should obtain a licence from BSPB before using any of
the seed as described above. The buyer must comply with the directions given and agree to make
any and all payments required.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS - The giving or sending of an order to us constitutes an acceptance of
the Terms by the Buyer who if they do not accept the Terms must return the goods forthwith.
• Payment can be made by cheque, credit card or debit card.
• Delivery will be charged at cost on small orders.
Seeds sold by us are guaranteed to comply at the time of delivery with the EU Seeds Regulations
currently in force.
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General Terms and Conditions of Sale
COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS
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Telephone: 01787 227654 • Fax: 01787 228325
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