SFI SOH4 - Winter Cover Following Maize Crops
Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), SOH4 (2024/2025), Winter cover following Maize crops, requires a winter cover crop to be present after a maize crop is harvested (usually no later than mid-October) which will not be harvested as a cash crop. The main aim of this scheme is to reduce the risk of soil erosion and surface runoff, help take up nutrients and reduce nitrate leaching through the soil profile. SOH4 is a static or rotational action, and can therefore be carried out on the same area of land each year, or can be moved around the farm.
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100% Westerwolds Ryegrass
- Produces large amounts of biomass in short space of time
- Suitable for silage, hay production, grazing and green manure
- Can be sown from spring through to autumn
- Sowing rate: 15kg per acre. Pack size: 25kg.
100% Italian Ryegrass:
- Up to two years of intensive cutting and high yields
- Responds very quickly to the application of fertiliser
- Suitable for spring or autumn sowing, ideal for anaerobic digestion
- Versatile short term species
- Sowing rate: 15kg per acre. Pack size: 25kg
Boston Seeds are proud to supply the EnviroSeeds range for biodiversity and sustainable farming.
Use this mixture for CSAM2, SOH4 (2024) and SAM2 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Multi Species Winter Cover), to provide rapid soil coverage in the autumn. Berseem clover grows vigorously in the autumn but is killed by frost. Crimson clover is frost-tolerant for winter ground cover and early spring growth.
- Rapid establishment
- Fixes nitrogen in autumn and spring
- Dense ground cover through the winter
- Tolerant of poor soils
- Used for rotational implementation of CSAM2 and SAM2 Multi Species Winter Cover and SOH4 Winter Cover Following Maize Crops
- Sow early autumn for optimum establishment
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CSAM2 SOH4 SAM2
- Contains: 70% Vetch, 20% Crimson Clover, 7% Berseem Clover, 3% Phacelia
- Sowing rate: 20kg/ha
Boston Seeds are proud to supply the EnviroSeeds range for biodiversity and sustainable farming.
Use this mixture for CSAM2, SOH4 (2024/2025) and SAM2 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Multi Species Winter Cover), to provide ground cover and rooting structure throughout the winter months. This mix contains a range of frost-tolerant species to provide cover from autumn through to drilling of spring crops. Varying plant types and root profiles maximise soil conditioning and spring organic matter production.
- Frost-tolerant
- Range of rooting depths and types
- High organic matter production
- Fixes and catches nitrogen
- Used for rotational implementation of CSAM2 and SAM2 Multi Species Winter Cover and SOH4 Winter Cover Following Maize Crops
- Sow early autumn for optimum establishment
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CSAM2 SOH4 SAM2
- Contains: 50% Rye, 25% Vetch, 10% White Mustard, 5% Brown Mustard, 5% Crimson Clover, 5% Oil Radish
- Sowing rate: 25kg/ha
Boston Seeds are proud to supply the EnviroSeeds range for biodiversity and sustainable farming.
Use this mixture for CSAM2, SOH4 (2024/2025) and SAM2 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Multi Species Winter Cover), to provide ground cover and rooting structure throughout the winter months. Vetch has a prolonged growing season and fixes Nitrogen at lower temperatures than other legumes. Rye develops a strong root structure to scavenge Nitrogen from the previous crop.
- Fixes and catches Nitrogen - Winter hardy mixture
- Low cost - Good weed suppression
- Used for rotational implementation of CSAM2 and SAM2 Multi Species Winter Cover and SOH4 Winter Cover Following Maize Crops
- Sow early autumn for optimum establishment
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CSAM2 SOH4 SAM2
- Contains: 80% Rye, 20% Vetch
- Sowing rate: 40kg/ha. EFA Compliant
68% Italian Ryegrass Blend, 32% Hybrid Ryegrass
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CIGL2 IGL2
- Mixture of both diploid and tetraploid varieties
- Intensive cutting mixture for up to three years
- Responsive to high fertiliser input
- Excellent forage quality for ensiling and use in anaerobic digestors
- Good regrowth after cutting
- Sowing rate: 14kg per acre. Pack size: 14kg
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