Cover Crop Mixtures

Use this mixture for SOH2 and SOH3 (2024/2025) Sustainable Farming Incentive Multi Species Spring/Summer Sown Cover Crops, to provide a diverse mixture for summer and early autumn soil conditioning. Designed for sowing after early-harvested crops and incorporating before autumn-drilled cereals. Includes a range of rooting depths and types, and produces significant organic matter for incorporation.

This mixture can also be used for CSAM2 (2024/2025) and SAM2 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive Multi Species Winter Cover, to provide ground cover and varying rooting structures throughout the winter months. 

• Produces high organic matter 
• Easy to incorporate 
• Range of rooting depths and types 
• Use for rotational implementation of SOH2 and SOH3 Multi Species Spring/Summer Sown Cover Crop
• Sow from March - May for SOH2 agreements 
• Sow from June - August for SOH3 agreements
• Flowering species provide essential food sources for pollinators
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive SFI SOH2 SOH3 
• Contains: 35% Black Oats, 27% Spring Vetch, 15% Buckwheat, 10% Berseem Clover, 10% Linseed, 3% Phacelia 
• Sowing rate: 15-25kg/ha

Specifically for early autumn sowing where high biomass is required but mixture is not required to overwinter. Black Oats are exceptionally quick to establish but late to mature, reducing risk of unwanted seed shed. Vetch establishes and grows quickly in the autumn.

• Suitable for short-term grazing or ensiling 
• Best sown in early autumn - Short term very quick growing
• Fixes and catches nitrogen - Winter kill is likely
• Contents: 70% Black Oats, 30% Vetch
• Sowing rate: 35kg/ha. 

Use this mix for rotational CNUM3 (2024/2025) and NUM3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Legume Fallow), to establish a mix of vigorous legumes to flower for the summer months of May-August. This mix can also be used for SOH2 and SOH3 (2024) Multi Species Spring/Summer Sown Cover Crop and SAM2 (2024) Multi-Species Winter Cover Crops.

• Can be sown on a different parcel of land each of the three years of the agreement 
• Provides valuable food source for beneficial insects and farmland birds 
• Adds nutrients into the soil and improves soil health and structure 
• Use for rotational implementation of CNUM3 and NUM3 Legume Fallow, or SOH2 and SOH3 Spring/Summer Cover Crops and SAM2 Multi-Species Winter Cover Crops.
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CNUM2 NUM2 CNUM3 NUM3 SOH2 SOH3
• Contains: 50% Vetch, 15% Linseed, 15% Buckwheat, 7.5% Crimson Clover, 7.5% Berseem Clover, 5% Phacelia
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

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 

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 

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

Use this mixture for SOH2 and SOH3 (2024/2025) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Multi Species Spring/Summer Sown Cover Crops), to provide short-term cover between cash crops. This mixture has been carefully formulated to protect the soil surface, and aid soil conditioning through a range of rooting depths and types. 

• Easy to incorporate 
• Short-term, easy to establish summer cover 
• Flowering species to attract pollinators 
• Use for rotational implementation of SOH2 and SOH3 Multi Species Spring/Summer Sown Cover Crop
• Sow from March - May for SOH2 agreements 
• Sow from June - August for SOH3 agreements
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): SOH2 SOH3
• Contains: 40% Vetch, 30% Buckwheat, 25% Linseed, 5% Phacelia 
• Sowing rate: 15kg/ha 

 A short-term mixture consisting of nitrogen-fixing legumes to add nutrients to the soil. Formulated specifically for spring drilling or after early-harvested crops, to be incorporated before drilling winter cereals.

• Sequests carbon and replenishes lost nutrients 
• Susceptible to frosts 
• Includes ‘single-cut’ berseem clover variety ‘TABOR’ and ‘BINGO’ purple vetch 
• Contains: 50% Spring Vetch, 30% Purple Vetch, 20% Berseem Clover 
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha