All SFI Seed Mixes

Use this 2 year mixture for CAHL2 (2024) and AHL2 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and AB9 Countryside Stewardship (Winter Bird Food), providing grain-bearing plants for farmland birds, especially Grey Partridges, through autumn and winter for two seasons.

• Farmland birds eat the seeds from October and beneficial insects including bees and butterflies use the flowers during the summer
• Sow in spring or early summer for optimum establishment
• Re-sow every two years of your agreement
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CAHL2 AHL2 
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB9  
• Contains: 50% Spring Barley, 30% Spring Triticale, 7% White Millet, 5% Linseed, 5% Fodder Radish, 3% Kale
• Sowing rate: 50kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Blend of three Italian Ryegrass varieties and two Hybrid Ryegrass varieties

• 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

Use this 1 year mixture for CAHL2 (2024) and AHL2 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and AB9 Countryside Stewardship (Winter Bird Food) to provide food and shelter for farmland birds, especially Finches and Corn Buntings, during autumn and winter.

• Farmland birds eat the seeds from October and beneficial insects including bees and butterflies use the flowers during the summer
• Sow in spring or early summer for optimum establishment
• Re-sow in each year of your agreement
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CAHL2 AHL2
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB9
• Contains: 50% Spring Barley, 30% Spring Triticale, 7% Sunflower, 5% Red Millet, 5% White Millet, 3% Quinoa
• Sowing rate: 50kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

20% Westerwolds, 25% Hybrid Ryegrass, 25% Italian Ryegrass, 30% Early Perennial Ryegrass

• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CIGL2 IGL2 
• Suitable for intensive cutting regimes with high yields
• Can be used as an after maize mixture and for anaerobic digestion
• 67D approx. 6 weeks after cutting with high sugar content
• Rapid recovery after defoliation ensures reliable cuts later 
• Suitable for high Nitrogen input systems
• Sowing rate: 14 kg per acre. Pack size: 14kg 

Use this mixture for CSAM2, SOH4 (2024) 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 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: 10kg/ha 

Use this premium overseeding mixture for CSAM3 (2024) and SAM3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive, and Countryside Stewardship GS4 (Herbal Leys), to establish diverse sward of legumes and herbs into an existing grass ley.

• Suitable for sheep grazing due to the absence of red clover 
• Mixed blend of legumes and herbs to provide diversity and improve palatability 
• Using our Premium Overseeding Herbal Ley mix to comply with SAM3 and GS4, the existing grass swards must have 5 grass species in
• If you have a sward with less than 5 grass species in, we recommend sowing our CSS2 Herbal Ley or CSS2/P Premium Herbal Ley
• Use for static implementation of CSAM3 and SAM3 Herbal Ley schemes
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CSAM3 SAM3 
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): GS1 GS4 GS8 GS14 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2
• Contains: 17.5% Vetch, 17% Sainfoin, 10% White Clover, 10% Alsike Clover, 9% Lucerne, 8% Sheep's Parsley, 8% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 8% Sheep's Burnet, 7% Black Medick, 5% Ribwort Plantain, 0.5% Yarrow
• Sowing rate: 10kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this premium herbal mixture for CSAM3 (2024) and SAM3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive, and Countryside Stewardship GS4 (Herbal Leys), to establish a premium mix of legumes, herbs and grasses to improve soil structure and fertility. 

• Create a diverse sward with a range of herbs and legumes in, suitable for productive grazing
• Produces a high volume of forage whilst improving the soil 
• Use for static implementation of CSAM3 and SAM3 Herbal Ley schemes
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CSAM3 SAM3 
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): GS1 GS4 GS8 GS14 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2
• Contains: 30% Perennial Ryegrass, 15% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 10% Meadow Fescue, 6% Sainfoin, 5% Festulolium, 5% Timothy, 5% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass, 5% Red Clover, 3% Vetch, 3% White Clover, 2.5% Alsike Clover, 2% Sheep's Burnet, 2% Sheep's Parsley, 2% Chicory, 2% Lucerne, 1% Ribwort Plantain, 1% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 0.5% Yarrow 
• Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this herbal ley for CSAM3 (2024) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Herbal Leys), to establish a sward specifically formulated for cutting and to help soil fertility with nitrogen-fixing legumes and nectar-rich herbs.

• Suited to cutting with its addition of red clover with it's rapid regrowth and high yields
• Contains legumes and herbs that have high nutritional value when dried 
• Use for static implementation of CSAM3 Herbal Ley scheme
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CSAM3 
• Contains: 34% Late Perennial Ryegrass (tet), 14% Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (dip), 11% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass, 7% Festulolium, 7% Cocksfoot, 7% Timothy, 6% Red Clover, 5% Lucerne, 3% White Clover, 2% Alsike Clover, 1% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 1% Sheep's Burnet, 1% Sheep's Parsley, 1% Ribwort Plantain
• Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this herbal ley for CSAM3 (2024) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Herbal Leys), specifically formulated for grazing to increase diversity within the sward by including legumes and herbs that are rich in trace elements and minerals. 

• Quick establishing, nitrogen-fixing legumes such as white clover and sainfoin
• Absence of red clover which can cause bloat and chicory which can be unpalatable if left to grow tall
• Use for static implementation of CSAM3 Herbal Ley scheme
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CSAM3 
• Contains: 27% Late Perennial Ryegrass (dip), 19% Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (dip), 11.5% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 9% Meadow Fescue, 8% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass, 6.5% Sainfoin, 6% Vetch, 5.5% Timothy, 4% White Clover, 1% Sheep's Parsley, 1% Sheep's Burnet, 1% Ribwort Plantain, 0.5% Yarrow
• Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this herbal ley for CSAM3 (2024) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Herbal Leys), to establish a sward comprising of grasses, two herbs and two legumes to provide forage whilst improving soil structure. 

• Increases biodiversity and attracts beneficial pollinators and insects 
• Helps to improve soil biology with a range of rooting types
• Use for static implementation of CSAM3 Herbal Ley scheme
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CSAM3 
• Contains: 45% Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (tet), 35% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 10% Sainfoin, 5% Timothy, 3% Red Clover, 1% Sheep's Parsley, 1% Sheep's Burnet
• Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

LIFAGO buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) is a different species to conventional buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) - particularly suited to grow as a companion crop with oilseed rape.

• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CIPM3 IPM3 
• Rapid establishment and high vigour
• Creates a dense canopy to protect the oilseed rape plants
• Smaller seeded and easier to drill with oilseed rape than standard buckwheat
• Scavenges phosphates from the soil for future crops
• Sowing rate: c.10kg/ha as a companion crop

Use this mixture for CIPM3 (2024) and IPM3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive to aid the establishment of oilseed rape plants. Maximum action against flea beetle provided by buckwheat's thick and dense canopy and fenugreek's degterring odour.

• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CIPM3 IPM3 
• Killed by frost without regrowth
• Best sown 7 days before drilling OSR
• Contains: 70% LIFAGO Buckwheat, 30% Fenugreek
• Sowing Rate: 10kg/ha