All SFI Seed Mixes

Use this mixture for CNUM3 (2024) and NUM3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive, and Countryside Stewardship AB15 (Legume Fallow), to provide an abundant supply of sown pollen and nectar-rich flowers between early and late summer for the duration of the agreement.

• Mixture also available without grass - see CSS6
• The inclusion of ryegrass to reduce flowering blackgrass populations (also available with Timothy or Strong Creeping Red Fescue)
• Use for static implementation of CNUM3 and NUM3 Legume Fallow - sow in the spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Use for rotational implementation of CNUM3 and NUM3 Legume Fallow - sow in the autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive: CNUM2 CNUM3 NUM2 NUM3 
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB15 GS8 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 WT1 WT2
• Contains: 40% Perennial Ryegrass, 35% Common Vetch, 5% Crimson Clover, 5% Red Clover, 5% Sainfoin, 2.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 2.5% Lucerne, 2.5% Alsike Clover, 2.5% Berseem Clover 
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for CAHL3 (2024) and AHL3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive and AB3 Countryside Stewardship (Grassy Field Corners), to provide nesting and foraging habitats for insects, bumblebees, small mammals and some farmland birds.

• Dense, tussocky cover provides warm, dry areas for invertebrates and pollinators
• Use for static implementation of CAHL3 and AHL3 Grassy Field Corners
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CAHL3 CAHL4 CIGL3 AHW3 AHL3 AHL4 IGL3 
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS): AB3 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 WT1 WT2
• Contains: 60% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 20% Tall Fescue, 15% Slender Creeping Red Fescue, 5% Cocksfoot
• Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for CAHL3 (2024) and AHL3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive and AB3 Countryside Stewardship (Grassy Field Corners), to provide nesting and foraging habitats for, insects, bumblebees, small mammals and farmland birds.

• Dense cover providing warm and dry areas for invertebrates and pollinators
• Use for static implementation of CAHL3 and AHL3 Grassy Field Corners
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CAHL3 CAHL4 CIGL3 AHW3 AHL3 AHL4 IGL3 
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB3 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 
• Contains: 60% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 20% Tall Fescue, 10% Hard Fescue, 10% Slender Creeping Red Fescue
• 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 mixture for CAHL1 and AHL1 Sustainable Farming Incentive, and Countryside Stewardship AB1 (Pollen and Nectar Flower Mix), to provide food source and habitat for pollinating insects such as bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and hoverflies.

• Used for static implementation of CAHL1 and AHL1 Pollen and Nectar schemes
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CAHL1 AHL1 
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB1
• Contains: 50% Common Vetch, 37.5% Sainfoin, 7.5% Red Clover, 3% Alsike Clover, 1% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 0.5% Oxeye Daisy, 0.5% Yarrow
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for CSAM3 (2024) and SAM3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive, and Countryside Stewardship GS4 (Herbal Leys), to establish a mixed sward of grasses, legumes, herbs and wildflowers.

• A vigorous sward with abundant legumes and herbs, suitable for productive cattle and sheep 
• Provides habitat and food for invertebrates and crop pollinators
• Improves soil structure and water infiltration.
• 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: 40% Perennial Ryegrass, 20% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 10% Sainfoin, 8% Meadow Fescue, 7% Timothy, 5% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass, 5% White Clover, 2% Alsike Clover, 1.25% Lucerne, 0.5% Sheep's Burnet, 0.25% Sheep's Parsley, 0.25% Plantain, 0.25% Yarrow, 0.25% Black Medick, 0.25% Birdsfoot Trefoil
• Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for CNUM3 (2024) and NUM3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive, and Countryside Stewardship AB15 (Legume Fallow), to provide an abundant supply of pollen and nectar for beneficial insects. 

• Mixture also available containing grass - see CSS6/G
• Reduces flowering blackgrass and provides an abundant supply of sown pollen and nectar-rich flowers between early and late summer for the duration of the agreement.
• Use for static implementation of CNUM3 and NUM3 Legume Fallow - sow in the spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Use for rotational implementation of CNUM3 and NUM3 Legume Fallow - sow in the autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive: CNUM2 CNUM3 NUM2 NUM3 
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB15 GS8 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 WT1 WT2
• Contains: 55% Common Vetch, 12.5% Crimson Clover, 15% Red Clover, 5% Alsike Clover, 5% Sainfoin, 2.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 2.5% Lucerne, 2.5% Berseem Clover
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/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 mixture for CAHL3 (2024) and AHL3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive and AB3 Countryside Stewardship (Grassy Field Corners), to provide an abundance of high-value plant species, with a range of plant heights suitable for invertebrates, birds and small mammals.

• Use for static implementation of CAHL3 and AHL3 Grassy Field Corners, and WBD4 Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CAHL3 CAHL4 CIGL3 AHW3 AHL3 AHL4 IGL3 WBD4 
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB3 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2 
• Contains: 27% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 17% Chewing's Fescue, 15% Meadow Fescue, 10% Hard Fescue, 10% Tall Fescue, 8% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass, 6% Slender Creeping Red Fescue, 4% Highland Bent, 3% Smaller Cat's Tail
• Sowing rate: 20kg/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 overseeding mixture for CSAM3 (2024) and SAM3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive, and Countryside Stewardship GS4 (Herbal Leys), to establish a mixed sward of legumes and herbs into an existing grass sward.

• Using our 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: 50% Sainfoin, 25% Red Clover, 10% Alsike Clover, 8% Perennial Chicory, 2% Sheep's Parsley, 2% White Clover, 2% Ribwort Plantain, 0.5% Yarrow, 0.5% Black Medick
• Sowing rate: 10kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this premium mix, preferred by Natural England, for CAHL1 and AHL1 Sustainable Farming Incentive, and AB1 Countryside Stewardship (Pollen and Nectar Flower Mix), providing diverse food source and habitat for pollinating insects such as bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and hoverflies.

• Use for static implementation of CAHL1 and AHL1 Pollen and Nectar schemes
• Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CAHL1 AHL1 
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB1
• Contains: 40% Common Vetch, 15% Alsike Clover, 12% Sainfoin, 10% Red Clover, 5% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 5% Black Medick, 5% Lucerne, 5% Yellow Blossom Clover, 1.4% Yarrow, 0.4% Common Knapweed, 0.4% Musk Mallow, 0.4% Oxeye Daisy, 0.4% Wild Carrot
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg 

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

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