Your Countryside 2020

Your Countryside 2020Welcome 02 YOUR COUNTRYSIDE 2020 A warm welcome to all who regularly receive our spring catalogue and those who are reading it for the first time, we hope you find it informative. Every year growers are faced with different challenges, from adverse weather conditions to increased pest problems and changes in legislation. We continue to expand our diverse range of species and choice of specialist mixtures, bringing Game Cover, Environmental Stewardship, Roots and Cover crops together in one comprehensive catalogue. We hope you find Your Countryside 2020 a useful and informative guide. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT All the species marketed by DLF Seeds Ltd. are trialled at our Gloucestershire site. In consultation with many of our customers, we trial and evaluate many different types of products and mixture prescriptions. We believe this is the most important part of the process as we procure seed from more than a dozen countries, so testing and evaluating performance under UK conditions is vital. Our customers may rest assured that they are dealing with a forward thinking company which invests heavily in R&D, majoring in forage crops but also focusing on many other crop species. Our Product, Species and Mixture of the year have been carefully selected using customer feedback. Our main goal is to ensure that our customers receive the best possible product portfolio we can supply for the stewardship schemes and the Your Countryside catalogue continues to offer valuable technical information and advice on a diverse range of game cover, environmental stewardship mixtures, root crops and cover crops products. However, if you are unable to find exactly what you are looking for within this catalogue, please contact your local technical expert who will be able to assist and advise you on your specialist mixture. We gratefully acknowledge all photographic contributions. 2020 NEW FOR THE LATEST PRODUCTS NEW UPDATES Stewardship Selector 2020 NEW Organic Species Chemical Charts RECIPE Forage Maize 05 20 & 21 24 & 25 26 Forage Crop Selector 37 NEW VARIETIES, MIXTURES Colour Boost Mixtures 09 Rapid Gain & Gromore Mixtures 10 Supporting farmers to help their local wildlife Farm Wildlife provides farmers and advisers with best practice guidance on helping wildlife on their farms and inspiring them to take action. Farm Wildlife guidance has been produced by a partnership of some of the UK’s leading conservation organisations and the farmers they work with. The 6 point plan to manage arable farms for wildlife provides advice on how to enhance: 1. Existing Habitats 2. Field boundaries 3. Flower-rich habitats 4. Wet features 5. Seed-rich habitats 6. Farmed areas Herbs & Legumes 11 Corsa Kale 42 Arable Silage Mixtures 43 WE WORK CLOSELY WITH: Natural England, RSPB, Campaign for the Farmed Environment, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Bumblebee Conservation Trust and Floral Locale. Promoting the restoration of wild plants and habitats for biodiversity, landscapes and people www.floralocale.org For more information go to www.farmwildlife.infoSide 1Side 3