Farmers urged to dig deeper to fully understand the benefits of cover crops |
A winter meeting brought farmers to the Crown Point Estate at Kirby Bedon outside Norwich, part of the knowledge-sharing Monitor Farm network run by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
A key theme was quantifying the benefits of cover crops - and how this information can guide decisions in the field.
A multi-species cover crop growing at the Crown Point Estate in Kirby Bedon, outside Norwich (Image: Chris Hill)
Farmers were shown a field sown with a "bumble-bird" mixture of legumes, brassicas, flowers and cereals aimed at covering the ground during winter, providing food for pollinators and grazing sheep, while improving the biology and........