Cover crops look like an increasingly viable option

摘要

This is the fifth year the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) has been running cover crops trials in Kent with the backing of Affinity Water, and the plots of six variety mixes at Doug Taylor's farm near Folkestone are well up and away. Earlyestablishment followed by rain always helps.Cover cropping is still a bit of an opinion divider, with those who extol its benefits ranged against those who mutter about the cost. Our trials mixes are supplied by Kings and include a 10-variety supermix, but it has a dirt-cheap oats and mustard mixif you prefer, or you can use a bit of farm-saved seed.