Kings Game Cover and Conservation Crops
Kings
provides an extensive range of products and expert advice on game
cover and specialist conservation crops throughout the UK and
Europe.
Kings has specialised in the production and supply of plant
seeds for agriculturalists and horticulturists for over 200 years,
and are constantly developing new crops.
In addition Kings offers advice on the
Campaign for the Farmed Environment and associated
schemes.
Unless English farmers show they are capable of retaining and
improving farmland habitats within the next two years, up to 6% of
land in production may be placed in compulsory set-aside.
By getting involved with the CFE growers can avoid this and at
the same time realise the environmental potential of the less
productive areas of their farmland.
Kings can provide advice and products to help you support the
CFE. If you are not in an Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) then you
should join the scheme and choose some key 'target' (e.g. Nectar
flower or wild bird seed mixture) options.
Retain any former set-aside and put areas outside ELS, such as
awkward field corners or unproductive land, into a Campaign
voluntary measure.
Where straight game cover crops such
as maize or sorghum are grown look to add to or replace some of the
area with a wild bird seed mixture - this will provide a range of
valuable seed for farmland birds and will benefit the shoot
too.
Additionally consider buffer strips and field corners as a means to
aid resource protection and provide general habitats for farmland
wildlife.
Click here for the Kings Game Cover and
Conservation Crops website.
