Wild Bird Cover Crops. This crop grown well is the king of game cover crops especially if it is left into a second year. New premixed GLAS wild bird cover crop reduces rat problems.
This crop grown well is the king of game cover crops especially if it is left into a second year. In recent years many farmers have taken the opportunity to. Overwinter food and cover.
It is sown on arable land in the spring and left uncut to provide ground cover and food for seed-eating birds such as goldfinches linnets yellowhammers tree sparrows and bramble finches over the winter months.
RC Crops is a specialist seed supplier to the agriculture trade. Mustard linseed oilseed rape or phacelia. The wild bird cover crops were planted in approximately 20 cm wide strips along one edge of arable wheat barley or oil-seed rape fields. Wild bird seed mixtures are becoming increasingly popular either as a voluntary option within the Campaign for the Farmed Environment to complement game cover crops or to the needs of an Environmental or Countryside Stewardship agreement.