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AMBUSH MILLET MIX
20% White Millet
80% Japanese Reed Millet
100%
  • Strong reed millet provides long season cover for flushing
  • White millet will provide the feed to hold the birds in the cover
  • Ideally suited for use as a wind proof belt or flushing point around maize
  • Exceptionally winter hardy allowing it to be used right through the shooting season
Pack size: 1 ACRE. Price excludes VAT
Weight:
5kg
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ARABLE REVERSION MIXTURE WITH RYEGRASS
20% Diploid Perennial Ryegrass
10% Cocksfoot
10% Sheep's Fescue
20% Meadow Fescue
15% Common Bentgrass
10% Timothy
15% Crested Dogstail

Sown at 20 kilos per hectare
Seed is packed in 20 kilo bags

  • The above mixture can be used where entire fields are being returned to grassland.
  • It offers a limited variety of species, but represents a more conservative approach to the regeneration of grassland.
  • Use of ryegrass must be agreed with your project officer as ryegrass is not on the approved list of species for use in countryside stewardship.
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20kg
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COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP MIXTURE
  • Designed to create an environment to enchance insect activity and numbers
  • The wide margin created is usually associated with the perimeters of arable land and can be used to provide limited access to fields
  • Should not be used as a right of free access
  • Mowing can take place once a year
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20kg
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FOUR TEN
10.00kg Game Maize
4.00kg Dwarf Sorghum
14kg

  • Dwarf Sorghum will provide added warmth and cover below maize.
  • It will provide cover throughout the season and some feed.
  • Both crops have similar husbandry techniques.
Weight:
14kg
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GENERAL PURPOSE REARING PEN MIX
  • Quick and easy to establish rearing pen mixture
  • Will produce a hardwearing sward which will withstand hard wear and intensive stocking
  • Legumes provide nitrogen fixation which will attract insects
Weight:
13kg
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LATE COVER MIX
0.35 kg Mustard
3.00 kg Forage Rape
1.65 kg Stubble Turnips
5 kg
  • A versatile and easy cover to establish in all areas
  • A rapidly establishing and maturing mixture providing winter cover
  • The best mixture to broadcast after cereals
  • Will grow to a height of between 2-3 feet
  • This mixture will tolerate some drought conditions
Pack size: 1 ACRE.
Weight:
5kg
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KWIK FIX
1.50 kg Mustard
3.50 kg Fodder Raddish
5 kg
  • The best Kwik Fix crop to replace or patch failed spring game covers
  • A unique combination of the fastest growing game cover species
  • Fodder raddish can provide 2 feet of quality cover in approximately 6 weeks (subject to weather)
  • Fodder raddish has the main benefit of being immune to Brassica sickness (clubroot)
  • Mustard increases the cover element and prolongs the cover period
  • Will not provide full season cover
Pack size: 1 ACRE.
Weight:
5kg
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MILLGAME MILLET MIX
50% Red Millet
50% White Millet
100%
  • Can be grown straight or is ideal for sowing with game maize or kale
  • For best results with maize, drill maize as normal, then broadcast or drill Millgame at right angles to the maize
  • Combined together maize and millgame will provide a steady release of birds from a block rather than an explosion
  • Millgame can provide approximately 1-2000 Kg of high protein feed per acre
Pack size: 0.5 ACRE. Price excludes VAT.
Weight:
5kg
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NORTHERN STAR GAME MIX
  • Will provide cover and feed as well as being a haven for wildlife throughout the season
  • Contains Triticale which is beneficial where rabbit damage is a probelm.
  • Is eligible for set-aside under the wild bird cover option
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20kg
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OVERDRIVE - QUINOA/KALE MIX
50% Quinoa
50% Keeper Kale
100%
  • Benefits from the excellent cover of kale and feeding potential of the quinoa
  • This is the most universal cover and feed mixture
  • The quinoa will provide high protein feed with kale keeping the birds dry
  • Can be used on set aside ground
Weight:
2.5kg
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SUNDOWN MIX
11.5kg Game Maize
1.25kg Dwarf Sunflower
12kg

  • Combines the best of sunflower and maize's feeding potential
  • Ensures sunflowers are better utilised than when sown alone
  • Sunflowers will attract insects to cover and thus provide bird interest
  • Similar seed sizes assist in drilling Sunflowers will make the shoot more attractive
  • Recommended for southern areas only
Pack size: 0.5 ACRE.
Weight:
13kg
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TRADITIONAL GAME COVER MIX
1.50kg Red Millet
1.75 kg White Millet
0.75 kg Sunflower (Dwarf)
3.00 kg Game Maize
1.50 kg Buckwheat
1.00 kg Kale
0.25 kg Mustard
0.25 kg Forage Rape
10 kg
  • A well proven traditional mixture of species specially selected for its feed and cover qualities
  • Designed for a full season of cover
  • Will provide effective holding, feed and cover for all game birds
  • This mixture will attract wild birds and game bird beneficial insects
  • Due to the variance in seed size broadcast seed to achieve optimum establishment
  • Eligible for set aside under the wild bird cover option
Pack size: 1 ACRE.
Weight:
10kg
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