Environmental Seed Offers 2022

CFE is thrilled to announce the return of the
Environmental Seed Mixes, kindly subsidised by Syngenta

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Syngenta, through their Operation Pollinator project, provides a range of great offers for growers to purchase bespoke environmental seed mixtures to support wildlife on farm - at 20% discount. The offers work in partnership with the CFE, ASDA and Kings.

The seed mixes include the following:

• A spring sown Bees‘n’Seeds mix provides valuable late season pollen and nectar, before producing an essential food seed source for many farmland birds.
• An autumn sown, well balanced, Annual Flower Mix, producing season long display of flowers that provides vital pollen and nectar for pollinating insects.
• The Green Headland seed mix, suited for planting on uncropped headlands to support wildlife, improve soil health and reduce potential run-off.

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Bees‘n’Seeds mix

The benefits:

• Provides later season pollen and nectar for bees and other pollinating insects
• AND high production of a range of seeds, to feed many farmland bird species through the winter months
• Grown in conjunction with the Annual Wildflower Mix provides an excellent diversity of habitats
• Provides an ideal canopy for game birds and will complement game cover crops
• Compatible with appropriate herbicide use to control grass and broad-leaved weeds

The offer:

Cost: £66/pack (including delivery and grower guidelines)
Pack size: 20 kg which will sow up to one hectare
Seed rate: 20 kg/ha
Planting time: May to mid-July
Mix contains: mustard, brown mustard, buckwheat, Gold of Pleasure, kale rape, sunflower, phacelia and fodder radish

Bees‘n’Seeds mix

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Operation Pollinator Annual Flower Mix

The benefits:

• A flower mix which is relatively easy to establish and manage, and has a high visual impact
• Specifically mixed to give a season-long flowering period and be cost effective
• Creates an additional ecological asset to perennial margins
• No in-season management required
• As an annual it is flexible to rotate around your farm

The offer:

Cost: £65/pack (including delivery and grower guidelines)
Pack size: 4 kg which will sow up to one hectare
Seed rate: 4-8 kg/ha
Planting time: August to October. Can be spring sown, but dry conditions may compromise establishment and protract the length of flowering season.
Mix contains: crimson clover, red clover, phacelia, native corn flower, native corn marigold and native corn chamomile

Operation Pollinator Annual Flower Mix

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Green Headland Mix

The benefits:

• Retain and improve soil structure on headlands that are often left bare
• Retain or improve key nutrients
• Reduce the potential risk of soil erosion
• Provide an effective buffer strip next to water courses
• Provide essential pollen and nectar for pollinating insects later in the summer season
• Brassica free mix available
• Can be planted on land that has been put under a Fallow Land option within your EFA

The offer:

Cost: £45/pack (including delivery and grower guidelines)
Pack size: 20 kg which will sow up to one hectare
Seed rate: 20 kg/ha
Planting time: End April to End June
Standard mix: common vetch, oil radish, buckwheat, phacelia and berseem clover
Brassica free mix: common vetch, linseed, buckwheat, phacelia and berseem clover

Green Headlands Mix

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Seed mix:	Product code:
Bees‘n’Seeds	KBEEOP
Operation Pollinator Annual Flower mix	KOPMIX
Standard Green Headland mix	KIPLGREEN
Non-brassica Green Headland mix	KIPLNB

For more details about each seed mix you can view the Q&A document here: Q&A for all seed mixtures 2022