game cover mixtures - Countrywide Farmers
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6Evaluation of New CropsBIOMASS CROPSThe production of energy is becoming increasingly important and so therefore are the crops required tofeed the Biogas plants. There are now approximately 60 digesters in the UK with planning applications formany more. The most popular crop currently grown for this purpose in the UK is maize but also grown aregrass, cereals, fodder beet, forage rye and forage sorghum. At our trialling site between 2012 and 2014 wewill be evaluating all the above plus other species in extended replicated trials. Samples will be taken formethane evaluation and next year’s catalogue will contain a table of results so far obtained.NEW VARIETIES & MIXTURESEach year at Hailes Farm, Gloucestershire triallingsite and in consultation with many of our customers,we experiment with different products and <strong>mixtures</strong>.This enables us to observe and evaluate theirperformance so that we can select the best varietiesand <strong>mixtures</strong> for future use.Maize typesSorghum typesEnergy Fodder Beet TypesForage Rye TypesKales from New ZealandWild Bird Seed Mixtures