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GAME COVER Seeds and Mixtures
Game cover crops provides protection and food for game birds which can move freely through the plants. Selecting the correct crop varieties will encourage and retain the birds whilst providing food over a long period.
Game Maize - short compact plants with excellent standing power
Rapid Fire; Good standing ability with low cob carriage and good early vigour.
14Kg / Acre £18
Sundown Mix; Game maize plus sunflower gives variety.
12.75 Kg / Acre £32
Triple Maize Blend matures at different times and gives variety to birds
14.0 Kg / Acre £21
Kale- provides a leafy canopy to protect birds from the winter weather. Clean stems allow easy access through the undercover.
Keeper 1.0 Kg £13, Pinfold 1.0 Kg £12, Thousand Head 1.0 Kg £12, Surefire Kale Blend 2.0 Kg £30
Direct Drill at 1.5 - 2Kg / Acre Broadcast 3Kg / Acre
Special Grasses - produce a plentiful supply of small seeds for birds. May be sown in conjunction with Maize or Kale.
Millgame millet mix contains red and white millet
5.0 Kg /acre £15 + vat ( £17.62) / 5kg
Giant Sorghum dense cover 2-2.5m tall
12.0 Kg / acre £32
Miscellaneous Seeds - A wide variety of seeds available but the most popular is mustard-quick to establish with flexible sowing dates.
5.0 Kg / acre £10
Game Cover Mixtures - carefully researched and trialed to ensure you and your birds benefit from specialist seed experts.
Overdrive -a Quinoa and Kale mixture.
Provides cover and feed and is eligible on Set-Aside ground.
2.5 Kg/acre.£37.00
Late Cover Mix - a rapidly establishing and maturing mix of Mustard, Forage Rape and
Stubble turnips providing winter cover and food.
5 Kg/acre.£20
Traditional Game Cover Mix - a wide mix of 8 species specially selected for feed and cover qualities.
10 Kg/acre.£32
Four Ten Mix.- a mix of Game Maize and dwarf Sorghum to provide feed and cover throughout the season.
14 Kg/acre.£42