CoverCropsGuideUK

A UK Farmers Guide to Cover Crop selection, establishment, and termination.

#covercropsguide #covercropsguideUK

[AHDB Cereals @AHDB_Cereals]

Meet the AHDB Cover Crop Champions!🌾👨‍🌾

Following on-farm trial design principles, each of the 8 champions is establishing a cover crop ahead of various cash crops for harvest 2025.

To get to know our champions & learn more, visit: https://t.co/zwAJDHEJwx

@covercropsguide

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

Capes are in full flow @anthonybecvar! 🦸‍♂️ Great cover crop update straight from the field - buckwheat springing into action and rye beating the slugs so far #covercropsguide

[AnthonyBecvar @anthonybecvar]

Cover crop trial is up and away! @cereals_se @TheAHDB @sewateruk

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

We may be biased but our steering group member @tjcsimpson is hosting THE event of the summer for those wanting to see the success and failures from a range of catch crops, summer and winter cover crops.

[FarmerScientist @FarmerScientist]

Heading to the @greatyorkshow? Our first tech talk will focus on the benefits (and challenges!) of cover cropping, latest opportunities with SFI and the new @CoverCropsGuide selection toolkit.
Book a spot to secure a brew and a sausage roll 👉https://t.co/eKHR374jdR

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

🚨 A new network for cover croppers old and new coming soon! 🚨

Great to have you onboard @anthonybecvar! What size cape do you take? 🦸‍♂️

[AnthonyBecvar @anthonybecvar]

@tjcsimpson has been so inspiring that I’m going to become a Cover Crop Champion for @AHDB_Cereals @Izzyeames1 and apparently I get a cape! Great catching up with @sea2soil and @bleating_lamb and thanks for another chance to harass @IntegratedSoils!

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

Heading to Groundswell? Hear from some of the team behind the UK’s first independent cover crops guide.

On the day, we will unpack Return on Investment from cover crops & herbal leys in the arable rotation; can you quantify it, are they worth it, & how do you maximise it? 💬

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

We’re at Cereals next week talking all things cover crops with our founder @angusgowthorpe and steering group member @Izzyeames1.

Come join us on the @AHDB_Cereals stand as we unpack the lessons learnt from experience on how to get the most of out of your cover crops.

🌻☘️🌾🌱

[AHDB Cereals @AHDB_Cereals]

Are you attending @CerealsEvent next week?

Be sure to drop by and chat with @TheAHDB team!

🗣We're bringing an amazing lineup of seminars and speakers - take a look 👇

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

Our steering group member @tjcsimpson shouting us out at @TheGreenFarmCo1. We cover these 4 key areas at depth in the guide & will be talking about them at seminar sessions this year at @CerealsEvent and @Groundswellaguk

ALSO, keep your 👀 peeled for some exciting announcements!

[Angus Gowthorpe @angusgowthorpe]

@TheGreenFarmCo1 Great thread here on summer cover crops, which many will be opting for on the back of continued poor spring weather, setting fields up for a huge soil health boost and a great autumn sown cash crop

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

@loweroddfarm @golfnshoot @louis_phipps Be sure to update us with how you manage to get on Roger!

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

Great too see the vision of the guide in action already #knowledgesharing #covercropsguide

[Louis Phipps @louis_phipps]

Cover crop folk, pls help. We haven't managed to spray off our cover crops & we couldn't graze them due to dog walkers. Should I still try and spray off ASAP, or wait until just before drilling (if conditions ever improve)? Mainly linseed, phacelia, vol barley. @CoverCropsGuide

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

Our steering group recently met to set an ambitious agenda for the progression of this independent, farmer-led guide. We hope to forge a nationwide community, rooted in collaboration & knowledge sharing for farmers at every stage of their cover cropping journey #covercropsguide

[Richard Bramley @SustEnvFarming]

#covercrops not as massive this year, mainly due to the radish never getting going. However, this has given the berseem #clover an opportunity to flourish. Addition of linseed was a good move too. The value of a mix!
⁦@SustainableLsps⁩ ⁦@YorkshireWater⁩ #soilhealth

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

“By working with farmers in vulnerable catchments both water companies hope to mitigate diffuse nitrate leaching to add long-term resilience to water supply”

Great to see these cover crops initiatives working for all involved, do we need more like this? Who’s involved in one?

[ADAS @ADASGroup]

Results of the Nitrogen Release from Cover Crops #NiCCs project with @AffinityWater & @PortsmouthWater are live!
✅Cover crops cut nitrate leaching by up to 90%
✅Cereal yield following cover crop ⬆️ 0.2- 1 t/ha
✅Soil N supply increased by up to 35kg N/ha
https://t.co/xA5Z5JYG8n

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

Sowing cover crops with a drone: not perfect, but promising https://t.co/0zCqtJ7cOB

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

The new #SFI now includes a summer cover crop offer, more here: https://t.co/9oqzf29OlE

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

Thank you @FarmersGuardian for featuring the new @CoverCropsGuide 😃
We welcome farmer feedback to continue to develop this: https://t.co/huNOZxn2gl

@Izzyeames1 @davidpurdysoils @CliveWood15 @UniofNewcastle @angusgowthorpe @AHDB_Cereals @Kingscrops @FarmerScientist @YorksAgSoc

[CoverCropsGuideUK @CoverCropsGuide]

UK's most comprehensive guide to cover crops launches for growers
https://t.co/Iho4qZ476M

[AgriFood at Innovate UK Business Connect @IUK_Agrifood]

Visit us in Hall 2, Stand 540 at 2pm today at the @CropTecShow where we'll have talks on Transforming Food Production, @DefraGovUK Farming Innovation Programme and @innovateuk BridgeAI : https://t.co/BWavFBDfhi #CropTec23

[FarmerScientist @FarmerScientist]

UK’s first independent Cover Crops Guide launched, more here: https://t.co/DCAzWdUhfM