All SFI Seed Mixes

Use this mixture for AHL2 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and AB9 Countryside Stewardship (Winter Bird Food), to provide important food resources for farmland birds, especially Tree Sparrows, during autumn and winter.

• Farmland birds eat the seeds from October and beneficial insects including bees and butterflies use the flowers during the summer
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): AHL2
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB9
• Spring sown - one year mixture
• Contains: 50% Spring Wheat, 30% Spring Barley, 7% Fodder Radish, 5% Linseed, 5% White Millet, 3% Quinoa
•  Sow minimum 50kg per hectare. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for AHL2 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and AB9 Countryside Stewardship (Winter Bird Food) to provide important food resources for farmland birds, especially Finches and Corn Buntings, during autumn and winter.

• Farmland birds eat the seeds from October and beneficial insects including bees and butterflies use the flowers during the summer
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): AHL2
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB9
• Spring sown - one year mixture
• Contains: 50% Spring Wheat, 30% Spring Barley, 7% Sunflower, 5% Red Millet, 5% White Millet, 3% Quinoa
• Sow minimum 50kg per hectare. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for AHL2 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and AB9 Countryside Stewardship (Winter Bird Food), to provide important food resources for farmland birds, during autumn and winter.

• Farmland birds eat the seeds from October and beneficial insects including bees and butterflies use the flowers during the summer
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): AHL2
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB9
• Can be used for later sowings and re-sowing of failed crops
• Spring or summer sown - one year mixture
• Contains: 30% Linseed, 15% White Mustard, 10% Oil Radish, 5% Brown Mustard, 5% Phacelia, 35% Buckwheat 
• Sowing rate: 8-10kg/ha (added to c.40kg cereals) or 15-20kg/ha (as a standalone mix). Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for AHL1 Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship AB1 (Pollen and Nectar Flower Mix), to provide food source and habitat for pollinating insects such as bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and hoverflies.

• Used for static AHL1 Pollen and Nectar schemes
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): AHL1
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB1
• Contains: 50% Common Vetch, 37.5% Crimson Clover, 7.5% Red Clover, 3% Berseem Clover, 1% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 0.5% Wild Carrot, 0.5% Yarrow
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for AHL1 Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship AB1 (Pollen and Nectar Flower Mix), to provide a food source and habitat for pollinating insects from late Spring and during the Summer months.

• Used for rotational AHL1 Pollen and Nectar schemes
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): AHL1
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB1
• Contains: 50% Vetch, 15% Linseed, 15% Buckwheat, 7.5% Crimson Clover, 7.5% Berseem Clover, 4% Phacelia, 0.5% Wild Carrot, 0.5% Oxeye Daisy
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this premium mix, preferred by Natural England, for AHL1 Sustainable Farming Incentive and AB1 Countryside Stewardship (Pollen and Nectar Flower Mix), providing food source and habitat for pollinating insects such as bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and hoverflies.

• Used for static AHL1 Pollen and Nectar schemes
• Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): AHL1
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB1
• Contains: 40% Common Vetch, 15% Alsike Clover, 12% Sainfoin, 10% Red Clover, 5% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 5% Black Medick, 5% Lucerne, 5% Yellow Blossom Clover, 1.4% Yarrow, 0.4% Common Knapweed, 0.4% Musk Mallow, 0.4% Oxeye Daisy, 0.4% Wild Carrot
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg