Kale
Kale is one of the most popular cover crops used today. The main advantage of kale is that it will provide good cover for the whole shooting season. Pheasants particularly like the combination of good canopy and bare ground which allows easy movement in a relatively dry environment.

Gruner Angeliter Kale
A very tall variety with good winter hardiness. Gruner Angeliter looks to be a significant improvement in the game cover sector and has preformed extremely well even in difficult growing conditions. Its has a high leaf canopy and thick strong stem with branching, umbrella shaped canopy giving plenty of space for the other birds to move about underneath.
Sowing Rate 3 - 7.5kg/ha
Pack size 1kg
Golden Eye Kale (Club Root Tolerant)
Goldeye is giant type of kale especially bred for the game cover market, selected for the optimum combination of height and leaf production. It has leafy top, strong stem, good winter hardiness and good field tolerance of disease, making it the ideal choice for game cover usage. It trial conducted at the Scottish agricultural college, Aberdeen, goldeneye achieved a higher vigour score than Caledonian kale and better club root tolerance.
Sowing Rate 3 - 7.5kg/ha
Pack size 1kg
Inka New 2022
Inka is an extremely high performance variety, characterised mainly by its high yields. It exhibits moderate leaf to plant ratio. It is an extremely winter hardy variety producing high crude protein yields.
Sowing Rate 4 - 5kg/ha
Pack size 1kg
Surefire Kale Blend
A combination of three excellent kale varieties to prove a tall varied canopy. This blend will give super cover over an extended period and will give second year growth with various bolting times. The flowering kale attracts insects and provides shed seed, all helping to draw both game and song birds.
45% Goldeneye
30% Gruner Angeliter
25% Inka
Sowing Rate 3 - 7.5kg/ha
Pack size 2kg
Other Brassicas
Forage Rape
Forage Rape is particularly useful in that it can be used as a rescue or catch crop, continuing until the new year when it flowers and goes to seed. A well grown crop with adequate spacing between rows will provide good cover for holding, driving and feeding. It is largely unaffected by frost and wet weather.
Sowing rate 6 - 10kg/ha
Pack size 10 - 20kg
Fodder Radish
A fast growing cover crop, its prime usefulness being where brassica sickness is a problem due to its immunity to the disease. Other qualities are it seed of establishment which aids weed suppression, and its use as a green manure crop. Due to its fast growth it is valuable as a replacement for failed crops. Fodder radish is not winter hardy but continues to provide cover right through the season. In addition it holds it seed in pods which shed in late winter / early spring, thus providing feed during that all important "hungry gap".
Sowing rate 6 - 8kg/ha
Pack 10kg
Texsel Greens (Brassica Carinata)
Texsel greens are a fast growing, shiny leaved brassica developed from Ethiopian mustard. They are easy to establish and provide frost hardy cover, producing a broken canopy which is great for flushing birds. their rapid growth is ideal for suppressing weeds and they are often used as a patching crop when spring crop have failed.
Sowing rate 5 - 7.5kg/ha
Pack size 1 - 25kg
White Mustard
A relatively inexpensive and highly versatile cover crop either sown alone or as a companion to other species. It is ideal for early cover and although killed off by frost, the fallen woody stems will create shelter for the birds below. This is especially useful when sown with seed producing species which alone would provide no cover. Popular as a green manure crop.
Sowing rate 5kg/Acre
Pack size 10kg or 25kg bags
Overdrive
A superb combination of winter hardy cover provided by the kale and high quality feed provided by the Quinoa. This mixture is excellent for holding birds.
50% Quinoa
50% Goldeneye Kale
Sowing rate 2.5kg/acre
Pack Size 2.5kg