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      Buckwheat

      Establishes quickly and helps suppress weeds. Buckwheat is a rapidly growing cover crop that will help reduce nitrogen losses.

      Buckwheat is good to scavenge phosphate in the soil, which it can make available for subsequent crops after incorporation.

      • Sowing rate: 30-40 kg/ha
      • Frost tolerance: Poor
      • Biomass: Good
      • Pests & diseases: Generally not a problem

      ACRES Scheme

      • The following table presents the full list of prescribed catch crops permitted.
      • A mixture of at least two crops from the prescribed ACRES list must be sown.
      • Buckwheat cover crops must remain in place until after 1 January.
      Brassica Legume Cereal Other
      Forage rape

      4-5 kg/ha

      Crimson clover

      10-15 kg/ha

      Rye

      65-75 kg/ha

      Phacelia

      4-5 kg/ha

      Leafy turnip

      4-6 kg/ha

      Berseem clover

      10-15 kg/ha

      Oats

      60-75 kg/ha

      Buckwheat

      30-40 kg/ha

      Tillage radish

      4-6 kg/ha

      Vetch

      15 kg/ha

      Black oats

      30-40 kg/ha

      Sunflowers

      10-15 kg/ha

      Mustard

      8-10 kg/ha

      Peas

      40-50 kg/ha

      Linseed

      15 kg/ha

      Beans

      70-90 kg/ha

      Red clover

      8-10 kg/ha

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