Green Headland Mix

Green cover headlands sown on potato and root vegetable crop headlands is proving a positive attraction for pollinators, and helping to conserve valuable soil resources.Belinda Bailey, Syngenta Sustainable Farming Manager (below), highlighted that potato and root vegetable headlands are typically left uncropped, to aid management and harvesting of the cropped field area. However, these bare soil areas are left dangerously exposed to soil erosion or damage by headland-turning of heavy machinery, can become a weed burden and have little or no ecological value. “The partnership with ASDA has worked with Kings to create a specific Syngenta Operation Pollinator Green Headland seed mix, designed to be easily established with the crop, protect the soil structure and provide a valuable feeding and habitat resource for invertebrates and other farmland biodiversity,” she reported.“Monitoring of the first year’s performance has revealed the great value of the flowering mixture for a wealth of insect life, along…