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Nigel Friend

Nigel Friend

Dorset mixed farmer and NFU Combinable Crops Board co-optee, running a 200-hectare farm at Lower Farm, Gussage St Michael in the Cranborne Chase AONB.

Jul 31, 2026

Second Nature

Second Nature

Harvesting Dorset: Down in Dorset Episode 7

Jul 31 · 58m

TimHOST
29:18
And that goes into seed manufacturers to blends, is it?
Nigel Friend
Nigel FriendGUEST
29:25
That would be grown on the farms here, then sent back to the merchants.
Nigel Friend
Nigel FriendGUEST
29:29
The merchants would then blend those grasses, mix them up until they make what they want.
Nigel Friend
Nigel FriendGUEST
29:34
Or it could be for sports pitches like Wembley, Wimbledon, that's here in Dorset.
Nigel Friend
Nigel FriendGUEST
29:40
That's turf seed, so there's quite a bit of that grown as well.
Nigel Friend
Nigel FriendGUEST
29:43
It's a surprisingly underrated crop.
Nigel Friend
Nigel FriendGUEST
29:46
People wouldn't necessarily see it or notice it out there, but as a country, there's only... 4,000 hectares grown and, you know, all that in Dorset.

11 MINS LATER

Lizzie McLaughlin
Lizzie McLaughlinHOST
41:21
What's your opinion in terms of pros and cons of using chemical application? What does the landscape look like indoors there?

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