Fodder beet seeds — heavy roots for livestock feed
Fodder beet is a high-yielding farm and smallholding crop grown for its huge, energy-rich roots, a traditional and valuable winter feed for cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. It sits within our root vegetable range, part of the wider vegetable seeds collection. New to growing root crops at scale? Our vegetable growing guide covers the fundamentals.
Few crops pack as much feed into a small area — the roots store well to bridge the lean winter months.
Why grow fodder beet
It's one of the most productive feed crops you can grow, turning a season's sun into bulky, palatable roots that animals relish. For keepers and smallholders it's a cost-effective way to see livestock through winter, sitting alongside other useful field crops like our cover crops in a working rotation.
Growing fodder beet from seed
Sow direct in spring once the soil has warmed, in well-prepared, fertile ground — our soil guide helps you get it right. Thin the seedlings to give each root space to bulk up, keep weeds down early on, and let the roots grow on through summer and autumn before lifting and storing before hard frosts. The sowing calendar shows the windows.
Lift and clamp or store the roots somewhere cool and frost-free to feed out steadily through winter.
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