Game-changing Device Sets Wheat Protein Apr 1, 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Dr Flora Spoilday has today announced the release of a fantastic new hand-held device that allows farmers to pre-determine the protein levels of their wheat crops. Her research has been the culminati... Read more
Oat Crop Tour March '25 Mar 28, 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump A couple of days this week spent looking at oat crops and meeting new oat growers for Whites was interesting and informative. The crops looked generally really well. The prize goes to the oats in the... Read more
Calling All Organic Wheat Growers Mar 28, 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Nadine is asking for some help with her research she currently has 22 farmers who have participated 15 conventional, 5 Regen and 2 organic and would like to get greater organic representation. Calling... Wheat Read more
Planting Records 2025 Harvest Feb 20, 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Spring drilling may not yet have started but it is hopefully just be around the corner. Soil temperatures are creeping higher and we've even had a couple of days that feel like spring! Planting recor... Read more
Whites Mill Visit 23rd April 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Following the success of our trips in previous years we're running another trip over to Whites this April. Whether you've been supplying Whites for years or are curious to start doing so this year's ... Read more
Market Update December 2025 Dec 24, 2024 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump There is some positive news in the market with values creeping up for feed grains in December as imported offers seem to be less available than was previously the case. This is valuing feed wheat at ... Read more
Organic Arable Annual Meeting '24 Dec 23, 2024 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump At the end of November we met for our annual meeting bringing together a range of different speakers with our producers for a day of information sharing and discussion. We were delighted that Polly ... Read more
Market Update Sep 30, 2024 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump It has been a harvest of two halves with divides in geography and drilling season. The East had pretty benign harvest conditions and the West had a very catchy harvest. There has also been a signifi... Read more
Market Update 8th July 2024 Jul 9, 2024 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Reflecting on this season it has been one of the hardest to market grain I can recall. We have seen the downside of the super-inflated values created by the Ukraine war. The entry of a new importer ... Read more
Agronomy and Research Update July '24 Jul 5, 2024 Agronomy and Research Update Organic Arable, Dominic Amos It's been a busy month out and about visiting organic farms across the country to look at the variety trials and walk farm crops. Below are some of my views on the trials and more general thoughts on ... Read more
Agronomy and Research Update May '24 May 18, 2024 Agronomy and Research Update Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Introducing a new monthly blog featuring news, ideas, questions and ongoing research results from my trips around our member's farms. Over the last couple of weeks I've been out and about as the weat... Read more
Market Update 17th May 2024 May 18, 2024 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The wheat futures have been on an upward trend since mid-February and peaked this week @ £225 for November with this bullish run the question is, has the organic market followed suit. Theoretically y... Read more
