Market Update 9th February 2024 Feb 16, 2024 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The significant challenge in the market in recent weeks has been the impact of the attacks on shipping in the Red Sea pushing up freight rates as cargoes take a longer route and delays deliveries. Wh... Read more
Wheat Farmer Assessment Feb 8, 2024 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Results of the farmer assessments carried out on the LiveWheat Legacy trials are now available. There are some interesting findings with the main result being that Extase, Mayflower and Astronomer all... Read more
Organic Arable Members' Meeting 2023 Dec 21, 2023 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Taking place once again at The Great Barn, Aynho, on a beautiful sunny, crisp Autumn Day, the type that makes you feel good to be alive, we enjoyed positive discussions about the challenges and opport... Read more
The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill 2023 Dec 19, 2023 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The Food Standards Agency (FSA) are undertaking a consultation on The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill 2023 which we'd ask you to consider responding to. The consultation can be accessed ... Read more
Early or Late Drilling: The Trade-off Dec 14, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos At times it feels like every crop management decision in organic farming is a trade-off, but without knowing in which direction the balance may swing. Inspired by recent farm visits and discussions wi... Read more
Market Update 17th November 2023 Nov 20, 2023 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The market remains slow with buyers continuing to say they have good cover in place and they are taking a position of back-to-back buying as their customers place feed orders rather than buying to cov... Read more
Spring Seed Availability Nov 17, 2023 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump We are hearing that several lots of organic spring seed are failing on germination with Isabel oats being particularly badly effected. If you are looking to buy seed please place your order asap to... Read more
Spring Rye Nov 4, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos I visited KWS near Thriplow, Cambridgeshire in May, and was amazed at the Spring Rye in their demo plots. Planted at the same time as the wheat and barley, it had almost three times the biomass and r... Read more
Autumn 2023 Variety Trials Oct 20, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos As many of you know, Organic Arable have been working with our members and The ORC to conduct on-farm variety trials over the past six years, focussing first on winter wheat, then spring oats and latt... Read more
Organic Forum Webinar Oct 20, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos * Recording: * None [1] https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/oZbOBnvoksVy10Qrek7n-T0ISAifjbVDuODGOPb0j2EaWFeWN7vMphQQX7Hu8-kR.SE2YKY03g0FNL9SS * Links shared throughout Webinar * Subscribe here to rec... Read more
Organic Market Update 11th October 2023 Oct 11, 2023 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump It has been a challenging season and harvest for arable producers. Although autumn crops went into good conditions in 2022, the same was not true for the spring drilled crops. A very wet March dela... Read more
Seed Samples Oct 10, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Dear All, following my attendance at last week's LiveSeeding project meeting in Poland, I have made a plan with a researcher at the French Organic Research Institute to assess seed vigour from differe... Read more
