Biological nitrogen fixation of legume crops under organic farming as driven by cropping management: A review Mar 19, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Organic agriculture is a nitrogen limited farming system that relies on biologically fixed nitrogen to support production. The source of this biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) comes primarily from le... Read more
Organic Seed Treatments Mar 11, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Microbial inputs are the next stage in agricultural product development with more and more R&D being focused on them, particular with new science enabling the study of soil, seed and plant microbiomes... Read more
Research on Native Plant Decline Mar 8, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Half of Britain and Ireland’s native plants have declined over 20 years – study** Non-native species are now more numerous in wild – with implications for native insects Read the article in full her... Read more
Carbon Footprinting Mar 5, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos At Organic Arable we see the importance of supporting our members to beginning the journey of annual carbon footprinting. In fact, one day, in the not too distant future it is likely to be an essentia... Read more
Market Update 3rd March 2023 Mar 3, 2023 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Interesting market data from the French organic cereal market received this week. It shows that their market peaked at around €450 (£400) for organic feed wheat in June of last year and has been falli... Read more
Farm Trial Assessment Protocol Feb 25, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos At Organic Arable we believe in supporting our members to run their own trials and to participate in collective experiments to help expediate and improve learning on organic agronomy and crop performa... Read more
Organic Arable Market Update 24th February 2023 Feb 24, 2023 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Less about the organic cereal market this week with focus on the organic food market as following data presented at the Biofach organic trade fair and the publication of the Soil Association Organic ... Read more
LiveOat 2022 Feb 24, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Ahead of the new 2023 spring season, the results of the 2022 spring oat variety trials have now been published and can be found at the following link: None [1]* LiveOat Final Report * Varieties Isab... Read more
Spring Oat and Bean Trials Feb 19, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos We're looking for volunteers to host our spring oat and spring bean variety trials this season. We hope you value this kind of work, and see the benefit for the organic arable sector. These trials can... Read more
Market Update 18th February 2022 Feb 19, 2023 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Over in Nuremburg this week the annual Biofach trade fair has taken place. This brings together organic supply chains policy makers and others for four days of information exchange and discussion. W... Read more
Big Farmland Bird Count Feb 19, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos * A spot of Bird Watching * Andrew and I were out doing a spot of "twitching" on Friday as part of the GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count. We know Organic farming makes a huge contribution to Biodiversity ... Read more
Grazing Winter Cereals Feb 10, 2023 Organic Arable, Dominic Amos This week, inspired by a recent farm visit to Grange Farm near Tewkesbury, I am going to discuss the practice of sheep grazing cereals in late winter as an agronomic tool for crop management. Once con... Read more