Seed Samples Oct 10, 2023 News & Updates 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
LiveSeeding Annual Meeting Oct 10, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Last week I was in Poznan, Poland for the annual meeting of the EU project LiveSeeding. Organic Arable has a key role as a practitioner of living labs, with our wheat, oats and bean on-farm cultivar e... Read more
SFI webinar for organic farmers Oct 6, 2023 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump On 13 October, Defra are holding a webinar on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for organic farmers and growe rs. Christopher Stopes, Co-chair of the English Organic Forum will introduce the ... Read more
Market Update 14th August 2023 Aug 14, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The market is still forming. Buyers have been reluctant to make too much commitment at present given the experience of last year when lower demand meant contracts were slow to complete. In terms of ... Read more
10th Anniversary for Kathy Aug 14, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Kathy, a huge THANK YOU for all your hard work for the past 10 years! This week has been Kathy's 10th anniversary working at Organic Arable. She has always been a helpful, cheerful voice on the end o... Read more
Grain Quality Aug 12, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos With harvest upon us, and poor weather affecting progress, I thought it pertinent to write something about grain quality, how it is influenced and the effect bad weather and a delayed harvest can have... Read more
SFI Update Aug 12, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The Soil Association and English Organic Forum have announced two important changes that will benefit organic farmers on improved grassland. Organic conversion (OR1) and maintenance (OT1) Countryside... Read more
Subs renewing next week Aug 11, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump We will be sending out subscription invoices nest week for the 2023 harvest. These will be deducted from your first grain invoice if they have not been settled. If you'd like to change your membersh... Read more
Market Update 14th July 2023 Jul 17, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump I thought it might be insightful to provide some commentary from a couple of organic feed grain buyers to provide a flavour of the current market. " We are expecting some harvest pressure on prices, ... Read more
Crop Competition Jul 16, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos As the crop variety trials progress in wheat, oats and now beans, and I spend more and more time on organic farms, I have started to wonder whether crop competition may be an under valued management o... Read more
National Organic Conference '23 Jul 16, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Firstly, many thanks to Mark Lea of Green Acres Farm for hosting an excellent event. As well as the stand and the usual moisture meter clinic, Organic Arable had a good presence on the farm walk, pres... Member meeting Read more
Whites Oats Meeting Update Jul 16, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump 23rd June we met with Whites at Abbey Home Farm for our annual oat update meeting. Unfortunately it was rather sparsely attended for what one person described as a "really interesting day that all oa... Read more
