Big Farmland Bird Count 2023 Jan 27, 2023 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump On 10th February 2023 Dom and I are going to participate in the Big Farmland Bird Count and we'd love you to join us. We believe that organic farming delivers significant biodiversity benefits and ha... Read more
Market Update 27th January 2023 Jan 27, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The two big beasts in the organic world the US and Germany with €45 and €12 Billion in retail sales respectively [Source: IFOAM The World of organic agriculture – statistics and emerging trends 2021] ... Read more
Spring Seed Rates Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos With Spring drilling fast approaching and seed orders coming in thick and fast I thought it might be pertinent to discuss a simple but important question. What seed rate to use? Of co... Read more
Market Update 20th January 2023 Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Recently we highlighted the Sustain report " Unpicking Food Prices [1] " which examines the proportion of the retail price of food items is paid to the farmer with eyes immediately scanning down to fi... Read more
LiveWheat Legacy Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos As many of you will be aware we have been collaborating with the Organic Research Centre crops team, where I was previously a member, for the last three years on a DEFRA funded project called LiveWhea... Read more
People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine – study Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos ** Study measured glyphosate in urine and found high levels associated with signs of oxidative stress ** New research by top US government scientists has found that people exposed to the widely used w... Read more
Autumn Drilling Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos With harvest now over and the weather starting to feel decidedly Autumnal I thought it would be worth posting on the topic of Autumn drilling. The rains have arrived to provide adequate soil moisture ... Read more
Intercropping Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Hi All, another Autumn drilling focused post today, looking to provoke thought and opinion about the best approaches for drilling and establishing your winter crops. As the title suggests I will be lo... Read more
Seedling Vigour Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Hi All, An update from me prompted by Andrew and my attendance at the recent LiveSeeding kick-off meeting last week in Zagreb. Organic Arable have an important role within the project as part of the "... Read more
Summary of LiveWheat Cultivar Traits Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Hi All, in an attempt to try and translate some of the LiveWheat results into practical guidance to aid varietal selection, please find below a table of key traits and the degree to which each of the ... Read more
Field Bean Event and Living Lab Update Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Hi Everyone, good morning from a snowy Oxfordshire. As I hope you're all aware we will be running an event next year on 1st February centred around organic bean cultivation and the supply chain, with ... Read more
Living Mulches Review Paper Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Hi All, I wanted to share with you a recent review paper on the use of living mulches that was shared with me by Mark Lea who has been very much one of the pioneers of the approach, running trials ove... Read more
