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 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 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 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 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 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
Market Update 14th August 2023 Aug 14, 2023 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 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 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 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
