Market Ponderings 3 Jun 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The impacts of the EU Farm to Fork policy is starting to be seen. This policy which seeks to have 25% of EU farmland certified organic by 2030 that drove a wave of conversion and supply that outstripp... Read more
Moisture Meter Testing 3 Jun 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump With National Organic Congress being cancelled this year we don't the opportunity to offer members a moisture meter clinic. It is important to get your moisture meter calibrated and so we are offering... Read more
Oat Crops & Opportunity 29 May 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Steven McAllister, from Whites was over visiting some farms in the Eastern Counties. It is great to have customers out on farms to understand the condition of the crops and the challenges farmers face... Oats Read more
Oat Crop Tour March '25 28 Mar 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump A couple of days this week spent looking at oat crops and meeting new oat growers for Whites was interesting and informative. The crops looked generally really well. The prize goes to the oats in the ... Read more
Calling All Organic Wheat Growers 28 Mar 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Nadine is asking for some help with her research she currently has 22 farmers who have participated 15 conventional, 5 Regen and 2 organic and would like to get greater organic representation. Calling... Wheat Read more
Planting Records 2025 Harvest 20 Feb 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Spring drilling may not yet have started but it is hopefully just be around the corner. Soil temperatures are creeping higher and we've even had a couple of days that feel like spring! Planting record... Read more
Whites Mill Visit 23rd April 2025 20 Feb 2025 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Following the success of our trips in previous years we're running another trip over to Whites this April. Whether you've been supplying Whites for years or are curious to start doing so this year's m... Read more
Organic Arable Annual Meeting '24 23 Dec 2024 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump At the end of November we met for our annual meeting bringing together a range of different speakers with our producers for a day of information sharing and discussion. We were delighted that Polly Da... Read more
Planting Records 2024 22 Apr 2024 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The UK's reliance on imported organic grain is an important issue and a barrier to the continued development of the domestic organic cereal sector. This year yield expectations will be low and buyers ... Read more
The ORC Young Farmer/Grower of the Year Award 22 Apr 2024 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Applications for 2024 are open! Young Organic Farmer/Grower of the Year Award (YOFGY 2024) recognizes exceptional individuals who demonstrate a strong commitment to organic farming principles. Whether... Read more
AHDB Levy Increase 13 Apr 2024 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump We have received notification that the AHDB levy is to increase from from £0.46 to £0.58 on 1st April 2024 which will be reflected on all invoices from that date. We have been told that " The levy rat... Read more
Breckland Organics Farm Walk 12 Apr 2024 Organic Arable, Andrew Trump We're delighted to be visiting Breckland Organics this month as part of our series of farm walks - our first in the East this year. We'll be hearing from Chris about farming on low fertility free-drai... Read more
