Winter Trials Update - Wheat Mar 23, 2024 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos This season our on-farm cultivar evaluation network has been looking at Winter Winter through LiveWheat Legacy, funded by Organic Arable and Winter Oats, funded through the White's research levy. This... Read more
Winter Trials Update - Oats Mar 23, 2024 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos This season our on-farm cultivar evaluation network has been looking at Winter Winter through LiveWheat Legacy, funded by Organic Arable and Winter Oats, funded through the White's research levy. The ... Read more
Market Update 22nd March 24 Mar 23, 2024 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump I have been accused of being rather bleak about the arable sector at times but my mood reflects that of many arable producers at present. The continuous wet weather has created significant challenges... Read more
24/7 Biodiversity Monitoring Feb 19, 2024 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Last week when Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) was introduced it was apposite for Epi-Agri to host a meeting at Hemsworth Farm, Dorset to share the findings of the 24/7 Biodiversity Monitoring project tha... Read more
Market Update 9th February 2024 Feb 16, 2024 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The significant challenge in the market in recent weeks has been the impact of the attacks on shipping in the Red Sea pushing up freight rates as cargoes take a longer route and delays deliveries. Wh... Read more
Wheat Farmer Assessment Feb 8, 2024 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Results of the farmer assessments carried out on the LiveWheat Legacy trials are now available. There are some interesting findings with the main result being that Extase, Mayflower and Astronomer all... Read more
Organic Arable Members' Meeting 2023 Dec 21, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Taking place once again at The Great Barn, Aynho, on a beautiful sunny, crisp Autumn Day, the type that makes you feel good to be alive, we enjoyed positive discussions about the challenges and opport... Read more
The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill 2023 Dec 19, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The Food Standards Agency (FSA) are undertaking a consultation on The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill 2023 which we'd ask you to consider responding to. The consultation can be accessed ... Read more
Early or Late Drilling: The Trade-off Dec 14, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos At times it feels like every crop management decision in organic farming is a trade-off, but without knowing in which direction the balance may swing. Inspired by recent farm visits and discussions wi... Read more
Market Update 17th November 2023 Nov 20, 2023 News & Updates 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 News & Updates 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 News & Updates Organic Arable, 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
