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
Organic Farm Management Handbook Oct 24, 2023 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump *The Organic Farm Management Handbook 2023, 12th Edition Now on Sale!* This book, now in its 12 edition, is an established comprehensive guide and must-have resource, allowing farmers and growers to m... Read more
Autumn 2023 Variety Trials Oct 20, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, 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 News & Updates Organic Arable, 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 News & Updates 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 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
