A tale of two systems: Mar 25, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos The need to reduce tillage is a widely accepted goal for farming to improve soil health and sustainability of agroecosystems. A new research paper from Rodale compares the effects of the different str... Read more
Biological nitrogen fixation of legume crops under organic farming as driven by cropping management: A review Mar 19, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Organic agriculture is a nitrogen limited farming system that relies on biologically fixed nitrogen to support production. The source of this biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) comes primarily from le... Read more
2023 Planting Records Mar 17, 2023 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump It's really important to understand the supply of organic grains that will be available following the 2023 harvest. We're woefully short of organic grain and understanding what is being grown helps b... Read more
Organic Seed Treatments Mar 11, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Microbial inputs are the next stage in agricultural product development with more and more R&D being focused on them, particular with new science enabling the study of soil, seed and plant microbiomes... Read more
Yield Data for Organic Farm Management Handbook Mar 9, 2023 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Organic Research Centre are producing a new edition of the Organic Farm Management Handbook and are asking for cereal yield information to inform the data they publish. There is a very simple form to... Read more
Research on Native Plant Decline Mar 8, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Half of Britain and Ireland’s native plants have declined over 20 years – study** Non-native species are now more numerous in wild – with implications for native insects Read the article in full her... Read more
Carbon Footprinting Mar 5, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos At Organic Arable we see the importance of supporting our members to beginning the journey of annual carbon footprinting. In fact, one day, in the not too distant future it is likely to be an essentia... Read more
Market Update 3rd March 2023 Mar 3, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Interesting market data from the French organic cereal market received this week. It shows that their market peaked at around €450 (£400) for organic feed wheat in June of last year and has been falli... Read more
Farm Trial Assessment Protocol Feb 25, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos At Organic Arable we believe in supporting our members to run their own trials and to participate in collective experiments to help expediate and improve learning on organic agronomy and crop performa... Read more
Organic Arable Market Update 24th February 2023 Feb 24, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Less about the organic cereal market this week with focus on the organic food market as following data presented at the Biofach organic trade fair and the publication of the Soil Association Organic ... Read more
LiveOat 2022 Feb 24, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Ahead of the new 2023 spring season, the results of the 2022 spring oat variety trials have now been published and can be found at the following link: None [1]* LiveOat Final Report * Varieties Isab... Read more
Spring Oat and Bean Trials Feb 19, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos We're looking for volunteers to host our spring oat and spring bean variety trials this season. We hope you value this kind of work, and see the benefit for the organic arable sector. These trials can... Read more
