Bean Event Feb 2023 Feb 19, 2023 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Hi All, slightly overdue but please find access to the presentations that were delivered on the day. You can find Andrew's market report, the two breeders presentations by Michael from LSPB and Robin ... Read more
Grazing Winter Cereals Feb 10, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos This week, inspired by a recent farm visit to Grange Farm near Tewkesbury, I am going to discuss the practice of sheep grazing cereals in late winter as an agronomic tool for crop management. Once con... Read more
KWS Organic Team Feb 3, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump It was great to have the opportunity to meet and discuss the UK organic cereal sector with the organic team from KWS this week. Dom and I met Jenny Matthiesen at the Liveseeding project meeting last a... Read more
Field Bean Knowledge Transfer Event Feb 3, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos We had a great day in Radway, Warwickshire on Wednesday at our Bean Knowledge Transfer day. that was well attended and well received. We had the great and the good from the organic bean growing world ... Read more
Big Farmland Bird Count 2023 Jan 27, 2023 Organic Arable blog Organic Arable, Andrew Trump On 10th February 2023 Dom and I are going to participate in the Big Farmland Bird Count and we'd love you to join us. We believe that organic farming delivers significant biodiversity benefits and ha... Read more
Market Update 27th January 2023 Jan 27, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump The two big beasts in the organic world the US and Germany with €45 and €12 Billion in retail sales respectively [Source: IFOAM The World of organic agriculture – statistics and emerging trends 2021] ... Read more
Spring Seed Rates Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos With Spring drilling fast approaching and seed orders coming in thick and fast I thought it might be pertinent to discuss a simple but important question. What seed rate to use? Of co... Read more
Market Update 20th January 2023 Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Recently we highlighted the Sustain report " Unpicking Food Prices [1] " which examines the proportion of the retail price of food items is paid to the farmer with eyes immediately scanning down to fi... Read more
LiveWheat Legacy Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos As many of you will be aware we have been collaborating with the Organic Research Centre crops team, where I was previously a member, for the last three years on a DEFRA funded project called LiveWhea... Read more
People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine – study Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos ** Study measured glyphosate in urine and found high levels associated with signs of oxidative stress ** New research by top US government scientists has found that people exposed to the widely used w... Read more
Autumn Drilling Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos With harvest now over and the weather starting to feel decidedly Autumnal I thought it would be worth posting on the topic of Autumn drilling. The rains have arrived to provide adequate soil moisture ... Read more
Intercropping Jan 22, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Hi All, another Autumn drilling focused post today, looking to provoke thought and opinion about the best approaches for drilling and establishing your winter crops. As the title suggests I will be lo... Read more
