Winter is upon us and by now your new Terravesta AthenaTM crops will have had their first frosts. The first frosts will trigger the plants to dieback (senesce). A week to 10 days after the first frosts the Athena will… Read More »Top tips for 1st year Terravesta Athena crops
Alex Robinson updates on increases to contract pricing and a new format for harvest declarations… Contract Pricing and Operational Update With the arrival of 2020, we are happy to announce your contract price has increased by 2.6% in line with… Read More »Miscanthus harvest declaration changes
IBERS scientists have significantly advanced the UK’s capacity to deliver sustainable biomass through their pioneering work in the Miscanspeed project, funded by the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The project has fast-tracked the breeding process by implementing… Read More »Accelerating the Future of Biomass: IBERS Scientists Fast-Track Miscanthus Breeding with Genomic Innovation
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), once positioned as a cornerstone of England’s post-BPS agricultural policy, has failed to deliver meaningful support for many UK farmers. Intended to reward environmental stewardship while providing a stable income stream, the scheme has instead… Read More »Miscanthus seen as stable option for UK farmers in 2026
When to cut Ideally, when the cane is cut there will be little green left on the plant but in mild winters this may not be the case. The standing crop is unlikely to senesce more beyond the end of… Read More »Harvest ’25 – cut as soon as conditions allow
New market opportunities for miscanthus are gaining pace, and increased demand means more planting is needed. To support this growth, we’re announcing changes to the grower contracts. Since this time last year, we have moved away from processing pellets for… Read More »Business update
Kate Waddams at Aberystwyth University is head of knowledge exchange for a project looking at speeding up Miscanthus plant breeding with AI to help farmers grow more resilient crops in the future. In this guest blog, she tells us more…… Read More »Artificial Intelligence in Miscanthus plant breeding
Miscanthus harvest 2018 has been extreme in many ways, from unrelenting rainfall and a narrowed harvest window, to a record breaking delivery month in May, where we moved just under 14,000 tonnes of Miscanthus, amounting to a whopping 650 deliveries.… Read More »Miscanthus harvest report: From extreme weather to record bale deliveries
Due to the delayed harvest this year, some crops may have new shoots emerging in the coming weeks. Miscanthus is incredibly resilient and any new shoots that are damaged while being travelled on will be replaced by new growth. Only a small… Read More »Miscanthus harvest ’24 top tips
We’re excited to introduce our first guest blogger, Dr Judith Thornton, low carbon manager at Aberystwyth University, who is waxing lyrical about using Miscanthus as a construction material to build the first EVER Miscanthus house… “Straw bale building in the… Read More »Building the first ever Miscanthus house
