With the festive season upon us, we thought we’d feature a ‘twist’ on the traditional 12 days of Christmas by looking back at some of the amazing highlights of our most successful year yet…2015. It’s been a record-breaker in so… Read More »The 12 months of Terravesta
We had a great couple of days at the Farm Business Innovation event, at the NEC in Birmingham on November 11 and 12. The show aims to provide farmers and landowners with guidance in rural opportunities and land diversification, so… Read More »Farm Business Innovation Show success
This year our farm walks have been more popular than ever, and last month we welcomed 45 visitors through the doors at Friars Farm, Morningthorpe, Norfolk. From growers, to agronomists, journalists and agricultural financial advisers, the walks are attracting a… Read More »Extra farm walk to meet popular demand
This month we’ve had the highest levels of processing. During the second week in October, we processed over 1,000 tonnes. This is roughly a 10% uplift, when compared with the tonnage processed in an average week. It’s a greattestament to… Read More »Raising the bar with record breaking processing tonnage this October
William Cracroft-Eley, Terravesta chairman, tackles the problem of blackgrass in his video blog, displaying fields which historically had blackgrass issues, now eliminated by the planting of a miscanthus crop.
With miscanthus there’s a strong correlation between good planning and a healthy, high yielding crop. It’s in no way a coincidence, that with all the miscanthus I’ve looked after in many different countries, the best crops started life in the… Read More »Early planning key to successful crop establishment
What is the GIANT link project? The GIANT Link project is a ground-breaking research and development initiative that’s enabling us to cultivate hybrids that can be grown from seed, rather than from rhizome. Since 2013, Terravesta has been proud to… Read More »Growing miscanthus from seed
With more growers working with us this year, record yields and high quality crops across the board, we’ve been busier than ever. Since harvest, we’ve already produced 10,000 tonnes of pellets, supplied into Drax. We’re now very close to finalising the… Read More »Harvest and production review
With the current feed wheat price down as low as £111/t, and feed barley down to £101/t it’s not surprising that farmers are looking at alternative crops to help boost returns in a volatile global climate. Arable farmers have been… Read More »Calculate your potential miscanthus returns online
We’ve seen a high quality crop and high yields. But it hasn’t been without its challenges, and we’re positive that the third volume of the ‘Essential Growers’ Guide’ will help growers to harvest and bale without a glitch, in order… Read More »Issue 3 of the ‘Essential Growers’ Guide’ is well underway and will be issued this summer
