Interest in growing miscanthus as a financially viable and sustainable crop is greater than ever.Our farm walks are proving popular for forward thinking farmers wanting to diversify. Read our blog to find a farm walk near you: New Farm Walk… Read More »New Farm Walk Dates Announced
After 6 weeks in the swath, and, even against my own advice, turned (without disturbing the mulch), the Hackthorn Miscanthus is being baled today, with moisture running at around 10 -15% as measured over a baler mounted constant electronic monitor.… Read More »Hurrah!
Once the Miscanthus has been cut, baled and stored our attention turns to getting the best from next year’s crop. The next four to six weeks provides you with the perfect opportunity to carry out any remedial action that may… Read More »Top tips for remedial action
As we move rapidly through February we can estimate that we are about half way through the 2015 Miscanthus harvest, with most crops cut and drying on the ground. It now becomes time to turn our attention to when to… Read More »Important advice for Miscanthus baling
As we move rapidly through February we can estimate that we are about half way through the 2015 Miscanthus harvest, with most crops cut and drying on the ground. It now becomes time to turn our attention to when to… Read More »Top tips for baling
Over the last two weeks we have been meeting up with our contacted growers throughout the UK, it has been great to catch up with everyone and have the chance to have an open forum discussion on a number of… Read More »2015 Winter Grower Forums
Having gone to the effort of ensuring you have baled below 16% moisture it would seem like common sense to store it in the best possible way so as to maintain the premium quality; so here are our top ten… Read More »Top Ten Tips for Tip Top storage
With a harvest window from January through to March, dependent on season and local ground conditions, you might be wanting to consider cutting within the next two months. As long as the cane is cut into rods rather than broken… Read More »Count down to harvest…
Having booked everything in preparation for our Miscanthus farm walks the only thing that was left to chance was the weather, but we needn’t have worried, we caught the last few days of summer and were blessed with three warm,… Read More »Miscanthus Farm Walks – a roaring success!
This year’s summer has been ideal for Miscanthus growth. Since harvest in March/April it has had the right levels of sun and rain, which has led to some 3+ meter high crop! The weather is also responsible for the high… Read More »Miscanthus Flowering – a rare and positive sign!
