In an industry first, Cope Seeds is partnering with Miscanthus specialist, Terravesta, to market its rhizome hybrid Terravesta Athena™. The new opportunity has been launched to help support the growing need to decarbonise the UK economy with bio-based solutions and… Read More »Cope Seeds adds Terravesta Athena™ to its portfolio
Terravesta grower and one of the UK’s leading resource and waste management companies, FCC Environment is using its landbank to grow energy crops for biomass fuel. The company has been planting Miscanthus at several of its old landfill and quarry… Read More »FCC Environment uses former landfill and quarry sites for energy crops
Norfolk arable farmer, Algy Garrod, has introduced a number of measures for risk reduction on his 405-hectare farm, near Fakenham, to future-proof the business. Changes include opening a farm shop, the introduction of more niche vegetable crops to supply the… Read More »Norfolk farmer plants Miscanthus for future risk reduction
We’ve had reports of some Miscanthus crops with red colouring in them, so our first port of call was to get a diagnosis from Dr Jason Kam, who outlines why it’s good news… “In some cases, when a living Miscanthus… Read More »Seeing Red? Don’t fret – it means your Miscanthus crop is resilient
Demand for Miscanthus has grown rapidly in recent years. We catch up with Alex Robinson, Terravesta’s chief operating officer, to find out what it takes to build a forward-thinking revolutionary farming business with big ambitions… Starting with the big picture,… Read More »Life in the green lane: What it takes to build a thriving Miscanthus bio-economy
North Lincolnshire arable farmer, Adam Bradshaw, has seen record-breaking average wheat yields of 10.3t/ha in the same year he took his less productive land out of arable production and replaced it with Miscanthus and stewardship schemes. “We decided to plant… Read More »Record wheat yields and added income from high-performing Miscanthus on less productive land
Our research and development team attended the annual GRACE summit this month, where project partners updated on advances in the bio-economy, with some interesting new uses discussed, including panels for the automotive industry made from Miscanthus. What is GRACE? GRACE… Read More »GRACE update: Miscanthus fibre for the automotive industry
Scientists at Aberystwyth University will play a leading role in a major government-funded drive to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. As part of a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) investment of £30 million over four-and-a-half years, researchers at Aberystwyth’s… Read More »Aberystwyth University to lead on greenhouse gas removal research with major grant
The first dedicated independent study into the Miscanthus carbon life cycle shows that the crop is net carbon negative, capturing net 0.64 tonnes of carbon (2.35 tonnes CO2e) per hectare, per year in the soil at the very least. The… Read More »Industry first: Miscanthus proven to be a carbon sink in new study
In an industry first, farmers considering planting the carbon negative crop Miscanthus can now benefit from a finance package to cover virtually all upfront costs for crop establishment, as well as new direct, long-term offtake agreements with end-users, with 10–15-year… Read More »New Miscanthus finance and end-user offtake agreements assist UK decarbonisation
