The miscanthus market is growing at a rapid rate and one Lincolnshire producer has planted 1,000 hectares of the crop to service a handful of lucrative markets. The Wilson family, now dedicated miscanthus growers, are inviting anyone interested in planting… Read More »June farm walk highlights maturing miscanthus market opportunities
Farmers and landowners in the eastern counties wanting to maximise returns from marginal land will be presented with the case for considering miscanthus, an energy crop that’s seeing unprecedented interest form UK growers. Speaking at the CLA breakfast, held at… Read More »Unlock the potential of marginal land
The growing market for miscanthus is developing at a pace and one area that’s seeing increasing uptake is the horse and chicken bedding sector. We work closely with Staffordshire based seller ‘Miscanthus Bedding Ltd’, supplying the company with bales from… Read More »Miscanthus bedding market goes from strength to strength
Competing against a number of other up and coming agricultural industry hopefuls in a 2016 pea growing challenge, Rhys Jones, our agronomy and research development technician is relishing the challenge. Rhys is team leader for his group, that’s representing Bishop… Read More »Rhys from the Terravesta team competes in pea growing challenge
Jacob is passionate about the environment, with a particular interest in renewable energy. Nearing the completion of his degree in BSc Geography, he’s well versed in all variables that contribute to the diverse ecology of our landscape, such as energy… Read More »Welcome to the Terravesta team Jacob!
We’re updating our harvest declaration processes to make life easier for our growers, not only in submitting information, but also when it comes to collections. The more accurate the information we have, the better we can organise collections. And there’s… Read More »Harvest declarations going digital!
Energy Now Expo – the renewable energy event for farmers and landowners- was a great success for us this year, and we had plenty going on… George Robinson spoke in the energy crops conference session about the economics of growing… Read More »Success at Energy Now Expo
When you’ve tried different cereal crops to combat establishment due to dry land and blackgrass resistance, without any success, it’s reassuring to know there are profitable alternatives out there that conquer the problem Arable and beef cattle farmer, and pub… Read More »Farm walk to highlight miscanthus solution for problem land with establishment issues
Norfolk Farm walk January 26th The next farm walk will take place next week, on Tuesday January 26th, at Abbey Farm, East Walton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1PP, held by kind permission of Bill and Tom Lewis. Achieving a tremendous 8.82 tonnes per… Read More »Farm walks and grower forum dates
Helen Holman – events co-ordinator As a miscanthus grower herself, and an expert in biomass business development, Helen brings with her plenty of hands-on experience. Having worked with Terravesta in a marketing role since July 2014, she’s now heading up… Read More »Meet the new additions to the team
