Norfolk farmer Bill Lewis has seen a record yield with his miscanthus harvest this year, and yet the crop was not quite two years old. Achieving a tremendous 8.82 tonnes per hectare, the result is the largest documented on a… Read More »Record yield for Miscanthus crop
An academic paper has been published that demonstrates to policy makers the environmental benefit of converting around 5% of lower grade, UK marginal agricultural land to miscanthus. A key driver of this study was noted Miscanthus researcher, Dr. John Clifton-Brown,… Read More »Environmental credentials of miscanthus highlighted in academic paper
We’re pleased to be announcing our next three autumn farm walks, and hope you’ll be able to join us to learn more about both the value, and future, of growing miscanthus. Our first walk will be on October 13th at Hackthorn… Read More »New autumn farm walk dates announced
We were happy to attend the ‘New opportunities from bioenergy’ event at Drax this month, to showcase the opportunity miscanthus offers to growers wanting to diversify. Experts, including Daniel Davidson, biomass buyer at Drax, presented on market opportunities in bioenergy, and… Read More »Drax bioenergy event
This year, for the first time, we invited visitors onto a whopping 15 x 40 metre crop plot site, to showcase miscanthus through its growth stages, and display our latest seed trials, with a four row planter. The stand was… Read More »Success at this year’s Cereals event
With world grain price volatility squeezing UK farmers more than ever, arable growers are looking even more closely at what crops they can add to their rotation to boost returns, in order to cope with the ongoing price slump. Miscanthus,… Read More »East Yorkshire Miscanthus farm walk free to visitors
Farmers looking for a crop to grow on flood-prone land may soon have an answer, thanks to some new trials being run by the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth University. Some 18 months from the headline-hitting… Read More »Pioneering work values returns from growing Miscanthus on flood plains
New Farm Walk Dates Announced We’re pleased to be announcing our next three farm walks, and hope you’ll be able to join us to learn more about both the value, and future, of growing miscanthus. The next walk is on 18… Read More »New Farm Walk Dates Announced
Now that the busy harvest is over, the Terravesta team is pleased to broadcast the details of our GIANT LINK seed breeding programme, aiming to cut the costs of growing miscanthus by enabling the crop to eventually be grown from… Read More »Terravesta ‘Giant Link’ miscanthus project on display at Cereals
The Terravesta team will all be at Cereals on stand number 616. They’ll be available to talk to you about the success of miscanthus in the UK, and advise about the simple steps you can take to be a miscanthus… Read More »Meet the team at Cereals
