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
What could go wrong now? Your Miscanthus has had a fabulous growing year and you’ve followed our top tips for baling and storage of your Miscanthus, so now is the right time for a quick recap on the processes and… Read More »The job’s not done until the paper work is finished!
Energy Now Expo 2015 was as busy as previous events. William Cracroft -Eley and Jim Beeden were speaking at the Energy Crop session on Wednesday 11th about Miscanthus and its use on marginal land. Throughout the two days we saw… Read More »Energy Now Expo 2015
Terravesta’s chosen cause for 2015 will be Forage Aid. We started our year of fund raising for them with a £500 donation, which was handed over as the Forage Aid tractor & trailer called in at The Buttery (the venue… Read More »Forage Aid – all in a good cause
