Farmers and scientists met at Hackthorn, Lincoln at the end of June to find out more about our ground-breaking seed breeding project that could see the costs of miscanthus production reduced and make it an even more economically viable crop… Read More »Fantastic feedback from GIANT Link farm walk
Establishing miscanthus from seed rather than rhizome has taken a step nearer to commercial reality with field trials of three promising hybrid varieties getting under way this year. It’s predicted that miscanthus plugs propagated from seed could be commercially available… Read More »Miscanthus grown from seed possible by 2019
We co-hosted the first CLA breakfast at the Lincolnshire show and the feedback was fantastic. And to top it all, we were over the moon to have William Cracroft-Eley, Terravesta chairman, presenting at the event. The theme was maximising returns… Read More »CLA breakfast success
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
This month we’re announcing a number of changes to the grower contracts. The reason for this is that our continued efforts to source new market opportunities for miscanthus are gaining pace. Consequently, we’ve moved away from processing miscanthus pellets for… Read More »Grower contract changes
Grower contracts stipulate a penalty charge for late declarations, however this year due to the severity of the wet weather, we’re extending this declaration deadline date to June 15th (formerly May 15th). Thank you to all growers that have managed… Read More »Get your harvest declarations in!
We’re pleased to be announcing that the first farm walk this summer will be on Thursday June 30th, at The Wilson Family’s farm in Bonby and hope you’ll be able to join us to learn more about both the value,… Read More »First farm walk of the summer announced
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
Harvest 2016 is not without its challenges, and it isn’t over yet – in many cases it hasn’t started. We’ve seen a lot of rainfall this spring, and there’s been no chance to bale. Some of our growers have cane… Read More »To turn or not to turn
