The renewable energy sector is currently a hotbed of debate. And we’ve certainly seen evidence of an energy policy reset by the new Conservative government, that’s seemingly flexing its muscles. According to Jonathan Scurlock, chief renewable energy and climate change… Read More »Renewable energy: the hotbed of debate
This month we’ve had the highest levels of processing. During the second week in October, we processed over 1,000 tonnes. This is roughly a 10% uplift, when compared with the tonnage processed in an average week. It’s a greattestament to… Read More »Raising the bar with record breaking processing tonnage this October
If we have a farm walk in your area, don’t miss it! We have three farm walks coming up, and we hope you’ll be able to join us to learn more about both the value, and future, of growing miscanthus.… Read More »Don’t miss our October farm walks
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
William Cracroft-Eley, Terravesta chairman, tackles the problem of blackgrass in his video blog, displaying fields which historically had blackgrass issues, now eliminated by the planting of a miscanthus crop.
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
With miscanthus there’s a strong correlation between good planning and a healthy, high yielding crop. It’s in no way a coincidence, that with all the miscanthus I’ve looked after in many different countries, the best crops started life in the… Read More »Early planning key to successful crop establishment
What is the GIANT link project? The GIANT Link project is a ground-breaking research and development initiative that’s enabling us to cultivate hybrids that can be grown from seed, rather than from rhizome. Since 2013, Terravesta has been proud to… Read More »Growing miscanthus from seed
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
