Here at Terravesta, we welcome the recent announcement of the government’s Energy Bill. Introduced by the Climate Change Secretary last week, the Bill lays out significant electricity market reform – including plans to treble investment in clean power generation to £7.6… Read More »Why the government’s Energy Bill is good news for farmers
Following a recent NGO report entitled ‘Dirtier than coal? Why Government plans to subsidise burning trees are bad news for the planet’, the Back Biomass campaign has published a factsheet that rebuts the report’s claims. It makes for a very… Read More »Back Biomass campaign
Terravesta’s first ever Miscanthus event was a resounding success, with growers from across the country gathering at the Hackthorn estate in Lincolnshire to learn more about the wonder crop in a hands-on workshop. As well as meeting with fellow growers… Read More »Growers unite for Miscanthus ‘safari’
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been bombarded with the statistic that wheat prices have reached £200/tonne. This begs numerous questions. For those growers who have actually secured this price – was it for a load, or… Read More »How was your cereal harvest?
It’s been an excellent season so far for Miscanthus, with hundreds of hectares of new planting happening all over the country. Since forming Terravesta earlier this year we’ve experienced an overwhelming response from growers recognising the true benefits of the… Read More »The great grower opportunity
This year’s weather has resulted in an explosion in weed populations in arable crops. Especially blackgrass, which, as one of the most difficult to deal with, will leave a legacy of expensive management, suppressed yields and compromised cropping for years… Read More »Manage black grass with Miscanthus
I went to see a grower recently who was about to have the last of their Miscanthus lifted off-farm. In the last few months I have seen Miscanthus stored in all conditions, from indoors and bone dry to field edge… Read More »Dry cane
And so to the Driffield Show, in the heart of biggest Miscanthus growing region, and our first public outing as Terravesta with a stand, pop-up displays and all. As one of the few agricultural shows to have gone ahead of… Read More »Goodbye crankdom
The amount of joy that a 6mm pellet can bring is out of all proportion to its size. Terravesta created its first Miscanthus pellets last month in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, with 1,000 tonnes processed for supply to a major power-generating customer.… Read More »The joy of pellets
I have been living with the Miscanthus bug, and I don’t think I’m alone, since my first planting some six years ago. Despite riding the rollercoaster of the crop’s fortunes in the UK, I haven’t lost the enthusiasm for Miscanthus… Read More »Miscanthus gets under your skin
