Terravesta recently announced our BEIS funded OMENZ project, which stands for ‘Optimising Miscanthus Establishment through improved mechanisation and data capture to meet Net Zero targets’. Terravesta is working with a varied team to help deliver this project. We spoke to each of them to learn a little more about what they are doing in the […]

Terravesta has big ambitions for Miscanthus planting in the UK to help decarbonise our economy, and as demand increases, we have an expert team to support farmers to grow high-yielding, healthy crops. Our planting team will work closely with UK farmers to support them throughout the cropping lifecycle. This includes surveying fields, understanding each farm […]

We’re excited to announce that we have established a new company in Poland as demand for sustainable perennial biomass grows in Europe. We have had long-term plans to open a European company, and this move will also support EU trade relationships. Terravesta Poland will eventually evolve to become Terravesta Europe, and underlines our commitment to […]

Record wheat yields and added income from high-performing Miscanthus on marginal land North Lincolnshire arable farmer, Adam Bradshaw, has seen record-breaking average wheat yields of 10.3t/ha in the same year he took his poor land out of arable production and replaced it with Miscanthus and stewardship schemes. Adam will be showcasing his Miscanthus crop on […]

Norfolk farmer, Bill Lewis, will showcase his 7-year old Miscanthus crop by hosting a farm walk near King’s Lynn this October. Bill, who grows Miscanthus at Abbey Farm in East Walton, is welcoming other farmers to learn about growing the crop and how it’s worked for him on a Terravesta co-hosted farm walk. Mr Lewis […]

In an industry first, Cope Seeds is partnering with Miscanthus specialist, Terravesta, to market its rhizome hybrid Terravesta Athena™. The new opportunity has been launched to help support the growing need to decarbonise the UK economy with bio-based solutions and fits with Cope Seeds’ regenerative and organic portfolio. “We work with organic and regenerative farmers, […]

Terravesta grower and one of the UK’s leading resource and waste management companies, FCC Environment is using its landbank to grow energy crops for biomass fuel. The company has been planting Miscanthus at several of its old landfill and quarry sites across the country that it has restored following their closure. FCC Environment recently harvested […]

We’ve had reports of some Miscanthus crops with red colouring in them, so our first port of call was to get a diagnosis from Dr Jason Kam, who outlines why it’s good news…  “In some cases, when a living Miscanthus cane is cut open, you may find red colouring inside it. This is good news […]

Demand for Miscanthus has grown rapidly in recent years. We catch up with Alex Robinson, Terravesta’s chief operating officer, to find out what it takes to build a forward-thinking revolutionary farming business with big ambitions… Starting with the big picture, what would you say is Terravesta’s core objective? Our core ambition is to reduce the […]

Our research and development team attended the annual GRACE summit this month, where project partners updated on advances in the bio-economy, with some interesting new uses discussed, including panels for the automotive industry made from Miscanthus. What is GRACE? GRACE stands for “GRowing Advanced industrial Crops on marginal lands for biorEfineries”. It’s a cross-European project […]

Scientists at Aberystwyth University will play a leading role in a major government-funded drive to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. As part of a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) investment of £30 million over four-and-a-half years, researchers at Aberystwyth’s Institute for Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) will lead a consortium of partners to […]