Drax and NFU aim to support the UK’s decarbonisation goals and provide diversification opportunities for British farmers as they adapt to new UK agricultural policies. World leader in sustainable bioenergy Drax Group has teamed up with the National Farmers Union of England and Wales (NFU), to identify opportunities to scale up perennial energy crop production […]

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 […]

A project to facilitate more planting of the perennial bioenergy crop, Miscanthus, has been awarded over £150,000 of funding through the government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, to help contribute to 2050 net zero targets. Miscanthus specialist, Terravesta, has been successful in its bid to secure Phase 1 funding for its OMENZ project which stands for […]

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 […]

Dr Anita Shepherd, Supergen Bioenergy Hub Research Fellow, needs your help to contribute to valuable research on Miscanthus growing. If you complete this short survey – taking around 15 minutes – you will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win a Wensleydale Creamery cheese hamper! About the research With advances in Miscanthus breeding […]

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 […]

Norfolk arable farmer, Algy Garrod, has introduced a number of measures for risk reduction on his 405-hectare farm, near Fakenham, to future-proof the business. Changes include opening a farm shop, the introduction of more niche vegetable crops to supply the shop, a glamping site, and nine hectares of Miscanthus, with plans to plant more – […]

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 […]

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. “We decided to plant Terravesta AthenaTM Miscanthus on the poorly performing land and not only has it delivered an average […]

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 […]

The first dedicated independent study into the Miscanthus carbon life cycle shows that the crop is net carbon negative, capturing net 0.64 tonnes of carbon (2.35 tonnes CO2e) per hectare, per year in the soil at the very least. The study substantiates the two known simultaneous carbon cycles of Miscanthus, where the above ground biomass […]