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 […]

In a Terravesta guest blog, which first appeared on the UK Energy Research Centre, Miscanthus scientist, Dr Anita Shepherd discusses why Miscanthus bioenergy production needs scaling up, what can be expected in terms of yield, carbon captured and sequestered in the soil… I model projections of bioenergy crop yield and energy, carbon capture, and environmental […]

We’re pleased to welcome Mark Coleman to the Terravesta team as customer accounts manager. Mark brings a wealth of customer support experience to Terravesta, and is a key contact for our growers. Highly unflappable, and with a great sense of humour, his background is in banking and finance, and he’s gone from branch management to […]

North Lincolnshire arable farmers, Ambrose and Edward Fowler, have been growing their Miscanthus crop for 13 years on drought-prone unproductive land, and have seen annual yield increases with no fertiliser applied over this time. “The crop yielded 13t/ha in 2020, with no other inputs apart from very occasional use of a non-selective herbicide before the […]

Terravesta has pledged to reaching net zero by 2040 by committing to the international Race to Zero campaign. We’re passionate about sustainable farming and decarbonising our economy, and it’s also essential that our own business prioritises net zero by 2040 at the very latest. The Race To Zero is a global campaign to rally leadership […]

On 23 February, the first biomass thermal power plant, using British agri-tech, was officially opened in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. This occasion marked the start of the transition of the energy supply system from imported fossil gas to renewable energy. The newly-installed 150kW biomass thermal power plant is a project pilot. The project aims […]

Terravesta has big ambitions to tackle the climate crisis and deliver a low carbon economy by upscaling the planting of its Miscanthus Performance Hybrids. Key to building the Miscanthus bio-economy is testing and securing enough supply of our hybrids, upscaling planting and linking the supply of these raw materials with a near-industrial scale of sustainable […]