The case for British-grown organic arable is strengthening While the transition to organic can be challenging, the demand for organic seed is growing and the financial rewards stack up. Moving to organic requires a reliance on rotations and fertility breaks, replacement of ‘crop protection’ products, weed management through...
High yields and early harvest Wiltshire farmer, Gerald Osborne, has been growing Nelson winter German E wheat organically for six years, on account of its strong yields, superb grain quality and early harvest. Gerald is a mixed organic farmer, with a 364 hectare farm, and grows 15...
A rotation of primitive and ancient grains Ancient grains have helped to spread risk on on Gerald Osborne's organic farm in Wiltshire, supplying Organic flour specialist Doves Farm Foods Ltd with Einkorn, Emmer, Rye, E-wheat and spelt - which has a rapidly growing demand. Gerald grows 124...
Tom Desborough joins Cope Seeds & Grain I’m very excited to be joining the team at Cope Seeds & Grain this August, just in time for Harvest. I’ll be bringing my 7 years commercial experience as a farm trader and intend to learn and develop fast...
70% reduction in fleabeetle We are looking for four farms to each produce a 29t truck of ‘Beetleblocker’ winter OSR on a buy-back contract with Cope Seeds and Grain. Seed will cost £80 per pack for untreated RGT Beetleblocker (therefore a derogation will be needed). Each pack...
We’re delighted to welcome Duncan Hendry to the Cope Seeds team. Hello, I’m Duncan Hendry, I am very pleased to have joined Cope Seeds Ltd. I am looking forward to being able to offer the right products to satisfy your requirements. I have been involved with the agricultural...
Check out our extensive list of exciting varieties available this autumn… WINTER WHEAT GROUP 1 Varieties RGT Skyfall KWS Zyatt Crusoe Nelson GROUP 2 Varieties KWS Extase KWS Siskin GROUP 3 Varieties Elicit KWS Firefly GROUP 4 Varieties ( Soft ) LG Skyscraper LG Spotlight LG Sundance RGT Saki GROUP 4...
Expert insight from Trevor Cope Though there are a lot of varieties to choose from, and a lot of varieties grown, there are some we can suggest that will create more interest than others. In terms of choosing a Group 1 milling variety, they all have their...
Check out our NEW Autumn 2020 / Spring 2021 organic product brochure. Packed with outstanding new varieties, industry news and updates on our growing team...
Buy back contract available We are looking to increase our production of organic winter beans this year due to the increase in demand from both the UK and Germany we have seen over the past 2 years. Each year we never have enough and with the...