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...
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...
New variety for Autumn: RGT Saki. Exceptional disease resistance, outstanding yield One of the most exciting feed wheats to hit the Recommended List in recent years looks set to earn a place on conventional and organic farms across the country from next autumn onwards. RGT Saki is...
Helping you to market grain more effectively Gemma Clarke gives insight into this season's seed availability, urging farmers to order early for some varieties… Seed Availability Due to the Autumn drilling campaign being so difficult, seed availability for this Autumn has been affected in some areas and we...
Triticale solution for drought-prone light land Farmer: Matthew Williams, Shropshire arable farmer Securo: 30 hectares Yields: 7.41 tonnes per hectare on drought-prone land Shropshire-based arable farmer, Matthew Williams, grows 30 hectares of Securo winter Triticale on his lighter land, where wheat, barley and OSR have struggled...