Biomass Connect Hub Site Updates – December 2022
January 09, 2023

Biomass Connect has now collated the December updates from all 8 of our Hub Sites. We have published these within the Hub Site Updates and they can also be accessed […]
Hub Site Update – SRUC Edinburgh
January 09, 2023

December 2022 Summer weed control, cultivation and drilling complete. A winter wheat cover crop has been drilled on all wood crops plots but not on those due to have miscanthus […]
Hub Site Update – SRUC Ayrshire
January 09, 2023

December 2022 Summer weed control, cultivation and drilling complete. A winter wheat cover crop has been drilled on all wood crops plots but not on those due to have miscanthus […]
Hub Site Update – Newcastle University Cockle Park Farm
January 09, 2023

December 2022 A wheat cover crop has been established by direct drilling in autumn 2022. Soil samples were collected for nutrient analysis and characterisation of soil properties to establish pre-planting […]
Hub Site Update – NIAB Headley Hall
January 09, 2023

December 2022 The site has been prepared into rough planting blocks as per the plans (woody crops and grasses). A winter wheat cover crop has been drilled on all wood […]
Hub Site Update – BGI Chesham
January 09, 2023

December 2022 Summer weed control, cultivation and drilling is complete. Winter wheat has established well in the woody biomass crop areas. Hedge cutting on the site is complete. Base line […]
Hub Site Update – Rothamsted Research – North Wyke
January 09, 2023

December 2022 Silage cut on permanent pasture site: 26/8/22. Plot areas sprayed (glyphosate): 16/9/22. Plough and power harrow : 26/9/22 – 27/9/22. Grass sown in SRF and SRC plots (30 […]
Hub Site Updates – IBERS Aberystwyth
January 06, 2023

December 2022 All areas to be planted in 2023 have been sprayed with Gallup Xl at 4lt/ha to remove grass and broadleaf weeds. The whole of fields 1 and 2 […]
Hub Site Update – AFBI Hillsborough
January 05, 2023

December 2022 The land area has been fenced (stock proof) and is secure from outside influence. The site has been sprayed for docks and clover (Doxstar Pro). The site is […]
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