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Category Archives: Maize
Sense and Nonsense on Biogas
Maize grown specifically for Anaerobic Digesters to produce “biogas” is an increasingly common crop in England, especially in the South West. The area under Biogas Maize increased by 55% in 2016 compared to 2015, to 52000ha. The National Farmers Union … Continue reading
Parliament calls for ban on double subsidy for biogas #Maize.
Maize is in the news again, especially Maize specifically grown to power Anaerobic Digesters to produce biogas. In response to at least two years of calls for reform to the biogas subsidy regime, last week the Government finally launched … Continue reading
Posted in Anaerobic Digester, biogas, cross compliance, Maize
Tagged anaerobic digesters, Biogas, cross compliance, Maize, south dorset ridgeway, subsidy
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More Maize Madness: Far from being a climate change panacea, producing Biogas helps intensify its consequences
Tackling climate change is one of the most pressing and urgent things facing humanity, alongside (and related to) the 6th Global Extinction crisis. Some suggest that tackling Climate Change trumps all other considerations. One of the biggest consequences of climate … Continue reading
Posted in Anaerobic Digester, biogas, climate change, flooding, Floodplains, Maize
Tagged AD, Biogas, climate change, flooding, Maize
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Autumn: The Season of Maize and Muddy Rivers
“SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness! Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit … Continue reading
plus ça change plus c’est la même chose
Just in case you were thinking that under the new Common Agricultural Policy, following its lengthy and expensive “reform” process, that there are more requirements on farmers to deliver public goods for their extremely generous payments (paid for by taxpayers … Continue reading
Somerset Levels Update: Reflections on Flooding
It’s not just “You forgot the birds” who have been attacking RSPB recently. Earlier this year, they were blamed by a number of people, for causing the flooding in the Somerset Levels and Moors. Christopher Booker, in the Telegraph, was … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, flooding, Maize, Natural England, RSPB, Somerset Levels, Uncategorized
Tagged dredging, flooding, Maize, RSPB, Somerset Levels, wet meadows
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The Great Biofuel Maize Scam
I was drawn back into the muddy world of Biofuel Maize by reading an article in the Western Morning News entitled planting right variety of maize boosts AD Output. The piece was a bit of puff for the AD … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, biogas, climate change, Maize
Tagged Biogas, climate change, Maize, Subsidies
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Liz Truss gases on about Solar Farms, ignores threat from Maize.
The new Environment Secretary Liz Truss has led a charge against solar farms recently, announcing that they should not be used on productive farmland, which is there to produce food. She called them “a blight on the landscape” and announced … Continue reading
Posted in biogas, Liz Truss, Maize, Solar Farms, Somerset Levels, Uncategorized
Tagged Biogas, Liz Truss, Maize, Renewable Energy, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Solar Farms
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