Automated broccoli harvester could tackle labour shortages and food security
A partnership between The UK Agri-Tech Centre, Upcycled Plant Protein (UPP) and The James Hutton…
Browsing: Protein Crops
Aclonifen approval for pulses
Emerger, the pre-emergence residual herbicide with activity against a range of common broadleaved weed species,…
Yield and maturity warning for winter bean spring sowing
For those planting winter beans this spring the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) warns…
New category and varieties for PGRO lists
The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has added 11 new pea and bean varieties…
Godminster Farm, producer of award-winning cheddar cheese, is working with McArthur Agriculture to remove soya bean meal from the rations of its 300-cow organic dairy herd
In line with Somerset-based Godminster Farm’s ethos: ‘nature repays those who treat her kindly’, Pete Cheek who…
New pulse herbicide options are on the horizon to replenish a diminishing list
Despite ever-increasing calls for more homegrown protein to replace imported soya in the food chain,…
PGRO launches new podcast for pea and bean growers
The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has launched a new podcast designed targeted at…
New seed treatment increases the speed and percentage of emergence for pulses
Since the withdrawal of Wakil XL in 2021, pulse growers have been searching for new…
Farmers encouraged to engage with ambitious new soya displacement project
Farmers are being urged to take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to displace imported soya and grow…
Pulses UK appoints new officeholder team
Michael Shuldham has been named as the new president of Pulses UK, with William Ringrose…