Pest and disease warning from PGRO
The PGRO has come up with some timely warnings about possible imminent threats to growers…
Browsing: Protein Crops
Chocolate spot and rust warning for bean growers
With the current spell of wet weather bringing an abrupt end to a long period…
Spring bean variety improvements help drive growth in the UK pulse crop
Continual investment in spring bean breeding has produced varieties that have greatly improved yields and…
Winter beans look great coming into the spring
“Winter beans look great coming into the spring with few reported issues and spring crop…
Growing soya for the first time
Mark Bowsher-Gibbs, farm and estate manager at G.H Dean in Kent will be growing soya…
Collaboration delivers success for pulses
Linking up the needs of grower, processor and markets is notoriously difficult to achieve, never…
Spring bean variety choice this year offers yield, agronomic improvements
The choice of improved spring bean varieties available to growers this year is a reflection…
New field lab to trial novel protein crops
Mole Valley Farmers are running a new ‘field lab’ through the Innovative Farmers network to…
Plant breeder’s continued growth brings improved pulse and oilseed rape varieties to UK growers
LS Plant Breeding Ltd (LSPB) continues to increase its presence in the UK to the…
A lot has changed in pulse markets
“Since the more or less stagnant days at the end of the year, a lot…