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Feeding a total mixed ration to sheep based partly on home-grown beans has helped cut costs, improve animal health and meet sustainability goals on Myerscough College farms

Food manufacturer set to replace nearly one quarter of imported soyameal with British-grown oilseed rape and beans

Making on-farm rations and trading with local livestock farmers has helped a North Yorkshire arable farmer reduce dependence on commodity prices and build resilience into his business

Five Scottish growers participating in an Innovative Farmers bean variety evaluation Field Lab are preparing to drill their second crop of winter beans this autumn

NFU combinable crops board chair, Jamie Burrows, gives his latest insight into policy, including an action looking to support homegrown protein production

A move into wholecrop beans has helped a high-output Yorkshire beef finisher move away from bought-in protein supplements and improve soils, with no loss in herd performance

Agronomists and farmers say positive signs are on the horizon despite slow markets

Pulses could make use of land set aside for SFI '24

Greater adoption would help to replace imported soya in animal feeds and reduce the carbon footprint of animal production systems, say researchers

Opportunity for growers to contribute to valuable research bodies