This webinar presents practical, technical insights from Year 1 of the Scotland Bean Variety Trial, with a focus on crop performance under Scottish conditions. Aimed at farmers and agronomists, the session will explore establishment, variety responses, seasonal challenges, and yield outcomes, linking trial data to on-farm decision making.
The webinar will cover:
Key agronomic approaches used for winter bean production
Variety performance under Scottish soils and weather
Lessons learned from Year 1 and implications for future bean management
Practical take-home points for growers planning beans in upcoming seasons
This project is led jointly by PGRO and Scottish Agronomy and is partially funded by Innovative Farmers.
Register for the event here.
Innovative Farmers was established in 2012 by the Soil Association with the aim of bringing scientific rigour to on-farm trials co-designed by farmers and researchers. With a focus on sustainability and resilience, groups come together on discrete topics and on-farm trials addressing the topics that matter to them.
Farm-centric research generally involves On-Farm Experimentation and may be better described as 'Farm Action Research', i.e. research conducted at least in part by and for beneficiaries who also farm.
As the UK's centre of excellence for peas and beans, the PGRO has a long and highly valued track record of providing authoritative, up to date information and project work based on solid, reliable research.
Share information, knowledge, resources and experience on how we can improve crop perfomance (yield, quality and profitability) whilst reducing reliance on input, reducing impacts and improving environmental performance.
