Sustainable Cattle Farming & Homegrown Protein
We are a 300-acre farm finishing 350 Aberdeen Angus dairy-bred cattle on a Total Mixed Ration (TMR) system. Over the last five years, we have…
In this trial we will be gathering data on the impact of a winter bean crop on the following wheat crop (in terms of soil nitrogen supply, nitrogen available to/taken up by the plant, and any…
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Peas, beans and other legumes fix nitrogen from the atmosphere using the process of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), whereby atmospheric nitrogen (N2) is combined with hydrogen to form ammonia (…
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Looking for ways to improve pea yield. To help keep the crop in our rotation.
We're going to grow a tramline of spring barley in our spring bean field and measure how much teh sopring beans benefit teh residual nitrogen and other soil fertility. We'll also add Vixeran to a…
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Split field trial with winter beans, winter beans + Nutri-Phite PGA and Spring barley
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The trial aims to investigate how sulphur application to faba beans affects the crude protein and sulphurous amino acid content of the harvested beans, particularly methionine and cysteine, which are…
Solutions presented at From Soya to Sustainability in Peterborough on Wednesday 22nd January included presentation of research carried out by SRUC, The James Hutton Institute and Agrii and the…
Revised figures reveal the full extent of the savings that would be made possible that increasing pulse production and displacing imported soya could bring.