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Does intercropping give you a higher yield per hectare 📊? Intercropping can give 1.2 to 1.3 times more total yield than monocropping! While individual crop yields may not increase, the combined harvest often outperforms single-crop systems. Learn more 👇 leguminose.eu/intercropping-…
The latest episode of Inside the Pod is available now. In this episode, Simon Jackson, Field Technical Manager at @Syngenta, speaks about the company's work developing biostimulants for pulses. Listen on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/4FSuK1…) or on YouTube (youtu.be/ttX-CYi2s8s)
The latest extended episode of Inside the Pod is now live. Recorded from the PGRO Pulse Open Day, we speak to PGRO's experts about the various trials and projects that were on show. Listen now on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/2thmEz…) and YouTube (youtu.be/l-xka-t5vzY)
Looks like a fair diagnosis, but nothing like looking at the real thing. That's why we run the free plant clinic. Why not send in samples to be certain?
You are experiencing the pressure we had at Riseholme under your tutelage 🫛🫛🫛🫛
The PGRO crew gearing up to take the first of the Descriptive List pea trials - Essex today. Meanwhile, the first of the new crop farm saved bean seed samples for crop 2026, have arrived in our lab for nematode and germination testing


Ready to go, today and tomorrow. Erin introduces the Bean variety Lab in Scotland.
There’s still time to book onto our Scotland Bean Variety field lab event this Thursday! Head along to the exciting session on a North Berwick farm, to discover how beans perform in the region and more about bean agronomics. innovativefarmers.org/events/bean-va… @ScotAgCoOp @pgroresearch
There’s still time to book onto our Scotland Bean Variety field lab event this Thursday! Head along to the exciting session on a North Berwick farm, to discover how beans perform in the region and more about bean agronomics. innovativefarmers.org/events/bean-va… @ScotAgCoOp @pgroresearch
You’re invited to the Scotland Bean Variety Trial Field Lab! Join us on Weds 16th July on a farm in Kirkcaldy to learn about different bean varieties and their growth in the local climate. innovativefarmers.org/events/bean-va… @pgroresearch @ScotAgCoOp
📢Farmers! 📢 Grow pulses? Why not get paid to do trials and become a Pulse Pioneer as part of the NCS project? 🌱🚜🌏 Find out more about about the project & register your interest now: 👇 ncsproject.co.uk/pulse-pioneers…… #PulsePioneer #RegenFarming #NetZero
Thank god for the late may rains . Beans this year were grown for €51 /ac lowest ever ,Teagasc figure was €194/ac . They can be a fair low input crop ,why they are not grown more widely here I don’t know 🤷
The munch bunch hard at work on these black bean aphids. No need for insecticides. Things like this are an enormously satisfying part of my job. Much more exiting than the launch of any new product.
The new Pea and the Bean growth guides. Pick up a hard copy from PGRO at Groundswell today. Stand E41

The latest Pulse Crop Update from PGRO. Updates on the current situation with pests and diseases in peas and beans. If you would like these directly to your inbox, request by email to [email protected]. pgro.org/pgro-crop-upda…
Great British Pea Week returns for tenth anniversary | The Scottish Farmer 🫛🫛🫛🫛 thescottishfarmer.co.uk/features/25248…
What caught the eye of breeders, growers and agronomists at this year's Vining Pea Open Day? Watch our latest video to find out that and more from this year's event: youtu.be/F41IbTTPF8k?si…
The latest episode of Inside the Pod is out now. In this extended episode, we speak to Roger Vickers, Dr Chris Judge, Erin Matlock and pulse pioneer Bryony Graham from this year's Cereals 2025. Listen now on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/0jbP56…) or YouTube (youtu.be/ReF2BSpy3TE)
Do you grow pulses? Join us as a paid Pulse Pioneer in our upcoming trials - the recruitment period is now open! Find out more about& register interest now: ncsproject.co.uk/pulse-pioneers… @pgroresearch @LEAF_Farming @CranfieldUni @ADASGroup @FarmCO2Toolkit fwi.co.uk/arable/pulses/…