Arable Yield Enhancement Network launched for beans T


he PGRO has launched a Yield Enhancement Net- work (YEN) for beans – providing growers with a bench- marking service to help achieve a perfect crop.


It follows the PGRO’s suc-


cessful YEN for peas, which has brought together growers, agron- omists and other partners, includ- ing ADAS, for the past three years. The YEN model looks towards a pea yield of 10t/ha. PGRO chief executive Roger


Vickers said: “We are launching the Bean YEN as part of our con- tinuing objective of striving for a perfect pulse crop and year-on- year consistency.” With two years of intensive pea crop monitoring to gain understanding of key issues, the opportunity now existed for a wider base of both pea and bean growers to join in the YEN pro- gramme and benchmark their own experience with others, said Mr Vickers.


The goal is to grow the perfect bean crop, says PGRO chief executive Roger Vickers The Pea YEN has been work-


ing towards current challenges in the pea growing sector, particular- ly how to increase average yields of dried peas, ensure consistency of yields, improve the crop qual- ity and ensure attractive gross margins.


A starting point is that the av- erage UK commercial farm pro- duces less than 4t/ha of combina-


ble pea yields, with little increase in over 10 years, while high-yield- ing farms and trials can achieve in excess of 6t/ha. The Bean YEN will look at the different challenges and opportu- nities for growers with fi eld beans. There is more variation in bean row width, for example, as direct drilling on wider rows is common – and this could affect standard


plant counts/establishment. Then there is the pest and dis- ease pressure on beans to measure – including downy mildew, choco- late spot, rust, bruchid beetle and free-living nematodes. More pos- itively, bean yields are in general less variable than for peas. Interested growers should e-mail ADAS at beanyen@adas.co.uk to receive an entry pack and protocol.


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