Lupins

[pine_guy]

DUP is what Soya masters at.
and it's way better for energy .
Mind you soya cant be processed on farm I suppose.

Found a study to suggest heat treating Liupins (also beans and peas) can improve the DUP. Remember soya and rape have already undergone this process. But lupins have high oil content which can suppress milk protein.

 

[DrWazzock]

My feeling is that lupins could be a real benefit to U.K. farming generally if they achieve critical mass. If have livestock again I’ll definitely be growing them. A feel good crop.

 

[ih1455xl]

When’s harvest time for lupins

 

[Simon Chiles]

When’s harvest time for lupins

Blues are normally third week in August, Whites are second week in September. Blue yield is less than the whites.

 

[pine_guy]

Blues are normally third week in August, Whites are second week in September. Blue yield is less than the whites.

For comparison for someone much further north, when would say spring barley is harvested? Normally first week September at earliest here.
Everyone I know that has tried them round here, never had a second go. Same with beans.

 

[Simon Chiles]

For comparison for someone much further north, when would say spring barley is harvested? Normally first week September at earliest here.
Everyone I know that has tried them round here, never had a second go. Same with beans.

Probably a bit like you, Spring Barley is normally end of August, beginning of September. Weirdly although you’d think that because I’m in the South East our harvest would be early it generally isn’t. I reckon most of our crops harvest 2 weeks later than they would in Hampshire or Cambridge.

 

[pine_guy]

Probably a bit like you, Spring Barley is normally end of August, beginning of September. Weirdly although you’d think that because I’m in the South East our harvest would be early it generally isn’t. I reckon most of our crops harvest 2 weeks later than they would in Hampshire or Cambridge.

What do you think your average yield would be?

 

[Simon Chiles]

What do you think your average yield would be?

Blues about a tonne an acre, whites about a tonne and a quarter to a tonne and a half. A really good crop of whites would be nearer the 2 tonne mark.

 

[Fish]

Re, Lupin harvest date, I have grown Lupins twice and on both occasions harvest was in first/second week of October far to late for this area (north Yorks), yield was ok and easy to harvest, just to late.

 

[texelburger]

I read somewhere that feeding lupins to tups will improve their fertility.Think it was a study done in Australia.

 

[Simon Chiles]

Re, Lupin harvest date, I have grown Lupins twice and on both occasions harvest was in first/second week of October far to late for this area (north Yorks), yield was ok and easy to harvest, just to late.

Where they white or blue Lupins? If they were whites you could probably be two or three weeks earlier by switching to blues. Over the last couple of years the harvest date of Lupins has been late, but that was also true of many other crops. I know of farmers still trying to harvest spring beans in November last year in Scotland. I’ve grown Lupins for probably 20+ years and so my advice on harvest date is only what is normal in most years.

 

[Fish]

They were white, grown in 15/16, 15 if I remember correctly was normal ish but 16 was a wet spring in this area.
It may just have been the years I grew them, but I don’t think so as there was another grower not far from me who had grown lupins for a lot longer, and 16 was his last year.

 

[Rob Holmes]

I had a quote for some lupin seed this year and it’s £££

 

[Bury the Trash]

From Soya UK’s website
View attachment 939558
and they sell.......Soya!!!

yes they sell Soya seed and lupin seed and agronomy looks like it.

Not soya for use as feed.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Found a study to suggest heat treating Liupins (also beans and peas) can improve the DUP. Remember soya and rape have already undergone this process. But lupins have high oil content which can suppress milk protein.

like that then, not so suitable for your dairy cow or late preg. early lact. ewe ...........but .i suppose lupins would be more for finishing stock.

The lower starch bit is interesting,mind you less acidosis trouble feeding them i should think ,Soya is a bit feisty in that respect. especially as a meal /ground like it is.

I grew yellow flowering ones yrs and yrs ago, and iirc the sheep found them a bit unpalatable. that wouldve been fed whole.

 

[Brisel]

Do lupins need soil that is slightly acidic?

 

[Simon Chiles]

Do lupins need soil that is slightly acidic?

Blues pH 5-7, Whites pH 5-7.9.

 

[Boysground]

My feeling is that lupins could be a real benefit to U.K. farming generally if they achieve critical mass. If have livestock again I’ll definitely be growing them. A feel good crop.

There are milk contracts around that do not allow feeding soya to dairy cows (youngstock is allowed) and currently the forward prices for rape meal are huge. There is a great potential for home grow protein

bg

 

[Nitrams]

Time for a farmer led co-op to process and distribute the lupins then...anyone keen to get everyone working together??

 

[Treemover]

Can lupins be grown organically? We grew vetch with peas years ago; but I’d like to try Lupins.