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Download PDF There could be exciting prospects on the domestic market for beans in both animal feed and for human consumption. CPM rounds up some of the latest advances. It’s a bit of a no-brainer in the animal feed market – there’s no obvious reason why you shouldn’t grow an LVC variety. By Tom Allen-Stevens With a market price that fluctuates as widely as its yield, beans are a crop which, for many growers, rarely feature in the rotation, despite their agronomic benefits and low carbon footprint. But is the domestic market developing a taste for the crop? The UK cropped area of pulses is currently the highest it’s been for well over a decade, and set to creep a little higher for 2021, according to the AHDB Early Bird Survey of cropping intentions. A disappointing bean harvest last year has pegged back UK supply, but following a bumper Australian crop, Pulses UK reports that the human consumption export trade has effectively closed. This has depressed prices relative to wheat, and according to AHDB, the feed bean premium in mid Feb was languishing at a disappointing £23.90/t. However, there have been significant EU-based export trades, reports Pulses UK, and the…
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