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Download PDF Pulses are an important source of protein and offer soil enhancing properties, yet they’re often considered a niche crop with tricksome yields. But one thing’s for sure, the market’s pulse is just getting stronger. CPM finds out more. By Melanie Jenkins Economically, the high cost of fertiliser and mitigating it could bring pulses to the forefront. Pulses are seen as a minority crop in the UK, with the bean area averaging 146,000ha and the combining pea area averaging 36,000ha in the ten years from 2011 to 2020. But this could be about to change, according to speakers at a BASF webinar held in March, as part of its Pushing Pulse Yields Together campaign. There’s so much scope for growth in the pulse market that the UK could see up to 500,000ha grown in the next 10-15 years, says Lisa Hulshof of BASF. “From a political viewpoint, the 2030 CO2 reduction pledge, ELMs, land use efficiency and how these will impact cropping all offer opportunities for pulses,” she explains. “Economically, the high cost of fertiliser and mitigating it could bring pulses to the forefront. We know pulses can improve the yield of the following cereal crop and this can…
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Download PDF Pulses are an important source of protein and offer soil enhancing properties, yet they’re often considered a niche crop with tricksome yields. But one thing’s for sure, the market’s pulse is just getting stronger. CPM finds out more. By Melanie Jenkins Economically, the high cost of fertiliser and mitigating it could bring pulses to the forefront. Pulses are seen as a minority crop in the UK, with the bean area averaging 146,000ha and the combining pea area averaging 36,000ha in the ten years from 2011 to 2020. But this could be about to change, according to speakers at a BASF webinar held in March, as part of its Pushing Pulse Yields Together campaign. There’s so much scope for growth in the pulse market that the UK could see up to 500,000ha grown in the next 10-15 years, says Lisa Hulshof of BASF. “From a political viewpoint, the 2030 CO2 reduction pledge, ELMs, land use efficiency and how these will impact cropping all offer opportunities for pulses,” she explains. “Economically, the high cost of fertiliser and mitigating it could bring pulses to the forefront. We know pulses can improve the yield of the following cereal crop and this can…
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