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Spring beans grown for animal feed on a special contract are proving to add agronomic and marketing value to a farming business in Yorkshire. CPM finds out exactly what Tiffany has to offer. The contract guarantees us a market price at £50 over feed wheat. By Rob Jones Spring feed beans on a specialist contract for the Waitrose Farming Partnership are adding to the agronomic and marketing flexibility that is key to minimising risk across Hartley Farming’s 1020ha of arable cropping at Birkin in North Yorkshire, says Velcourt manager, Rob Yardley. Beans have been a standard part of the rotation on the Aire flood plain for the past three years, which also includes winter and spring barley, winter oilseed rape, vining peas and potatoes. To broaden it further and better manage the land – much of which is heavy, wet and cold – he’s been introducing cover crops, stubble turnips for sheep grazing and, most recently, winter linseed. Bruchid beetle damage in beans can be a problem but the Tiffany contract has a maximum 2% admix. Rob swaps wheat straw for pig muck, which he believes makes a valuable contribution to soil health, as do long-term grass leys for…
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