Matt England adds about 40 kg/ha of barley to his pulses; over five years, bicrops yielded 5-10% more than monocrops and improved gross margin in four of six comparisons.
CropsAn Ohio conservation district technician sets out which cover crops suit which soil problem, from annual rye and oats to crimson clover, hairy vetch and winter peas that fix 70 to 90 pounds of nitrogen an acre.
AgrotechA three-year, EUR 3 million Rethink project led by VTT with seven Finnish food companies concludes that plant-based protein makers can only be profitable by selling every fraction of oats, peas and fava beans, not just the protein.
A €5.5 million, five-year Horizon Europe project with 20 partners will build regional hubs linking legume growers, processors and livestock farmers, as a quarter of EU feed protein is still imported.
