With the PGRO taking ownership of the pea and bean Yield Enhancement Networks (YEN) this autumn, the organisation will use the Cereals to discuss potential changes to the initiative.
The PGRO is aiming to streamline data capture, reducing the time required to participate and to prioritise outcomes around the most valuable insights.
Research Agronomist Erin Matlock said: “Using technology as much as possible to gather the data points needed for the pulse YENs is an obvious area where we can make it easier and slicker to participate. We will do this through an app which we will be demonstrating at Cereals.”
Erin and other members of the PGRO team will be on hand to discuss the other main areas for development.
ADAS will continue to run the pulse YENs for crops in the ground now, with PGRO taking over ahead of winter bean drilling this autumn.
Alongside the YEN focus at Cereals, the PGRO team will be on hand to discuss its current projects, such as ANSWERS – an initiative that looks to optimise the on-farm yield and quality of faba bean as an alternative UK-produced protein source – and the NCS Project, which aims to reduce carbon emissions, increase pulses in arable rotations, and reduce soya meal.
