The NCS project is a new farmer-led research programme, involving 17 industry and research partners and over 200 farmers. PulsePEP is the farmer-led community for the NCS Project. It’s free for all to join and offers farmers the opportunity of support to carbon-baseline their farm. The aims of this project will be steered by science and proven by real farm enterprises, with significant benefits for both crop and livestock productivity, including cost savings of over £1bn/year. These aims include reducing carbon emissions and imported soya meal by increasing pulses in arable rotations. Here are reports on some of their projects
The two key objectives of this work are to identify the best scenario for optimizing environmental impact and financial return for farmers and to determine the carbon cost-benefit of transitioning to increased pulse production in the UK.
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Clive Soanes Broilers Ltd ran a feeding trial evaluating the effect of reducing soya and partially replacing with UK-grown faba beans across three crops of broilers at one of its production sites in 2024.