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Farmers are taking part in and being paid for on-farm trials as part of the NCS project.

As part of the NCS project, farmers (Pulse Pioneers) are undertaking pulse cropping trials. They will contribute their trials plans and insights to PulsePEP. These trials plans will also be linked to a discussion board on The Farming Forum for sharing ideas and exchanging knowledge.

 

This topic area is to connect the trials being done as a part of The NCS Project by Pulse Pioneers. See 'Connected Content' for the individual trial pages (these will be uploaded soon). 

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Content below is from across the PEP community and is not necessarily endorsed by Stewards or by PEP

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Pulse Pioneers

Farmers taking part in and getting paid for on-farm trials as part of the NCS Project.

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Pulse Trial at Thornton Farm 2024

We farm 280 hectares of organic arable land in North Northumberland. We grow wheat, barley, oats, beans & clover. As a seed merchant, Smales Organic Seeds, we process a lot of our crops to sell as seed. We rent out the clover leys to a local sheep farmer. We have grown spring beans for a long time.  Beans are an important part of our rotation but this year is the first year that we have grown winter beans.

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Woodend PEP Clover Companion Trial: Boosting Beans, Oats, and Wheat

At Woodend Farm, we are conducting an innovative trial focused on over-sowing white clover into spring and winter beans and spring oats using the Skippy Scout drone. The objective is to establish an understorey of white clover that will enhance nitrogen sequestration, yield, and quality in subsequent winter wheat crops.    

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Pulse Pioneer trial at Wicklesham Farm 2024

A trial to compare the overall effect on the rotation of a bean crop. The field has been planted with spring beans (Vincent) and winter wheat, following 2yrs of AB15 Countryside Stewardship.

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NCS Project Farm Carbon Toolkit Calculator Clinics

If you have signed up to PulsePEP, make sure to join the FREE @FarmCO2Toolkit online drop in sessions to help you to establish your carbon baseline. For more information on PulsePEP, follow this link. To sign up to PulsePEP, follow this link.

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Utilise plant nutrition to maximise bean productivity and return

Comprehensive nutritional programme based on tissue analysis. Four tramlines to receive a small amount of Amide N to in an attempt to prolong flowering, boost pod development and seed size.

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Pulse PEP 2024 - Beans Trial

Year 1 -  Growing C1 for C2 Lynx S Beans in an Organic system and looking at 4 trials covering untreated area and 3 plots using various permitted products. 

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Grange Farm - Pulse Pioneer Pea Cropping Trial

'The NCS Project fits perfectly into our business as we hope that our well looked after soils grow healthy and profitable crops, and being a pulse pioneer is a great way to test this.'

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/The effects QLF Boost and Syngentas Levee have on disease control in Winter Beans

/The trial plan is being carried out in a field of VESPA Winter Beans.  1 tramline will be treated with QLF Boost and the second will be treated with LEVEE.  Tramline 3 will have LEVEE and QLF Boost.  These 3 tramlines will be treated with a control being between the replicated trials. 

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BOFIN on-farm trials : Results from Year 1 of the NCS & TRUTH projects

Be amongst the first to hear about the findings from Year 1 of the NCS and TRUTH projects! 

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From Soya to Sustainability

This landmark conference (January 22, 2025) will explore innovative strategies to increase pulse production and use in livestock diets. Register HERE

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