Lincolnshire Wolds grower Tim Lamyman swept the board at a top-yield competition with his best wheat yield of 15.6t/ha – even beating an entry from the
Denmark looks to faba beans for locally produced feed protein A new project aims to develop new types of faba beans, ones that are suitable for cultivation in Denmark, in a bid to decrease the country’s reliance on imported soy for livestock feed.
The initiative is being funded under the Green Development and Demonstration Program (GUDP), run by the Danish Ministry of Environment and Food, to the tune of 15m DKK (around €2m) in total over a period of four years.
Enhancing faba beans’ protein content, amino acid composition and protein digestibility are the focus areas of IMFABA.
Seed protein content, storage protein diversity and feed value will be screened to develop markers and enable breeding crosses that lead to increased protein and methionine content, without compromising yield or seed size, according to the