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Field bean check provides insight into returns
Interest in the cultivation of field beans has increased in recent years. Locally produced fava bean protein is sustainable. As a high-quality substitute for concentrated feed, it reduces the dependence on soya in livestock farming in particular.
The pure protein from field beans also provides a valuable raw material for human nutrition. So plenty of opportunities for both livestock farmers and arable farmers, but what is the return? What added value can field beans bring to your business? With the new field bean check from Limagrain you can now calculate it yourself quickly and easily.
Financial return field beans for arable farmers
Field beans fit very well into the arable farming plan, but then it often concerns the tipping point of field bean yields, where bean cultivation becomes financially more interesting than winter wheat or an alternative crop. With the field bean check you can make that comparison for your company yourself and calculate different scenarios. In this way you can discover the minimum target yield you should maintain for your field beans or what advantage you have with a top yield (8 tons and more per hectare is achieved in the Netherlands). Also take into account other additional benefits of field beans for your cropping plan, such as the promotion of the soil structure and the N residual effect from which the subsequent fruit benefits!
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Net benefit of field beans for livestock farmers
Field beans, with their high protein and starch content, are an ideal concentrate substitute in spring rations. But what exactly is the net benefit compared to purchasing concentrated feed? The field bean check gives you more insight into the relationship between your concentrate savings and the cultivation costs of field beans. By calculating different scenarios, you discover the target yield and the financial benefit for your livestock farm. Also take into account the straw yield and other additional benefits of field beans such as the N aftereffect that the following crop benefits from!
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There are winter and summer field beans. The yield potential of winter beans in the Netherlands is 5 to 8,5 tons/ha and for summer beans 4,5 to 7 tons/ha.
