Home-grown protein: Opportunities for beans in poultry feed

For this week’s Tillage podcast, Michael Hennessy visits agricultural grain drying and storage specialists McArthur BDC in the UK and speaks with John McArthur about the company’s work installing large-scale grain storage and drying systems, alongside their plans to process home-grown beans for inclusion in poultry rations.

The discussion explores how small-scale trials, along with results from large commercial poultry units, show that beans can successfully compete with soya in feed rations.

John also discusses how improved infrastructure and local processing could create new markets for UK-grown protein crops, reduce reliance on imported soya and, at the same time, add value across the arable sector.

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