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Podcast: The Tillage Edge
Episode: The Potential of Protein Crops Part 1: Growing Beans in 2023
Description: This is the first of four episodes looking at protein production in Ireland and how it can be developed over the next number of years.   In Part 1 of the series, Michael Hennessy chats to Ciaran Collins, a Tillage Specialist in Teagasc, about the profitability of beans in 2023 and how to grow a high yielding crop. Ciaran told the podcast he expects beans to be twice as profitable as spring barley in 2023 with the increased profitability helped by a larger EU protein payment.   Where planting is concerned, Ciaran said...