N.Ireland
NIAB is to head up a new research and breeding programme, developed to assess the feasibility of chickpea production in the UK.
Tillage
Some growers may be keen to keep valuable nitrates in the soil this year by undersowing maize with a grass or legume-rich cover crop.
Recent Rothamsted research indicates that climate change could make soybean production a viable crop option in the UK and, possibly, Ireland