Had a great opportunity to learn more about beans with Werner in East Germany this week, working with Matz Petersen he has had great success throughout the European market. Such interest & attention to detail 👌

Beans are an excellent break crop which fix nitrogen & can provide a good source of native grown protein for Irish animal feed sector. 🇮🇪TUNDRA winter + CAPRICE spring are ⁦Goldcrop⁩ seed varieties ⁦for 2022/23. ⁦LGSeedsUK⁩ ⁦Matz Petersen⁩ #pulses

Surprise of the harvest! some great crops of spring beans being harvested this week. Yielding really well despite missing out on 2-3 weeks of growth. Smashing sample of Caprice from the Goldcrop trial site this week. Matz Petersen Saaten Union UK

Great few days last week catching up with colleagues at Matz Petersen getting an update on cover crops and other field crops.

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With land drying out, it’s a great chance to plant Caprice spring beans. Werner on my right is the breeder of the variety Caprice (& many more)I don’t know anyone who knows more about the bean crop. We visited him at his breeding location in Germany last year.The man is a genius.

Caprice beans pictured in East Cork in 2022. A great set of ratings on the Irish Recommended list. Good earliness of ripening, best aggregate of disease ratings and topped off with the highest Protein % on the market.

Caprice beans getting a move on in this growthy weather. Spring wheat plots after beans moving too. This soil was pictured after beans last October, I love what they do for the soil. They’re a wonderful break crop. Matz Petersen

We talk about cover crops etc but I don’t think there is any crop better for the land than beans. They’re better than any crop I’ve seen to penetrate through the profile, they fix N and the haulm is usually chopped and returned to the soil. 🌱👌

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The 2025 DAFM Rec List for spring beans has been published. Really thrilled to have Protina at the top of the list; a great combination of yield potential & agronomics. Caprice also a proven performer with earlier ripening. Link to list 👉🏻 gov.ie/pdf/?file=http… 🌱🌞🌱

Protina spring beans sown 5th March establishing nicely at the Goldcrop trial site in Shanagarry Matz Petersen Saaten Union UK SAATEN-UNION Züchtung ist Zukunft – aber ohne «X»