Home-Grown Protein: Opportunities for Beans in Poultry Feed

Working with the EU funded VALPRO Path project team, Michael Hennessy visits agricultural grain drying and storage specialists McArthur BDC in the UK. Michael 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. For more episodes and information from the Tillage Edge podcast go to: Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com

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Home-Grown Protein: Opportunities for Beans in Poultry Feed is an episode from The Tillage Edge by Teagasc.

This episode is 18:36 long.

This episode was published on Feb 19, 2026.

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