Are beans the perfect break crop?
A leading Co. Down tillage farmer has confirmed that field beans are an extremely valuable break crop within all cereal rotations.
Allan Chambers farms at Seaforde in Co. Down. He grows a mix of winter cereals and forage maize. A broiler unit is the other enterprise on the farm.
His comments on the value of beans followed the announcement from Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots, confirming that the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a period of consultation on a proposal to introduce a protein crops payment pilot scheme for Northern Ireland.
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The coronavirus pandemic has urged many to turn to the great outdoors as a source of physical exercise as well as mental health support.
Masses of starlings have been jangling power lines in Airth, causing brief blackouts around sundown.
An engineer with ScottishPower witnessed a colossal flock in a midair dance before landing on the cables en masse.
The tiny birds collective weight causes the cables to touch, short-circuiting the power for a few seconds at a time.
Starlings typically form murmurations in the early evening in fall and winter as they ready to roost for the night.
Their large numbers provide warmth and ward off falcons and other predators.
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Thousands of starlings landing on power lines at the same time, in a technique called a murmuration, have been causing ongoing outages in the Scottish village of Aith