Welcome to Inside the Pod, the PGRO podcast. In this episode of the podcast, host Ben Pike attends the PGRO's annual Pulse Crop Open Day in Lincolnshire, where he takes a look at the various trials…
In this episode of Inside the Pod, host Ben Pike speaks to Dr Chris Judge from the PGRO's Vining Pea Open Day in Nocton, Lincolnshire, where PGRO's vining pea trials were on show for growers to see,…
In this episode of Inside the Pod, host Ben Pike speaks to PGRO Research Agronomist Erin Matlock about the PGRO's Pulse Performance Network, which was launched at Cereals on 11 June.PGRO will…
Welcome to Inside the Pod, the PGRO podcast. In this episode of Inside the Pod, host Ben Pike is joined by Franek Smith, Associate Director and Senior Trader at Wherry & Sons Ltd, to discuss the…
Welcome to Inside the Pod, the PGRO podcast. In this special 50th episode of Inside the Pod, host Ben Pike is joined by Rob Suckling, Commercial Technical Manager at De Sangosse, and Rob Pearson, CEO…
In this episode of Inside the Pod, host Ben Pike speaks to Donal O'Sullivan from the University of Reading about the Raising the Pulse project, a three year project focused on faba beans designed to…
In this episode of Inside the Pod, Ben Pike takes a look at the latest Pulse Market Update for March 2026. Market values have been remarkably static since the autumn of 2025 with little to report and…
In this episode of Inside the Pod, Emily Scaife is joined by Alistair Bell and Jessica Saunders from Frontier to discuss the Frontier Faba Bean Project, which is creating a secure market for…
Pea bruchid beetle was detected for the first time in peas harvested in the UK in 2025. The AIC, BSPB, NFU and PGRO are working together to identify mitigations and minimise the risk of spread from…
In this episode of Inside the Pod, we’re joined by Charlotte Apsey, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge whose research gets right to the heart of one of the biggest questions facing pulse…