Inside the Pod
by PGRO
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A New Season for Inside the Pod: AB Mauri, the PPN and Roger…
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About this podcast
The podcast for farmers, agronomists and anyone else involved in growing pulses and vegetable legumes. We cover market updates, practical and technical information, and interview those involed in farming, buying and processing the crop. Presented by Ben Pike, Matt Webster and Emily Scaife on behalf of the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO).
Episodes
The newest 20 of 55 episodes
- A New Season for Inside the Pod: AB Mauri, the PPN and Roger Vickers' Retirement · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 1Welcome back to Inside the Pod, the PGRO podcast. With a new episode format for this season, Inside the Pod returns with longer episodes covering more topics that hopefully…
- PGRO Pulse Crop Open Day 2026 · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 54Welcome 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…
- PGRO Vining Pea Open Day 2026 · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 53In 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…
- The Pulse Performance Network - Leading the next phase of UK pulse performance benchmarking · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 52In 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…
- Market Prospects with Franek Smith · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 51Welcome 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…
- Pod-Stik & AutoSpray Systems: Spraying Beans from the Sky · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 50Welcome 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…
- Raising the Pulse: How faba beans can transform our diet and the planet · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 49In 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…
- Pulse Market Update - March 2026 · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 48In 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…
- Frontier: Creating a Secure Market with the Frontier Faba Bean Project · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 47In 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…
- Pea Bruchid Update with Dr Becky Howard · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 46Pea 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…
- The Beans and the Bees · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 45In 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…
- PGRO Descriptive List for Peas and Beans 2026 · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 44PGRO has unveiled its 2026 Descriptive List for pulses, which contains 11 new pea and bean varieties. Joining Ben Pike in today's special episode of Inside the Pod is Dr Chris…
- Senova: Taking an Innovative Approach to Pulse Crop Development · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 43In this Supply Chain Focus edition of Inside the Pod, host Matt Webster speaks to George Goodwin, the managing director of Senova, a private and independent seed marketing and…
- Bunge UK: Unpacking the Dynamics of the UK Pulse Market · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 42In this episode of Inside the Pod, host Ben Pike sits down with pulses trader James Ormerod from Bunge UK to unpack the current dynamics shaping the UK pulse market. James offers…
- Kerb-ing the Risk: Propyzamide Stewardship after Winter Bean Drilling · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 41In this episode of Inside the Pod from the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO), host Ben Pike is joined by Dr. Becky Howard from PGRO and Joe Martin from Corteva…
- The NCS Project - McArthur BDC · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 40In this episode of Inside the Pod, Emily Scaife speaks to John McArthur, Managing Director at McArthur BDC, about his involvement in the NCS Project.
- Crop Update: Pea Bruchid Alert · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 39In this episode of Inside the Pod, Ben Pike speaks to Dr Becky Howard about the recent confirmation of the presence of pea bruchid in a UK-grown commercial pea crop for the first…
- PGRO Pulse Open Day 2025 · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 38In this extended episode of Inside the Pod, Matt Webster and Emily Scaife speak to PGRO's experts from the 2025 Pulse Open Day, discussing the various crops, projects and trials…
- Syngenta: Developing Biostimulants for Pulses · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 37In this episode of Inside the Pod, Matt Webster and Emily Scaife speak to Simon Jackson, Field Technical Manager at Syngenta, about the company's work in developing biostimulants…
- Pulse Market Update - June 2025 · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 36The latest Pulse Market Update from the Processors and Growers Research Organisation.
