YEN Nutrition is an independent network connecting anyone seeking to improve the nutrition of arable crops including farmers, advisors, suppliers and academics. Membership is open to anyone, from anywhere, for any grain crop - cereals, oilseeds, or pulses.
YEN Nutrition membership begins with grain analysis which then enables independent and complete nutrition benchmarking of six or more fields.
JOIN YEN NUTRITION
Please make sure to add YEN Nutrition membership to your cart, which includes 6 entries, you cannot buy samples individually.
Membership for YEN Nutrition 2021 is £250 + VAT and includes analysis of 6 sample entries.
Further samples may be purchased at a cost of £40 + VAT each.
THE YEN NUTRITION PROCESS
Once you have entered, you can add your farm, field and crop details through the YEN Nutrition Portal, which then helps you manage your entries, share your results (anonymously) and benchmark your fields. The process will be to ...
- Enter your farm details (if you are new to YEN)
- Choose your lab and your sample kit delivery address
- Enter the fields you wish to sample, and sample names
- Provide information about your crops, soils, and fertiliser inputs
- Receive a harvest sampling kit - please allow 10 days for this to arrive
- Take samples from each load as each field is harvested (instructions in your kit)
- Send all samples using bags provided in the kit to your chosen lab.
- Enter (on the YEN Nutrition Portal) the yield for each field and whether straw was removed
- Receive your reports, benchmark your results, highlight key issues, and better manage the nutrition of your next crops.
Results (example Reports from 2020):
- Nutrient Offtake Report - available shortly after samples and crop yields are provided
- Nutrient Benchmarking Report - available in November
- Seasonal Summary - available in March, only to data providers
- Annual Review - available in April (on request)
- And - new this year - you may use YEN Dynamic Benchmarking online
All YENs are also providing members with increasing opportunities to form or join groups to 'learn by sharing'.