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The UK is stepping up efforts to expand domestic pulse production, including peas, faba beans, chickpeas and lentils. Research led by the Norfolk Institute for Sustainable Development is examining barriers in eastern England around supply chains, infrastructure and markets for pulses.
Growing domestic pulse supply could give UK food and feed manufacturers an alternative to imported protein sources such as soybean meal, though the effect on prices is likely to be gradual and small in the near term.
foodagribusiness.worldTony McDougalNov 14, 2026After 207 past neutral policy events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (44% higher; middle half -2.3% to +1.8%), and -0.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
