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May 29, 2026
Market Prospects with Franek Smith
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Franek SmithGUEST
Um, it's a very, very important subject, and, um, not to over-dramatize the situation, but, um, I, I don't mind you guys knowing this.

Franek SmithGUEST
I'm 37 years old, and I would hate to look back in 25 years, hopefully, if I make it, when I retire, at that we had the opportunity to control this pest, and my concern is that as an industry, we don't.

Franek SmithGUEST
And, um, nobody in the UK or in Europe wants to eat insects inside their peas.

Franek SmithGUEST
It's, it's, uh, it, it would end the, our supply potentially if we take the worst case scenario here, which as I've mentioned, I don't want to over-dramatize.

Franek SmithGUEST
So we have a golden opportunity to get on top of this pest by work that we can do as an industry and farmers as well, and the PGRO are providing us with some wonderful tools to monitor and report this pest if we find it.

Franek SmithGUEST
And actually, I'm not sure if you know this, Ben, but at the original case, uh, of pea bruchid was actually found by Wherry's by, um, Leia in our lab.
7 MINS LATER

Ben PikeHOST
From a, from a, again, from a trader's point of view, what are the, the strengths of UK-grown peas and beans if we perhaps compare it to, to other products from around the world? What is it that, that people value about our product?