Faba Bean Benefits in WA

GRDC’s investment in faba bean breeding has contributed to the delivery of new and improvement Faba bean varieties to grain growers.

In Western Australia’s Esperance Port Zone the high rainfall makes Faba beans a suitable legume to include in crop rotations and WA’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development senior research scientist Mark Seymour has been working with growers to make the most of the benefits a pulse in the rotation can bring to cropping systems.

Contact

Mark Seymour, Senior Research Officer
Grain Crop Agronomy
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
PMB 50 | Esperance WA 6450
t: + 61 (0)8 9083 1143 | f: + 61 (0)8 9083 11002 | m: + 61 (0)428 925 002
www.agric.wa.gov.au

Resources

• 2020 Western Australian Crop Sowing Guide
• Faba beans Western Region - GrowNotes™
• Faba beans emerging from the shadows in WA
• New faba beans show promise as HRZ break crop