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Faba Beans | A 40 Year Favourite For WA Grower Neil Wandel
Episode 133

Faba Beans | A 40 Year Favourite For WA Grower Neil Wandel

Esperance Port Zone grain grower Neil Wandel has been including faba beans in his crop rotations for 4 decades. While they might not be the highest value legume he could grow, the range of benefits faba beans bring to his paddocks make them a favourite rotation crop.

GRDC Podcast

March 4, 20207m 44s

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Show Notes

Esperance Port Zone grain grower Neil Wandel has been including faba beans in his crop rotations for 4 decades. While they might not be the highest value legume he could grow, the range of benefits faba beans bring to his paddocks make them a favourite rotation crop.


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


Useful Resources:

https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/all-publications/publications/2020/2020-western-australian-crop-sowing-guide


https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/grownotes/crop-agronomy/faba-beans-western


https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/groundcover/groundcover-137-november-december-2018/faba-beans-emerging-from-the-shadows-in-wa


https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/groundcover/groundcover-137-november-december-2018/new-faba-beans-show-promise-as-hrz-break-crop Contact: Neil Wandel [email protected]

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