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Faba Bean breeding and agronomy trials looking great at Gerang!! The N factory has started.. Bit variable establishment with dryish sowing - Flowering not too far away with early lines ⁦Sam Catt⁩ ⁦James Manson⁩ ⁦GRDC⁩

Some #AscochytaBlight symptoms starting to show on these inoculated pots of faba bean. Few more weeks to go until rating... Agrifood & Wine Uni of Adelaide Sam Catt GRDC National Variety Trials (NVT)

GRDC Video 🎬 Join us in the hunt to determine how soilborne pathogens result in disease and affect crop health in both cereals and pulses. Watch the video: bit.ly/3JHKiq8 #GRDCVideo SAGIT PIRSA

It’s that time of year when some varieties are just starting to bud. Our time of sowing x variety trials takes a look at the phenology of faba beans through flowering and podding 🫛😎 #fababean #phenology #southwestvictoria

Cercospora leaf spot on faba bean crops around Bordertown (SA & Vic) has been reported. Crop Watch SA Soil borne disease, more common in paddocks with long term bean cropping & promoted by rain (eg. June rainfall). React where necessary. Thanks to Nathan Tink for photo

Grain Producers SA has issued a please explain to both the federal and state governments in the wake of the apparent pulling of funding for a $378 plant protein project. stockjournal.com.au/story/8354578/…

Canola on right after fabas and on left after wheat - crop on right coming home with wind in the sails on extra water and N. Effects on yield, costs, inputs, profit, weeds, disease, all important to track over the years in the @GRDC @NSWDPI CSIRO Farming Systems Project

What’s next for faba bean varieties? Interested in seeing what varieties are coming through and what might be next after PBA Amberley? For an update come to AgriFocus on the 18th to hear Sam Catt chat all things variety in faba beans! Southern Farming Systems

The GRDC NVT 2023 long term yield results for Faba Bean North have been released! Visit app.nvt.grdc.com.au/lty/table/faba… to see how varieties performed across different locations.

Are you looking to improve the performance of your faba beans? Join leading Wimmera agronomists for 3 new discussion groups in Woorak, Douglas and Bungalally starting late Feb Nick Zordan Matthew Sparke SouthernPulse Michael Moodie 👉 Register bit.ly/48oWB46

Attention Wimmera farmers Is faba bean yield instability a problem for you? You can help by completing this five minute survey so we can better understand the barriers to growing consistently high-yielding faba bean crops in the Wimmera. surveymonkey.com/r/fababeans ⁦⁩

We're sorry Wimmera farmers... we know you hate filling out surveys & we hate asking you to do them BUT the info we get is super helpful in working out how we can grow better beans. Just ask SouthernPulse - if you've got 5 mins, we'd love your input 👇👇👇 bit.ly/48PN9XO

Pulse trials at Kiata just starting to appear… Acid Sandy vs Alkaline cracking clay in same paddock. Looking at different varieties of lentils, peas, beans, vetch, and lupins.. nutrition and inoculation as well…some rain please🤪 ⁦Sam Catt⁩ ⁦Michael Moodie⁩

The @nswdpi "Managing diseases of faba bean" guide is out NOW... Includes: 🦠Major diseases overview. 📸Great photos as a reference. 👩‍🌾Management tips. LINK⬇️ dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/… GRDC GRDC North Joop van Leur Mark Richards Steven Simpfendorfer

GROWER STORY 🌾🌾 Stephen Cooper and his family bought a half share in a deep tillage machine to drive lime into an acid subsurface soil layer and improve their faba bean production. Read more: bit.ly/4cxlFsD 📷 Nicole Baxter/GRDC #GroundCoverOnline #GrowerStory

Are faba beans being underestimated? Rising interest in the potential farming system benefits of faba beans saw 75 growers and agronomists attracted to a focus session at Ganmain in southern NSW in March. More ▶️ bit.ly/4cC30M4 📷 Nicole Baxter #GroundCoverOnline

💻 NEW RESOURCE The new Grain Legume Extension Hub website provides info on pulse research incl trial sites, upcoming events & field days. Hub ▶️ spahub.com.au More ▶️ bit.ly/4fn7R5t Michael Moodie SouthernPulse Agriculture Victoria #GroundCoverOnline #Pulses #Research

Consultant Kirrily Condon Grassroots Agronomy told growers & agronomists at a GRDC–Brill Ag faba bean workshop that in the past 2yrs their clients in low-medium rainfall areas had only applied one fungicide spray to faba beans each year. Find out how 👇👇👇 bit.ly/4c6QMu3

The faba bean aphid season has officially started. FBAs have been found on fabas in NSW and Vic, with colonies in patches. Regularly monitor your crop, they can spread rapidly with the wind. More info grdc.com.au/__data/assets/… NSW Agronomy GRDC Cesar Australia PestFactsSA

Talk about resilience! 🫛Faba beans that copped a battering from hail a few weeks ago have managed to not only keep flowering but also start podding despite the broken branches 💪🏽 Southern Farming Systems #fababeans #haildamage #flowering