Faba beans have "massive potential" in CQ

Hayley Kennedy
Updated September 20 2019 - 5:35pm, first published 5:29pm
Matthew Erbacher, Hush-A-Bye Plains, Theodore, with his brother and local Pulse Check coordinator Damien Erbacher, Dawson Ag Consulting, are trialling faba beans as a possible alternate pulse crop in central Queensland.
Matthew Erbacher, Hush-A-Bye Plains, Theodore, with his brother and local Pulse Check coordinator Damien Erbacher, Dawson Ag Consulting, are trialling faba beans as a possible alternate pulse crop in central Queensland.

A pulse crop in central Queensland usually comes in the form of chickpeas or mungbeans, but this winter, growers in the Dawson Valley have trialled faba beans.

Hayley Kennedy

Hayley Kennedy

Livestock Editor

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