Sam Catt

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 💪🏽 @SouthernFS #fababeans #haildamage #flowering

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 @theGRDC @cesaraustralia @PestFactsSARDI

💻 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 @Moodie_ag @jasonbrand @VicGovAg #GroundCoverOnline #Pulses #Research

Consultant Kirrily Condon @grassrootsag 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

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

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

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/… @theGRDC @GRDCNorth @vanleurj @Mark_RichardsAG @s_simpfendorfer

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🤪 ⁦@SC_Catt⁩ ⁦@Moodie_ag⁩

@jtelferoz @JasonBrand @mawalagedera Wasn't an acid tol bean trial - I know that's what you really want! Good trial though, with 5-6t beans.

@JasonBrand @SC_Catt @mawalagedera any news @SC_Catt about how this went?

Faba Beans up and away at breeding site near Douglas ⁦@SC_Catt⁩ , while lentils catching the first rays as part of improving acid soil tolerance ⁦@mawalagedera⁩

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 @JasonBrand - if you've got 5 mins, we'd love your input 👇👇👇 bit.ly/48PN9XO

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 ⁦⁩

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 @zordsinhorsh @matthew_sparke @JasonBrand @Moodie_ag 👉 Register bit.ly/48oWB46

The @theGRDC 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.

@jtelferoz @gduff_sfs @SouthernFS I was just on the EP a couple of weeks ago @jtelferoz You missed out!

@gduff_sfs @SC_Catt @SouthernFS And for the rest of us plebs @gduff_sfs @SC_Catt when will we find out ;)

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 @SC_Catt chat all things variety in faba beans! @SouthernFS

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

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/…

@matthew_sparke @JasonBrand @Sara_N_Blake and I scored botrytis there 18th Aug. PBA Amberley a clear winner out of the varieties, as expected. Low levels of cerco and a few spots of asco in susceptible lines observed but not worth scoring.

@JasonBrand @SC_Catt No disease issues yet?

Faba Bean breeding trials looking great at Douglas- Will be interesting to watch disease resistance differences throughout the season ⁦@SC_Catt⁩ ⁦@matthew_sparke⁩

Cercospora leaf spot on faba bean crops around Bordertown (SA & Vic) has been reported. @CropWatchSA Soil borne disease, more common in paddocks with long term bean cropping & promoted by rain (eg. June rainfall). React where necessary. Thanks to @buckets4444 for photo

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