Growth in bean production set to continue

Gregor Heard
Updated March 31 2021 - 2:08pm, first published 6:30am
Josh Fanning, Agriculture Victoria, says choosing the faba bean variety most resistant to fungal disease can help producers manage disease risk. Photo: Gregor Heard.
Josh Fanning, Agriculture Victoria, says choosing the faba bean variety most resistant to fungal disease can help producers manage disease risk. Photo: Gregor Heard.

FABA bean production has been one of the quiet success stories over the past decade and there could be further gains to come.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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