Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Fababean acres are on the rise in Western Canada, as the crop is seen as a good pulse alternative for producers seeking other options in their rotations. Better disease resistance and ease of harvest have been two selling points for the crop. “We’ve had significant uptake on fababeans,” said Leanne Fischbuch, executive […] Read more
Fababeans making more inroads on Prairies
Nitrogen fixing pulse crops are a win-win for growers
There’s a compelling economic and agronomic case to be made for pulses, not just soybeans
Reading Time: 5 minutes If you ask Lee Moats why he grows pulse crops on his farm, he doesn’t have to scramble very hard for the answer to that question. “It’s about money,” the farmer and vice-chair of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Association told Country Guide during a recent discussion. On his farm at Riceton, Sask., Moats says they’ve […] Read more
A taste for fababeans
Will new zero-tannin varieties mean fababeans finally take off? Margot and Theo Thirsk hope so
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sitting in her kitchen last summer, watching a massive thunderstorm pass through on an early July evening, Margot Thirsk knew exactly why she likes fababeans better than field peas. She and husband Theo have grown both on their operation near the community of Kelsey, about 80 miles southeast of Edmonton, with the 2014 season marking […] Read more
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