Invitation

[westernvicki]

[url]https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-matters-in-2025-agronomics-management-commodity-markets-tickets-1056332221109?aff=oddtdtcreator[/url]

Welcome to attend.
Please register so we know how many snacks to bring, but drop ins are welcome!

This is a free event. Wednesday Dec 4, Alex Dillabough Battleford 12:30 pm to 4:30.

We hosting this to discuss our PIC Faba bean Research Project. We looked at production enhancement of FabaBeans using inputs, bees and drones. We have added on a lot of great topics from the Carbon Study that documents how much better we are at environmental production, to Habits of best Managed Farms, & Markets. Plant based foods, varieties as ingredients, and value add have a lot to offer, which will be discussed to.

What matters in 2025, is a full agenda of interesting topics intended to inform and involve!


Hosted by Dutton Farms and Lovingly Made Ingredients.

Would be great to see you there.

Thank you!

[goalieguy847]

Dutton ranch or dutton farms? I only wsnt to be on the bad side of one of those..

Vicki. This sounds super awesome ( we have hives on 1 field and had a HUGE yield increase in fabas vs no hives)

I have 3 small boys so getting out to battleford is a bit of a logistical nightmare..

Any chance you can broadcast this online? Or put a powerpoint up for later reference?

[westernvicki]

I would love to chat re your story.. and then I can tell folks about at the meeting.

We are not set up to broadcast... but I can see if anyone can to that.. thank you for sharing.

I became so aware of the pollinator benefit this summer!! Wowser!

Call me please 1 306 441 6699

[shtferbrains]

Are you in a honey producing area where bee yards are numerous?

[westernvicki]

Are you in a honey producing area where bee yards are numerous?

Actually not, we do not have a lot of bee keepers in this area.

Bees welcome!

[westernvicki]

Dutton ranch or dutton farms? I only wsnt to be on the bad side of one of those..

Vicki. This sounds super awesome ( we have hives on 1 field and had a HUGE yield increase in fabas vs no hives)

I have 3 small boys so getting out to battleford is a bit of a logistical nightmare..

Any chance you can broadcast this online? Or put a powerpoint up for later reference?

What a great story. Love to hear about it. So far no broadcast, if anyone wants to volunteer to do this we certainly would welcome that!

[Grahamp]

Has there been any Fababean research with leafcutter bees? We grew fabas 8-10 years ago but weren’t thrilled with yield so quit growing. But were also seed alfalfa /leafcutter bee growers so wouldn’t mind giving a second chance if there was a big difference.

[westernvicki]

Has there been any Fababean research with leafcutter bees? We grew fabas 8-10 years ago but weren’t thrilled with yield so quit growing. But were also seed alfalfa /leafcutter bee growers so wouldn’t mind giving a second chance if there was a big difference.

Good question. Year two we can include them, but they are VERY expensive and localized. Honeybees are far more practical to long term production is my thinking.

[westernvicki]

Just letting everyone know, the afternoon was amazing. You should have been there.
Rave reviews all around to speakers and sponsors and guests.

[crusher]

Do you have the Cole's notes Vicki? I was at a seed meeting today and there wasn't much excitement around fabas because of the limited market opportunities. I like growing them but the yield variability is extremely wide on our farm.

[furrowtickler]

It was very good from the guys that went
i unfortunately was tied up that day , but the other guys went
Well put together Vickie

[westernvicki]

Do you have the Cole's notes Vicki? I was at a seed meeting today and there wasn't much excitement around fabas because of the limited market opportunities. I like growing them but the yield variability is extremely wide on our farm.

Faba and the market: indeed that is part of the PIC protein industry Canada funding: new uses.

Indeed the market is a challenge: mills are now using faba and peas both in feed compounds. Heidi Dutton at Lovingly Made is buying for feed and food, as well as other plant based processors. Increasing demand from the USA also supports movement.

But, movement is slow and deliberate so you need to plan your cash flow to accommodate.

Faba is indeed the top deck ingredient for nutritional value and "quiet" taste as an ingredient.

At the moment FABA demand is made in Canada, which is nice. Peas are more dependent on global production and competition.

Pulses in the rotation are a very sustainable practice, but we need to make money doing it, so increasing demand is key.

We grow FABA alternatively with PEAS. Our goal is to keep a pulse in the rotation every 4 to 6 years. Faba needs moisture in July August like any bean. Peas need June July. As such growing both has a benefit. Mastering the disease cycles of both: Aphanomyces and Chocolate Spot rotation is the best way we find.

Both have crappy crop insurance coverage and high per acre costs, something I have been encouraging Pulse growers to challenge, our formula is built on risk ratios so we reward Canola and Wheat as lower risk crops.

As prices drop and costs do not, the fertilizer benefit has a value we will include as we strive for profitable margins.


Thank you furrowtickler for saying, it was an excellent day! We appreciate all who took the time to attend. Thank you.

The GIFS study on carbon is Saskatchewan's best kept secret. Not sure why the province and the Ag Associations have not blasted this study all over and put up border signs!

[crusher]

Thanks for the summary. I totally agree with everything you said, those have been my experiences too. Yellow peas were the highest net on my farm this year, by a long shot. A fababean fractionation plant is near completion 30 miles from me, see if that ever gets traction.

[furrowtickler]

Vickie can use post a link to the recent GIFS pamphlet you had at that meeting.
it’s extremely important to share