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Risk mitigation for pulse growers: expanding markets by feeding frost-damaged faba beans to pigs

In an innovative project led by RDAR (Results Driven Agriculture Research), pulse growers may have found a new market for their frost-damaged faba beans: feeding them to pigs. Frost-damaged faba beans, typically considered waste, are now being evaluated for their nutritional value in swine diets, potentially offering a cost-effective feed alternative for producers and an expanded market for pulse farmers.