A sea of faba beans flowering a short drive from Goulburn might not be a common sight, but in one 20-hectare pasture, the legumes have become a crucial tool in a continuous cropping system.

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Faba beans have made a comeback in Southern NSW, and at Tirranna, near Goulburn, the Gibson family has added the crop as part of a transformed dual-purpose cropping system, to support profit in the paddock and at the port.

"The gold standard would be to get another grazing crop into the rotation as a legume, and bringing it through to harvest," AJ Gibson said.

"Not sure if it's achievable or not, but we'r

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