The GIWA Pulse Council’s current focus is on increasing the area planted to pulses in WA, recognising the critical role that grain legumes play in fixing biological nitrogen and as break crops. The Council is working to ensure that agronomic advice is available to growers trialling pulses, and that as the area sown to lentils, chickpeas, faba beans and field peas continues to grow, adequate segregations are available within the bulk handling system for growers to deliver into.
In line with this, the GIWA Pulse Council will host its inaugural Pulse Field Day in August 2026 to support the growing interest in pulse crops. This event will bring together growers, agronomists, researchers and industry stakeholders to share practical insights, latest research and on-ground experiences across a range of pulse varieties.
The Pulse Council also remains strongly focused on lupins and continues to work towards opening new markets for lupins as a human food. Given the importance of lupins to WA growers, in the past GIWA funded the development of technical information packages to support government efforts to open market access for lupins for human consumption. The Council is also currently providing input into the development of a national classification system that distinguishes between lupins for stock feed, and lupins for human consumption.
Quick Links
Australian Sweet Lupin GIWA Recipe Book
Level Up with Legumes Recipe Book
The GIWA Pulse Council
Members
Ruth Young – Chair – Grower, Calingiri
Matt Aubert – Lupin Breeder, AGT
Rod Birch – Grower, Coorow
Chayce Creedy – WA Procurement Manager, Mauri/Weston Animal Nutrition
Debbie Gillam – Grower, Irwin
Michael Holt – Sales & Marketing Manager, Coorow Seeds
Harrison Jones – Specialist Commodity Trading – Pulses, CBH Group
Barry Mansfield – Trader, Demeter Grains
Matthew Mews – General Manager, Qube Logistics
Jackson Morris – Trader, Premium Grain Handlers
Federico Ribalta – Pulse Breeder, InterGrain
Mark Sweetingham – Chair, Sweet Lupins WA
Ben Webb – Grower, Boyup Brook
Anne Wilkins – Grower, Dandaragan
Guests (non-voting)
Alex Edward – Principal Policy Officer: Grains, DPIRD
Martin Harries – Research Officer, DPIRD
William Piercey – General Manager Albany Zone, CBH Group (Proxy member)
Greg Shea – Senior Researcher, DPIRD
Daniel Skylas – Senior Research Scientist, Grains Australia
