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GRDC is proposing a Western Region investment to help more growers profitably include pulse crops such as lupins, lentils, chickpeas and faba beans in their farming systems. The investment uses a hub-and-spoke model linking paddock-scale demonstrations with rigorous field research: hub sites will address key knowledge gaps while spoke sites deliver locally relevant trials, demonstrations, field days and workshops that benefit growers and advisers and produce quality datasets. Local grower groups, advisers and stakeholders will shape annual priorities for each agro-ecological zone, drawing on the National Pulse Coordination and Strategy program for expertise in agronomy, crop protection, rhizobia, soils, trial design, data analysis, extension and markets, with flexibility to adjust as opportunities change. By 2032 the investment aims to increase pulse production, improve gross margins and strengthen pulse agronomy capability in Western Australia while leaving a better-connected legacy of trial results, resources and practical guidance.