File photo of stormy conditions over Alberta fields. (Larry Stickney/iStock/Getty Images)

Alberta crops holding their own for now

Alberta reported its crops were still in good shape despite temperatures pushing above 30 degrees Celsius and a lack of rain as of July 16. The report put the overall rating for the province’s crops at 74 per cent good to excellent, seven points above the five-year average.





A panel discussion on pulses at AIM 2024 in Saskatchewan on July 16. Photo: Sean Pratt

New pulse varieties incoming

Limagrain has some small red lentil varieties ready for commercialization, Benzon Lorenzana, the company’s head of cereals and pulse research for North America, said during the Ag in Motion show.