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.






Photo: Ed White

Ag in Motion Innovation Awards handed out

The competition was made up of five categories, each including three contestants. Their innovations ranged from a giant manure bio-gas tank-trailer to a simple plastic calf castration card, from analytical management systems to hand-held leaf-scanning apps.






corn cob in a husk

Forage and feed at Ag in Motion

I’m interested in knowing what farmers and ranchers are focusing on, especially given the recent drought years. Rejuvenating drought-stressed forage stands? Trying cover crops or something else new to them? Stockpiling feed and forage for the next drought? Something else entirely?