Curt Gessell is the third generation on the family grain farm west of Delisle, Sask. He works with his father Brent and his brother Clint and they grow wheat, canola, sometimes peas but always lentils. “Growing lentils is a very important part of what we do. The crop has allowed us to diversify our crop rotation over the past 30 years,” says Curt.
Curt says they choose lentils because their land seems to suit the crop. And while he believed the crop needed to be grown in a drier climate, he found it tolerated a few years of wetter conditions fairly well.
One of the reasons may be continuing improvements in the varieties available. “These varieties seem to have better disease tolerance and the yield potential has also come along with that. We have seen new weed control options as well,” says Curt.
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