Higher energy prices, particularly those for crude oil, have been a worldwide reality since the creation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Since many of the inputs in agriculture are either petroleum products or largely petroleum based, the agricultural industry has...

The introduction of a pulse crop into a cereal production rotation has been widely recognized for the rotational benefits resulting from nitrogen fixation and crop diversification. Pulses are the dry, edible seeds of pod-bearing plants in the legume family, such as dry pea and lentil. Both dry...