Robyne Davidson is the Pulse and Special Crops Research Scientist with Lakeland College based in Lacombe, Alberta. She has many years of experience in the agricultural industry conducting research trials on a wide variety of field crops within government, academia, and the private sector. She has been working with pulse crops for the past 20 years leading and conducting pulse research trials across Alberta. She has been heavily involved in the introduction of new pulse crops, the sustainability of current pulse management strategies and the expansion of pulse crops across the prairies. She enjoys the extension piece of her research role and highly values the work she does with industry and farmers to support and grow the industry. She and her husband operate a 4000-acre grain farm near Red Deer, Alberta.