Optimum use of pulses in cropping sequences will improve the sustainability of cropping systems. It is beneficial to follow the effects of pulses for more than one year. A three year rotational study investigated the effects of pulse crops on subsequent crops at two sites in central Alberta (Barrhead and St Albert). In year 1 of the rotation (YR1), field pea, tannin-free faba bean, narrow-leafed lupin, barley (with and without N fertilizer), and canola (with and without N fertilizer) were grown. Year 2 (YR2) crops were barley, canola, flax, pea, triticale, CWRS wheat, CPS wheat and perennial ryegrass. Barley was seeded in 2010 as Year 3 (YR3) of the rotation. YR1 and YR2 treatments result in 56 crop sequence treatments. YR1 treatments had continuing effects in YR3, with higher grain yields following faba bean and plus-N barley than after no-N barley or canola. YR3 grain yields were increased 14% by faba bean and 8% by pea compared to no-N YR1 treatments.