File photo of black beans. (Nhattienphoto/iStock/Getty Images)

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba peas, dry beans showing good results

Early harvests show some 'exceptional' bean yields

MarketsFarm — Harvests of Manitoba’s two major pulse crops are already seeing high yields, according to Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) executive director Daryl Domitruk. Despite a wide range of results across the province, Domitruk added that dry field pea yields were respectable in many places and excellent in others, marking a successful harvest

Rain stalls harvest progress, canola harvest struggles to accelerate

Rain stalls harvest progress, canola harvest struggles to accelerate

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 20, September 20, 2022

Overview Harvest progress sits at 40 per cent completed across the province, approximately 3 weeks behind the 5-year average of 71 per cent complete by week 38. Steady rainfall across the province late last week stalled harvest progress. Farmers are anxiously awaiting drier weather to return to straight-cutting cereal and canola crops, and for breezy


Past week sees rapid harvest progress

Past week sees rapid harvest progress

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 19, September 13, 2022

Overview Harvest progress sits at 32 per cent completed across the province, with rapid progress over the past seven days. This puts harvest completion approximately 10 harvesting days behind the 5-year average of 65 per cent completed by this time.  Cereals Winter cereal grains  Fall rye harvest is complete. Reported yields were between 45 to

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Pulse weekly outlook: Seasonal harvest pressure weighs on Prairie pea bids

MarketsFarm — Pea bids in Western Canada have come under some pressure over the past few weeks, as harvest of the crop nears completion. However, country movement remains light, as producers concentrate on bringing in their remaining grain and oilseed crops. “They want to get done harvest before they worry about (pricing),” said grain broker


Weather forecasts and models suggest farmers will catch up after a slow start to the season.

Manitoba’s outlook good for drydown, harvest

Late summer and early fall weather look good; yields expected to bounce back to normal

Delayed seeding and other factors put this year’s crop well behind the five-year average but there’s reason for optimism heading into harvest time. After the agonizing wait for fields to dry this spring, followed by heavy rains through summer, harvest has been delayed by several weeks. Now it looks like the conditions are improving as the summer winds

File photo of a field pea crop in western New South Wales, Australia. (Alfio Manciagli/iStock/Getty Images)

Pulse weekly outlook: Australia’s winter pulse production mixed

MarketsFarm — Australia’s 2022 winter pulse crop will see its ups and downs, according to a quarterly crop report released Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Chickpeas saw the largest projected production decline, dropping 41.5 per cent from the 2021-22 marketing year to 621,000 tonnes this year, Australia’s


Harvest progress behind five-year average, crop conditions good

Harvest progress behind five-year average, crop conditions good

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 18, September 6, 2022

Overview Harvest progress sits at 15 per cent completed across the province, well behind the 5-year average of 51 per cent completed by this time. The effect of delayed seeding, high humidity and frequent rains have had an impact delaying harvest. Ideal harvesting conditions allowed for significant progress this past week. Crop condition looks good

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Pulse weekly outlook: StatCan shows big jump in pea, lentil production

MarketsFarm –– The Canadian pulse harvest appears to be making a comeback after production struggled with a historic drought in Western Canada last year. Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its July satellite image-based principal field crop production estimates on Monday, projecting sharp increases in production for most of Canada’s crops, including pulses. Canada’s dry pea harvest


(Dave Bedard photo)

Greater crop production estimated prior to StatCan report

Extended time lag between survey, data's release criticized

MarketsFarm — Analysts are expecting Canadian crop production totals for the 2022-23 marketing year to be substantially higher compared to drought-stricken 2021-22, but still not enough to fully replenish supplies. Statistics Canada (StatCan) will publish its first satellite image model-based yield and production estimates for principal field crops on Monday. Traders and analysts are interested

VIDEO: When cover crops and cattle meet

VIDEO: When cover crops and cattle meet

Partnership with local cattle producer helps improve soil health

In July, the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) held a cover crop farm tour at Faspa Farm near Manitou, Man. Here, Karen Klassen, farmer and executive director of the MOA, talks about the cover crops that were planted at Faspa Farm, how the cover crops planted in 2021 fared during drought, her partnership with a local