Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised its 2025/26 production calls for dry peas and lentils from its July report. AAFC issued its latest monthly report on Aug. 20, and adjusted exports, domestic usage and ending stocks.
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Pulse Weekly: AAFC raise dry pea, lentil production numbers
Ending stocks higher as well
Pulse Weekly: Saskatchewan peas, lentils in good condition
Provincial pulse specialist sees good quality, quantity
Saskatchewan pulse crops are faring well as harvesting operations begin in the province.
Soybeans, peas flag under Manitoba drought conditions
Manitoba’s lack of rain is stressing crops, fuelling pest pressure and slicing yield potential in soybean and pea fields
Manitoba’s pea and soybean acres are suffering in drought-stricken regions like the Interlake. Dry conditions are stressing crops, fuelling pest pressure and slicing yield potential.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Varied precipitation as harvest begins
Dry areas begin harvest operations
Some areas of Saskatchewan received more than 100 mm of rain during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025, but others had little to none. Harvest operations began in those dry areas.
Pulse Weekly: Exports down month-to-month
Exports for 2024-25 remain solid
Canadian pulse exports were down in June, but remain solid with one month left in the 2024-25 marketing year, according to Statistics Canada.
Pulse Weekly: AAFC revises data for largest pulse crops
Prairie cash prices stand pat
As pulse crops across the country continue to develop, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada updated its estimates for dry peas and lentils. AAFC issued its July supply and demand report on July 21.
Canada’s foreign affairs minister spoke with Chinese counterpart, federal government says
Canada's minister of foreign affairs spoke with her Chinese counterpart while in Malaysia last week, the federal government said.
Pulse Weekly: Conditions vary across Saskatchewan
Weather, lack of moisture affecting crops
Pulse conditions in Saskatchewan are varied across the province with the worst-faring crops located in the western half.
VIDEO: Timing a fungicide for mycosphaerella blight in peas
It pays to know whether and when to spray
Knowing what kind of blight is in your pea field — before firing up the sprayer — can help you avoid an expensive mistake, as just one of the two common blights affecting peas can be treated with a fungicide.
Pulse weekly: U.S. pulse area up in 2025
Stocks also higher
Farmers in the United States expect to grow more pulses in 2025, with areas planted to peas, lentils, chickpeas and edible beans all up on the year in the latest acreage data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released June 30.
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