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Pulse weekly outlook: Winter price movement awaits chickpeas after harvest

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MarketsFarm – Just like nearly all crops in Western Canada, chickpeas were not immune to drought conditions causing reduced yields. Approximately 64,000 tonnes of chickpeas were grown across the country for the 2021-22 marketing year, compared to the 214,000 tonnes grown in the previous year, according to last month’s production report from Agriculture and Agri-Food
Light year for soybean, pulse diseases
Crops, News

Light year for soybean, pulse diseases

Unsurprisingly, pests and drought have been the year’s big problems

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Dry conditions did have one silver lining for pulse producers — root rot, aphanomyces and other moisture-driven diseases weren’t prominent this year. But what infection there was showed that it’s a problem that’s simply receded, not disappeared. “Disease got pushed down the totem pole a little bit,” said Cassandra Tkachuk, production specialist with Manitoba Pulse
KAP members report on 2021 growing season
Crops, News

KAP members report on 2021 growing season

It was a challenging growing season with lots of variability

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Here is some of what some KAP members said about this year’s production during their online advisory council meeting Oct. 20: District 1, Carter McKinney “I heard of guys who got moderate yields on some crops and some guys got basically zero so it’s kind of hard to tell. I think it had to do
Container companies are choosing to eliminate the backhaul from Canada, which hurts exports, Pulse Canada says.
News

Ottawa urged to tackle shipping container crisis

Pulse Canada says pulse farmers and the entire Canadian economy are being damaged

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The Canadian government must address the container crunch hurting the nation’s pulse growers and every part of the Canadian economy, says Pulse Canada. “It’s no secret that life is getting more expensive by the day here in Canada, and the lack of containers is playing a big role in driving up the cost of living
File photo of wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia. (YGrek/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Other

‘Containergeddon’ drives sugar, rice shippers back to bulk vessels

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New York | Reuters — Food traders are switching from containers back to dry bulk vessels to transport refined sugar and rice, hoping to avoid shipping delays caused by container shortages and port congestion the industry is calling “containergeddon,” according to traders. Container-based transportation has been hit by sky-high costs and delays amid booming shipping
Will old animosities derail a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reset seed regulations?
Crops, News

Seed regulatory review reveals old slights

Government is leading the review which is the first in decades

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[UPDATED: Oct. 26, 2021] Canada is in the midst of a “once-in-a-generation” review of its seed industry regulations.   But the Seed Regulatory Modernization (SRM) process is also revealing fractures within the country’s seed sector. Animosity appears to be lingering over the Seed Synergy process that led to the formation and launch of Seeds Canada in
Yellow peas. (Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow peas selling at a premium

Local fractionation markets competitive

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MarketsFarm –– Last summer’s lacklustre pea harvest in Western Canada has helped raise prices, but none more so than those of yellow peas. Yellow peas were trading at a high-delivered bid of $17.50 per bushel, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data from Monday, up $1.50 from the same time last month and $9.50 from the
File photo of a CN locomotive in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

CN CEO to retire as investor pressure weighs

Shareholder TCI has replacement in mind

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Reuters — Canadian National Railway (CN) said on Tuesday its CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest will retire at the end of January, following investor demands for his exit after the railroad operator’s failed bid for Kansas City Southern. TCI Fund Management, which owns five per cent of Canadian National, in August pitched former Jim Vena — a
Comment: A hard year for the grain sector
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: A hard year for the grain sector

Relationships are key to navigating contracts this marketing year

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It’s an understatement to suggest that this was a hard year for crop producers and grain buyers in Manitoba. An “epic drought,” as one provincial cabinet minister described in August, left some producers across the province without enough grain to fulfil their contracts with buyers. With yields down across the board, there has been a

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