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Recent trends offer many options for pulse products

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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Protecting Canadian pulse crop market

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Pea allergies could hamper new markets

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VIDEO: Bean development in Manitoba

So, how are soybeans and dry beans faring in Manitoba this crop season? At the recent…

July 23, 2019
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Hail Mary passes?

Dry bean growers better be ready to make more than one pass if they’re trying some of the new post-hail…

July 22, 2019
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Time for a new balance on pulse protein-yield trade-off

Canada’s pulses have a protein problem, and now the group that recommends varieties for CFIA registration says it’s time to…

March 19, 2019
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Field peas a strong alternative to soybeans

Field pea markets might still be depressed following last year’s trade disputes with India, but the crop represents an opportunity…

September 12, 2018

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Pulse growers urge low moisture management for seeding

For pulse growers used to planting into wet conditions, it’s going to be a year for recalibrating their seeding practices.…

May 8, 2018
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Can Manitoba support 300,000 acres of field peas?

Could Manitoba see 300,000 acres of peas a year? That was the self-admittedly provocative question Manitoba Agriculture pulse extension Terry…

April 10, 2018

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Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s edible beans come off in good shape

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-warkentin 4 days ago

MarketsFarm — Manitoba’s edible bean harvest wrapped up in much easier fashion in 2020 compared to the snow delays of the previous year, with relatively good quality and yields, according to early indications. “When you don’t get a major snowstorm on Thanksgiving weekend, it makes a difference,” said Manitoba Agriculture pulse specialist Dennis Lange, noting

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea production expected up in 2021

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 23, 2020

MarketsFarm — Following an expected 11.4 per cent drop in Saskatchewan’s chickpea harvest this year, provincial pulse specialist Dale Risula is expecting an increase in 2021. In Statistics Canada’s most recent field crop report, issued last week, chickpea production in Saskatchewan was estimated to have dropped from 224,600 tonnes in 2019 to 199,010 tonnes this

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Pulse weekly outlook: Fababeans staying on field

By GFM Network News September 10, 2020

MarketsFarm — As other crops make their way into the bin, fababeans across the Prairies are lagging behind. “They’re further behind this year because they were later going in,” said Dale McManus, a broker with Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask. Saskatchewan grows over half of Canada’s fababeans, and most are grown around the Yorkton area,

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Pulse weekly outlook: Large Canadian crops expected

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-warkentin September 2, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canada will have grown a record-large pea crop in 2020 and possibly the second-largest lentil crop ever, according to preliminary estimates from Statistics Canada, released Monday. Using satellite imagery and model-based yield estimates, the government agency pegged the 2020-21 Canadian field pea crop at 4.996 million tonnes. That would be a new record

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices steady into harvest

By GFM Network News August 11, 2020

MarketsFarm — The chickpea harvest is underway in some areas of the Prairies, including southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, where pulse crops were planted earlier due to drier spring weather. So far, the chickpea crop has seen co-operative weather conditions. “As we go along with this sunshine and heat, the pulses are coming in very

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea market under pressure

Current crop up against disease issues

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-warkentin August 5, 2020

MarketsFarm — Lost demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic is keeping pressure on the Canadian chickpea market, despite disease issues causing problems for nearly a third of the country’s crop, according to an industry source. After disease caused problems for chickpeas in some areas of southern Saskatchewan in 2019, the radius of the problem area

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Pulse weekly outlook: Good year for Alberta pulses, except in northern regions

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 28, 2020

MarketsFarm – Pulse crops are doing quite well in most of Alberta, according to the province’s agriculture department. However in the Peace River and northwest regions, the story has been much different. “This year, crop conditions are better than the five-year average in both the south and central regions. In the northern region, excess moisture

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Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan pulses heading for a good year

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 21, 2020

MarketsFarm — Pulse crops in Saskatchewan are in shape to have a good year, according to Dale Risula, a pulse specialist with the province’s agriculture department. “Pulses got off to a pretty good start. Moisture levels in the soil were pretty good. Most of the pulses were up and growing rapidly,” Risula said, noting pulse

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Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba edible beans look good for now

Bean growers watching weather

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-warkentin July 15, 2020

MarketsFarm — Edible bean crops in Manitoba remain in generally good shape in mid-July, with early indications pointing to solid production on the year. “Overall, they look pretty good,” said Dennis Lange, provincial pulse specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, on the state of dry edible bean crops. The crops had struggled with wind damage early on

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