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Pulse weekly outlook: Acre intentions down for most pulses

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s principal field crop areas report, released Tuesday, shows declines in most pulse crops compared to last year. Only lentils saw an increase, rising slightly by 0.4 per cent from 2021-22 to now 4.32 million. Meanwhile, dry peas fell 11.8 per cent at 3.37 million aces, with edible beans down 32.1 per

The executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers anticipates a rise in seeded lentil acres this year, along with a decline in seeded dry pea acres. Photo: Thinkstock

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Pulse weekly outlook: SaskPulse head hoping for “normal” in 2022

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 28, 2022

MarketsFarm – Following variable conditions over the first few weeks of the growing season, there has now been a marked improvement over the last, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SaskPulse). Potts said while western parts of the province had little precipitation and eastern parts saw seeding delayed due to above-normal

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Shipping container issues make Canada uncompetitive

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 23, 2022

MarketsFarm – Even though harvest in Canada is months away, major issues with shipping by container out of the country needs to be resolved, according to Greg Northey, vice-president of corporate affairs for Pulse Canada and the spokesperson for the Coalition to Fix the Container Crunch. “The worry in the fall is if we have

Pinto beans. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Fewer edible bean acres to underpin prices

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — Edible bean area is unlikely to live up to expectations in some key North American growing areas this year, as insurance deadlines pass. However, the excessive moisture that caused seeding delays in Manitoba and North Dakota should help the yield prospects for what did go in the ground in the region. Projections for

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Pulse weekly outlook: More rainfall turns into more seeding delays

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 31, 2022

MarketsFarm — After southern Manitoba had experienced ideal seeding conditions for most of the previous week, another round of rains created another round of headaches for pulse growers on Monday. “Last week, there were a few dry beans planted here in southern Manitoba. (There was) a lot of prep work being done. Things were really

File photo of a lentil crop before harvest in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC projects normal yields, increased pulse production

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 25, 2022

MarketsFarm — A return to yields closer to long-range averages will result in greater production for most pulse crops in 2022-23, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s monthly outlook for principal field crops released last Friday. Many of the projections are based on the assumption that normal weather conditions will return to most of the

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

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Pulse weekly outlook: Still early in season to switch crops

Decisions likely in next couple of weeks

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — With dry conditions dominating western and southwestern Saskatchewan and wet conditions prominent in the province’s east and northeast, at mid-May it remained early to consider switching pulse crops to something else, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Overall, he said, spring planting throughout the province as of May 9

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Tightening supplies likely to underpin chickpea market

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 11, 2022

MarketsFarm — Tightening worldwide chickpea supplies could bode well for prices later this year, although Canadian acres will likely be down and there’s still a long growing season ahead. Canadian farmers intend to seed 175,200 acres of chickpeas in 2022, which would be down 5.5 per cent from the previous year and the smallest acreage

File photo of flooded cropland in the RM of St. Andrews, north of Winnipeg. (Manitoba Co-operator photo)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Wet weather delays southern Manitoba seeding

Soybeans could take yield hit if planted in June

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 3, 2022

MarketsFarm — Another blast of heavy precipitation across southern Manitoba, the third in as many weeks, has already delayed seeding for pulses, according to a production specialist. Laura Schmidt, a production specialist for Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, said the 40 to 50 millimetres of rain across the region on April 29-30 all but guaranteed

File photo of lentils being moved into bins in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil acres likely up in 2022

Other pulses likely down, though

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 26, 2022

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada released its first survey-based crop acreage estimates of 2022 on Tuesday, reporting that while more lentil acres may be planted this spring, other pulses are expected to have their seeded area shrink. The national data agency projected 4.49 million acres of lentils will be planted in Canada this year, a 4.2

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Pulse weekly outlook: Acre intentions down for most pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: SaskPulse head hoping for “normal” in 2022

Shipping container issues make Canada uncompetitive

Pulse weekly outlook: Fewer edible bean acres to underpin prices

Pulse weekly outlook: More rainfall turns into more seeding delays

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC projects normal yields, increased pulse production

Pulse weekly outlook: Still early in season to switch crops

Tightening supplies likely to underpin chickpea market

Pulse weekly outlook: Wet weather delays southern Manitoba seeding

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil acres likely up in 2022

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