Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — In Manitoba, the planting of pulse crops was barely underway during the week of April 28, said Dennis Lange, industry development pulse specialist for the province’s agriculture department.
“We’re just getting going on seeding of the field peas. It’s really the early stages,” Lange said.
“I expect that once we get into a little bit warmer weather into (the week of May 7), we will probably see a few more peas going in,” he added.
Lange noted that planted acres for the peas and for dry beans should be about the same seeded last year.
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Statistics Canada forecast dry bean acres for Manitoba in 2025/26 to be 194,100, up from 187,400 the year before.
Of the dry beans, Lange said more pinto beans are likely to be planted, up from last year’s 110,000 acres. That could lead to fewer black bean acres being sown.
StatCan projected Manitoba field peas at 169,500 acres, down from 191,400 in 2024/25.
In comparison, StatCan estimated the country’s dry bean acres to be 357,200, down from the 402,300 sown in 2024/25. Dry pea acres are to increase to 3.52 million from 3.21 million last year.
Although Canadian farmers are expected to plant 4.17 million acres of lentils this year, StatCan noted the available data for Manitoba was too unreliable to provide a figure. In 2024/25, there were 3,000 acres of lentils in the province compared to 4.21 million across the country.
As for faba beans, StatCan didn’t provide a Manitoba estimate for the same reason but listed 1,500 being planted last year. The agency projected 110,700 acres of faba beans nationally for 2025/26 compared to 81,100 last year.
