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Francois Labelle speaking at CropConnect
Crops, Local news

Pulse Growers adds soybean to name

There is still more research to be done on soybeans at the regional level

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What’s in a name? A lot. To that end, the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association will now be known as the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers. “Since soybeans are not a true pulse, we figured this was a good way to go,” said executive director Francois Labelle as he announced the change at CropConnect in Winnipeg
Bob Connor, a plant pathologist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Morden Research Station, explained some of his work on bean diseases, including white mould, 
common bacterial blight and anthracnose during the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association’s tour of the station Aug. 7. Part of Connor’s funding comes from a levy on pulse crops sales.  
Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

New-crop edible bean outlook bearish

But lots can change between now and when the crop is finally in the bin

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Spot prices haven’t been established for new-crop edible beans yet, but the outlook is bearish. “The chatter at the recent Dry Bean Council conference down in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho over the last four days was pretty much 100 per cent bearish,” Calem Alexander, Viterra senior field representative based in Carman told the Manitoba Pulse Growers
Containers of curry dip
Country Crossroads, Pulses

New ways to eat pulses

Recipe Swap

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If you seldom eat beans, peas, lentils or chickpeas, your kids will probably someday wonder what you were eating. All kinds of pulse-based foods are popping up on store shelves, and are increasingly popular among a younger generation trying to eat healthier and smarter than their parents. That might have sounded like mission impossible not
Leigh Syms, retired associate curator of archeology at the Manitoba Museum, holds a replica of a bone hoe once used by First Nations farmers.  Photo: Shannon VanRaes
Country Crossroads, Other livestock, Pulses

Manitoba’s agriculture history started long before the sodbusters arrived

Researchers say plants such as lamb’s quarters aren’t here by accident, and growing corn goes back more than a millennium

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Does it ever seem that unrelenting weeds such as lamb’s quarters and amaranth were somehow bred to thrive on the Canadian Prairie? In fact, they were. But if you think corn is a new crop in this part of the world, think again — Aboriginal farmers were growing it more than a millennium ago. Technology
News, Pulses

Bean leaves don’t let the bedbugs bite

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A centuries-old remedy of spreading kidney bean leaves 
on the bedroom floor traps the biting insects

Scientists at University of California Irvine and University of Kentucky are trying to mimic a traditional Balkan bedbug remedy to help fight the bedroom scourge. Their work was motivated by a centuries-old remedy for bedbugs formerly used in Bulgaria, Serbia and other southeast European countries. Kidney bean leaves were strewn on the floor next to
Crops, Forages, Oilseeds, Pulses

Pulse crops eyed for fast-tracked registration

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Lentil, field pea, field bean and faba bean growers are being asked to consider a proposal under which new varieties submitted for federal registration could skip one or two levels of assessment they now receive. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week released a draft discussion document as part of an overall review of the
Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

Soybeans still picking up acres

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At one time the edible bean workshops would have been the hot ticket at the Manitoba Special Crops Symposium and you’d be fighting for a chair. This year there were just a few scattered groups of growers listening to presentations on everything from harvest methods to seeding techniques and there were likely more empty chairs
Crops, News, Pulses

AAFC lowers pulse and special crop forecasts

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Production estimates for Canada’s major pulse and special crops were mostly lower compared to the previous month, according to updated supply-demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Market Analysis Division on Oct. 18. Dry pea, dry bean, mustard seed and canaryseed production numbers for the 2012-13 crop year were all lowered from the Sept.
Crops, Grain Markets, News, Pulses

Edible bean acres set to double

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Edible beans are shaping up to be a popular crop to plant in southern Manitoba this spring, with bean area set to rebound off of 2011’s very small acreage. Market analyst Darren Frank, of FarmLink Marketing Solutions, said that of all the new-crop options in southern Manitoba, edible beans might be seeing the most interest.

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