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Quality, not quantity key to chickpea sales

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 8, 2015

CNS Canada –– Chickpeas may be relatively small in terms of acreage in Western Canada, but the quality aspects of the country’s crop, especially the larger-calibre varieties, may help command some premiums in the global market. Canadian farmers intend to plant 140,000 acres of chickpeas in 2015, down from the 170,000 seeded the previous year

Crops, Pulses

Project shows link between healthy soils and healthy people

A unique project is improving nutrition and incomes through better farming practices

By Laura Rance-Unger March 24, 2015

A little yellow seed is sprouting big changes for farming families here in the Great Rift Valley, within reach of the Hawassa University extension services. Chickpeas grown as a double crop after maize are boosting families’ nutrition, providing extra income and helping improve the soils. Farmers here have traditionally grown one crop of maize, tef

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Chickpea prices subdued, bounce unlikely in short term

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 12, 2015

CNS Canada –– Weather issues in India have generated some rumblings in the international chickpea market recently, but prices remain subdued in Western Canada and aren’t expected to see any significant strength in the near term. “The chickpea market is still being dominated by very cheap Russian and Argentine supplies,” said Colin Young of Midwest

Crops, Pulses

Green group targets Super Bowl’s official hummus

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 23, 2015

If you’re a chickpea grower and you didn’t already know it, you’ll be pleased to hear Americans watching the Super Bowl this weekend might not only be chowing down on chicken wings. Thanks to its designation as the National Football League’s (NFL) official dip sponsor, they could also be dipping into Sabra brand hummus, of

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Chickpeas face pressure from cheap Russian exports

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News December 12, 2014

CNS Canada — Cheap Russian exports of chickpeas are driving down the cost of the commodity worldwide, though one Canadian marketer says a new type of seed is helping domestic growers make financial inroads. “We’re still facing stiff competition from other producing countries, primarily B90 (seeds) out of Russia,” said Colin Young, owner of Midwest

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Quality, calibre key for chickpeas going forward

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 21, 2014

CNS Canada — Saskatchewan farmers are still putting the finishing touches on this year’s chickpea harvest, with quality and calibre the two most important pricing factors to watch going forward. “We’re seeing a wide range of quality — everything from decent to significantly damaged,” said Colin Young of Midwest Investments in Moose Jaw. While green

Country Crossroads, Pulses

New ways to eat pulses

Recipe Swap

By Lorraine Stevenson April 25, 2014

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

Crops, Pulses

PepsiCo Partnership To Boost Ethiopian Chickpeas

By Martinne Geller September 29, 2011

PepsiCo Inc., best known for its cola and Lays potato chips, is now setting its sights on chickpeas. The company is teaming up with the U.S. Agency for International Development to boost the production of chickpeas in Ethiopia by working with small farmers. The plan is then to help develop local businesses that use the

Crops, Pulses

Pulse Crop Outlook

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 24, 2011

There’s little change in the latest estimates of the supply and demand for major pulse and special crops in the country. Ending stocks of the seven major special and pulse crops for 2011-12 crop year is now pegged by Agriculture Canada at 830,000 tonnes, according to its March 15 release. This compares with the January

Cereals, Country Crossroads, Pulses

Recipe Swap – for Feb. 17, 2011

By Lorraine Stevenson February 17, 2011

If dried peas don’t strike you as something to use when you’re baking, you probably haven’t heard about the flour made from them. Green split pea flour, whole yellow flour and chickpea flour are a line of Manitobamade flours now passing taste tests in kitchens around the country as home bakers hear about their health

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Tag Archives Chickpeas

Quality, not quantity key to chickpea sales

Project shows link between healthy soils and healthy people

Chickpea prices subdued, bounce unlikely in short term

Green group targets Super Bowl’s official hummus

Chickpeas face pressure from cheap Russian exports

Quality, calibre key for chickpeas going forward

PepsiCo Partnership To Boost Ethiopian Chickpeas

Pulse Crop Outlook

Recipe Swap – for Feb. 17, 2011

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