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"Three sisters" cropping, the traditional intercrop mix of corn, squash and beans, is highlighted during the Indigenous Farm and Food Festival in Batoche, Sask. in late September 2025.

When ag science meets ag culture

Reporter’s Notebook: With traditional agricultural practices of Indigenous peoples gaining scientific backing, a mindset shift may become more possible

By Janelle Rudolph October 17, 2025

Long overdue it may be, but the wider farming and ag science communities are now earnestly revisiting “ancient” techniques, rooted in the principle of maintaining natural balance, for use in contemporary gardening, cropping and livestock husbandry, Janelle Rudolph writes.

peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Yields coming into focus

By Adam Peleshaty October 14, 2025

Provincial agricultural departments are reporting pulse yields higher than Statistics Canada’s September estimates.

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Pulse Weekly: Good yields for Manitoba peas, beans

By Adam Peleshaty October 7, 2025

Manitoba field peas and dry beans had average to above-average yields in their respective harvests, said the provincial government’s pulse specialist.

News, peas, Pulses

New Pulse Variety Hub launched in Saskatchewan

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 1, 2025

The Pulse Variety Hub is a new digital platform from the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers to help producers select the best varieties for their specific growing conditions.

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly: Large U.S. pea/lentil crops expected

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 16, 2025

Lentil production in the United States hit its largest level in nearly a decade, while the dry edible pea crop reached levels not seen in over five years, said updated production estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Saskatchewan Agriculture’s special crops specialist says that lentils are in good condition in that province. Photo: Thinkstock

Crops, Markets, peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Canadian pulse production to rise in 2025-26

By Adam Peleshaty September 2, 2025

Statistics Canada projected greater production for dry peas, lentils and chickpeas, as well as declines in dry beans, in its satellite/model-based crop estimates released on Aug. 28, 2025.

University of Manitoba research agronomist Kristen MacMillan discusses nodulation and nitrogen fixation in dry beans in front of her research plots in Carman, Man., in late July 2025.

Crops, News, News & Opinion

Cutting nitrogen in dry beans could pay off for farmers

Manitoba trials test whether farmers can apply less nitrogen to dry beans without losing yield, despite their typically poor nitrogen-fixing capacity

By Don Norman September 2, 2025

Manitoba research is testing whether applying less nitrogen fertilizer in dry beans can maintain yields while cutting costs and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly: Good yields, but smaller U.S. edible bean crop expected

U.S. prices steady with Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 13, 2025

Dry edible bean production in the United States is forecast to be down in 2025 despite improved yields due to a reduction in harvested area, according to updated estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Canada is the second largest supplier of beans to Mexico, behind the U.S. that accounted for 75 per cent of 2024-25 imports.

Crops

Manitoba dry beans hit 20-year high

Manitoba farmers planted 207,000 acres of dry beans in 2025, including another record pinto bean year

By Miranda Leybourne August 7, 2025

Manitoba farmers planted 207,000 acres of dry beans in 2025, including another record pinto bean year.

Demand for organic pulses had been steadily rising before the COVID-19 outbreak, but supply chains are prepared to meet the new demand. Photo: File

Markets, News

U.S. pulse group commits to doubling production in five years

USA Pulses new name for organization

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 15, 2025

The pulse industry in the United States has plans to double production and consumption of pulse crops by 2030, USA Pulses announced at their annual conference held in Spokane, Washington, July 7-10.

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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