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Alberta harvest progressing rapidly

Warm temperatures and only minor rain delays allowed farmers in Alberta to make good harvest progress during the week ended Sept. 3, according to the latest provincial crop report. Total harvest progress for major crops came in at 31.5 per cent, which was up from 18.2 per cent the previous week and roughly double the






Canadian chickpea exports in April were down from the previous month.  Photo: File

Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slowing

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian pulse exports are showing signs of slowing down entering the final months of the 2023/24 marketing year, as end users turn their attention to the looming availability of new crop supplies. Canada has exported 1.286 million tonnes of lentils during the crop year-to-date, running about 25 per cent behind the pace


Manitoba produced about 218,000 tonnes of peas in 2023.

Anti-dumping case may affect pea flow

A U.S. duty on Chinese pea protein could reduce the amount of peas that China imports for its fractionation business, which Canada feeds into

Glacier FarmMedia – A U.S. antidumping investigation into Chinese pea protein could change trade flows for Canadian yellow peas in 2024-25, traders of the commodity say. In a preliminary determination handed down Feb. 8, the U.S. Department of Commerce hit two Chinese manufacturers with an antidumping duty of 280 per cent. Other Chinese firms faced a 122 per cent