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A chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Pulse weekly outlook: Weather threatens India’s crops

By GFM Network News July 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — India is experiencing abnormal rain and weather patterns that have resulted in almost half of the country receiving drastically less rain than usual. In total, the entire country is experiencing about 12 per cent less precipitation than is normally expected. Particularly, provinces in India’s key pulse-growing region are experiencing significant droughts during a

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Grain Commission suspends ILTA Grain’s licenses

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News July 11, 2019

Farmers owed money for grain delivered to ILTA Grain Inc. should call the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The CGC on Thursday suspended the Surrey, B.C.-based company’s grain dealer’s license and its primary grain elevator licenses for elevators at Belle Plaine and Saskatoon, Sask., Remi Gosselin, the CGC’s manager of corporate information services, said in an

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Pulse exporter ILTA Grain under creditor protection

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team July 10, 2019

Corrected, July 11 — MarketsFarm — B.C.- based pulse exporter ILTA Grain, which operates pulse handling and processing facilities in Saskatchewan, has been granted creditor protection by that province’s Supreme Court. “The decision to file for (Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act protection) was made after careful consideration and in our view, is a necessary step for

Green lentils. (Savany/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Pulses steady in sea of uncertainty

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 8, 2019

MarketsFarm — Every spring offers its own mystery of what the growing season will bring, and this year is no different for western Canadian pulse markets. However, while the unknowns are usually linked to the weather or acreage ideas, this year also presents extra challenges for the pulse sector. India remains a major wildcard in

“Most of our trials, everything pushes yield. We’re looking at three, four, five per cent be!er than the checks, and that’s a significant increase for the average farmer. Now we have to be cognizant that we’re not giving up one or two points of protein to get a couple of points of yield.” – Glen Hawkins, PRCPSC chair

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Time for a new balance on pulse protein-yield trade-off

The group that recommends new pulse varieties for registration with the CFIA says it hopes to “bolster” or, at the least, “hold the line” on protein 

By Alexis Stockford March 19, 2019

Canada’s pulses have a protein problem, and now the group that recommends varieties for CFIA registration says it’s time to add it back into the equation. The shortfall was under scrutiny during the latest annual meeting of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Pulse and Special Crops (PRCPSC) in Saskatoon Feb. 25-28. The committee highlighted the

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Pulse weekly outlook: Eyes on India as North America’s prices firm

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 4, 2019

CNS Canada — From where Prairie pulse market analysts sit, India’s politics and current weather situation remain important to watch. India’s national election will be called in the next three to five months. “There’s so many hundreds of thousands of farmers in India and they have political clout,” said Allan Johnston of Johnston Grains at

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Pulse weekly outlook: India seen becoming a pulse buyer again

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News November 15, 2018

CNS Canada — After a year that saw India drop off the map as a pulse importer, some industry officials expect we could soon see India re-enter the market. “Seeding is going down, the monsoons are weak. So definitely they will need to import. I see that in the next few months we will start

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s sales a day-to-day business

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News October 10, 2018

CNS Canada — Canada’s pulse crop trade hasn’t stopped, even though its biggest customer, India, isn’t taking large amounts anymore. Instead, buyers are finding themselves having to take business one day at a time and become a bit more creative. “I think everyone is in the same boat; it’s not that the market has stopped.

Harvested Saskatchewan lentils. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil yields look good, worries grow over peas

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 25, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s a mixed bag in many ways for Saskatchewan’s pulse crops this year, as a dry summer and late rains have meant different things for various crops. According to one industry expert, though, the overall picture doesn’t look bad. “I think overall, if you assess the entire province, it will come in

Pulse prices are likely to come under pressure due to large existing supplies. Photo: Thinkstock

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Pulse prices feel pressure from rising ending stocks

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News July 31, 2018

CNS Canada – Increasing pulse ending stocks are going to continue to play into pulse crop prices in Canada, according to the latest update from Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) ag economics team. “We’re still expected to see ending stocks increasing. So as we continue to see that ending stocks increase, that stock-to-use-ratio that we’d see

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Pulse weekly outlook: Weather threatens India’s crops

Grain Commission suspends ILTA Grain’s licenses

Pulse exporter ILTA Grain under creditor protection

Pulse weekly outlook: Pulses steady in sea of uncertainty

Time for a new balance on pulse protein-yield trade-off

Pulse weekly outlook: Eyes on India as North America’s prices firm

Pulse weekly outlook: India seen becoming a pulse buyer again

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s sales a day-to-day business

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil yields look good, worries grow over peas

Pulse prices feel pressure from rising ending stocks

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