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

Pulse Weekly: Looking at price shifts in 2024

Production up for most Canadian pulses

Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.










Pulse starch flour.

New uses for pulse starch

Pulse starch byproducts could find a market in new food and biomaterial uses

Starch, not protein, makes up most of pulse seeds. Finding new markets to take that starch byproduct can reduce food waste and give the farmer more value for their pulse crop.