Edible beans Archives - Page 6 of 51

Tightening canola ending stocks for 2024/25: AAFC

By GFM Network News March 20, 2024

Canadian canola ending stocks will likely be tighter by the close of the upcoming 2024/25 marketing year, while the wheat carryout should rise, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released March 19.

File photo of black beans. (Nhattienphoto/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: More acres for dry beans in Manitoba

Soybean acres also expected to increase

By GFM Network News March 5, 2024

The Manitoba government’s pulse specialist said it’s likely there will be more dry bean acres seeded in the province this spring.

Crops, Features, Pulses

The flatulence-free faba bean

The process used is seen as an important tool for sustainability

By Jeff Melchior March 2, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — Let’s get the obvious part out of the way. By separating “the good stuff” (protein, starch and dietary fibre) from faba beans, a University of Alberta researcher has improved on a process that minimizes human flatulence from eating them. That issue has long been a deterrent to mass acceptance of the pulse. […] Read more

Entry way to the Global seed vault in Svalbard. Photo: BDPhoto/iStock/Getty Images

General, Reuters

Arctic doomsday vault gets record batch of crop seeds

Twenty-three seed banks took part, nine of them for the first time

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 27, 2024

A frozen Arctic vault built to preserve global agricultural crops from extinction received seeds on Tuesday from the largest number of new contributors yet, a custodian of the remote facility said.

Crops

Soybean acres may soon stabilize in Manitoba

Volatile yields, acres and weather have kept soy on a roller-coaster since 2017

By Robert Arnason, GFM Network News February 14, 2024

There's an emerging consensus in Manitoba that soybean acres in the province could soon stabilize at around 1.5 to 1.9 million.

Seed treated with Vibrance Total, a combination of five different fungicide groups being brought to market for the 2024 season.

Features, Pulses

The year in pulse crop inputs

A quick look at new actives, new combinations and expanded labels

By Grainews Staff February 6, 2024

Following up on last issue’s roundup of product launches and label expansions in the cereal crop input market, here we’ve put together a quick list of new and/or improved pulse crop inputs that were announced in our earshot during the past year, including several due out for the coming growing season. Again, if we’ve inadvertently […] Read more

For fresh eating and freezing, fava beans must be picked when they are full-sized beans.

Columns, Practical Tips, Pulses

Fava beans for Prairie gardens — and fields

Part 3 of a series on Prairie farm gardens

By Ieuan Evans February 3, 2024

The fava bean (Vicia faba) in Canada is often misunderstood, treated as though it is strictly a southern European or Middle Eastern legume crop. I have even seen the large fava bean type labelled as a Chinese crop. In point of fact, all of Europe grew fava beans. The beans were traditionally classified according to […] Read more

Columns, Farm Life

Tomatoes rise stronger from ashes

Also, bank on beans to boost beneficial bacteria in your bowel

By Ted Meseyton February 2, 2024

Got a stove or fireplace where you burn wood only? Save those ashes and use them in this summer’s garden to grow some of the finest tomatoes ever. Already I can hear myself singing: “Oh it must be the tomatoes, maybe strawberries and homegrown potatoes, but I still think it must be tomatoes.” Those are […] Read more

Manitoba's latest cost-of-production estimates for various field crops put black beans third for expected profitability.

Features

Beans mounting a comeback?

Expected prices could make some Manitoba growers take a closer look at dry beans in 2024

By Jim Timlick January 23, 2024

Could dry beans be poised to make a comeback in Manitoba? While it’s difficult to say with certainty, the latest Manitoba Agriculture estimates for crop production costs in the province for 2024 suggest it’s possible. Pinto beans are ranked No. 1 in terms of profitability among all field crops, according to the guide’s budget estimates, […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

USDA confirms larger U.S. lentil/pea/chickpea crops

Edible bean production down slightly with lower seeded area, yield

By GFM Network News January 16, 2024

Final production estimates for the past growing season from the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed larger lentil, dry pea and chickpea crops in the country in 2023/24 compared to the previous year, as yields improved for all three crops. However, edible bean production was down slightly as both yields and seeded area were down for the crop.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures higher on screwworm news

Trade mission heads for Japan as Canada becomes the country’s top pork supplier

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

GFM Network News