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

Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slowing

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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 […] Read more
herbicide resistant kochia
Features, Pulses

Kochia tumbling into Prairie pulse crops

Scouting — and testing for herbicide resistance — will be important this spring

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Glacier FarmMedia — Concerns about the spread of kochia are growing for Saskatchewan’s pulse producers. Michael Brown, agronomy manager for Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, and Martin Carr, agronomy manager for WinField United, have seen the pesky tumbleweed spread throughout Saskatchewan, Alberta and the United States. The weed is resistant to some herbicides, among them Groups 4, […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Manitoba seeding progress nears halfway mark

Spring seeding in Manitoba neared the halfway mark during the week ended May 21, with 47 per cent of intended acres in the ground, according to the latest provincial crop report. That compares with 30 per cent the previous week and the five-year average of 52 per cent done.
The Canadian Grain Commission building on Main Street in Winnipeg. (File photo)
News

Grain commission revokes GFI licenses 

Global Foods and Ingredients shut down operations May 7 

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The Canadian Grain Commission has revoked six licenses for Global Food and Ingredients, a plant-based and plant protein company with facilities in Saskatchewan.
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News

GFI closes Saskatchewan operations 

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Global Food and Ingredients, a plant-based and plant protein company with facilities in Saskatchewan, has announced a “wind down” of its business operations. A May 7 news release on the GFI website says the company cannot service its outstanding debts.
File photo of grain bins in Saskatchewan. (Chinaface/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets

Most Canadian grain stocks tighter than a year ago

For many of Canada’s major crops, their holdings came in lower than a year ago, as Statistics Canada released its stocks of principal field crops as of March 31 report. There were declines in all wheat, durum, oats, corn, lentils and peas, but there were increases for barley and canola while soybeans were relatively steady.

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