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The executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers anticipates a rise in seeded lentil acres this year, along with a decline in seeded dry pea acres. Photo: Thinkstock

Pulse weekly outlook: SaskPulse head hoping for “normal” in 2022

By GFM Network News June 28, 2022

MarketsFarm – Following variable conditions over the first few weeks of the growing season, there has now been a marked improvement over the last, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SaskPulse). Potts said while western parts of the province had little precipitation and eastern parts saw seeding delayed due to above-normal […] Read more

Crops

Alberta crops improve with rain

By GFM Network News June 24, 2022

MarketsFarm – Drought conditions that devastated crops in Alberta last year and were poised to do the same this year are becoming something in the past, according to the province’s latest crop report. Recent rainfall has been wiping out any notion of drought in 2022 as soil moisture conditions continued to improve across the province. […] Read more

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Lentils, Peas, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils faring well but threats remain

By GFM Network News June 22, 2022

MarketsFarm — Growing conditions for peas and lentils in Saskatchewan during the spring can be described as variable. While western parts of the province continued to endure dry conditions carried over from last year’s drought, regions in the east were drenched with near-continuous rainfall to go along with below-normal temperatures. Lionel Ector, president of Diefenbaker […] Read more

Tim Nerbas of NRG Farms in northwest Saskatchewan, says he usually does a bit of both pre- and post-harvest
treatments on about 4,000 acres of crops, which include wheat, oats, barley, canola, flax and faba beans.

Crops, Features

The best fit for pre- or post-harvest treatments

With erratic growing season conditions producers need to be flexible with fall weed control plans

By Lee Hart June 10, 2022

Farmers Owen Orsak and Tim Nerbas hadn’t got the 2022 crop in the ground yet when they were asked in early May about their fall weed control plans, but the Manitoba and Saskatchewan producers, respectively, say they will apply desiccation and weed control measures on their farms this year depending on weed growth and harvest […] Read more

Pinto beans. (Vergani_Fotografia/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: More rainfall turns into more seeding delays

By GFM Network News May 31, 2022

MarketsFarm — After southern Manitoba had experienced ideal seeding conditions for most of the previous week, another round of rains created another round of headaches for pulse growers on Monday. “Last week, there were a few dry beans planted here in southern Manitoba. (There was) a lot of prep work being done. Things were really […] Read more

File photo of a lentil crop before harvest in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC projects normal yields, increased pulse production

By GFM Network News May 25, 2022

MarketsFarm — A return to yields closer to long-range averages will result in greater production for most pulse crops in 2022-23, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s monthly outlook for principal field crops released last Friday. Many of the projections are based on the assumption that normal weather conditions will return to most of the […] Read more

A pea aphid infestation of a faba bean plant. These crop pests suck the juice out of a plant’s leaves, stem or roots, which,  in turn, can result  in significantly  lower yields due  to reduced seed formation and smaller seed size.

Features, Pulses

Don’t let pea aphids suck the yield out of your plants

Assess your risk, scout your crop, cultivate beneficial insects and watch crop timing

By Jim Timlick May 19, 2022

The pea aphid may not look all that terrifying, but the tiny sap-sucking pest is capable of sending shivers down the spines of even the hardiest pulse farmers in some parts of the Prairies. Pea aphids are so named because of their attraction to field pea plants but virtually any pulse crop, including lentils, faba […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Still early in season to switch crops

Decisions likely in next couple of weeks

By GFM Network News May 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — With dry conditions dominating western and southwestern Saskatchewan and wet conditions prominent in the province’s east and northeast, at mid-May it remained early to consider switching pulse crops to something else, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Overall, he said, spring planting throughout the province as of May 9 […] Read more

Crops

Mildew scrapped as grading factor for No. 3 wheats

Grading changes also planned for canola admixture, splits in peas, excreta in mustard

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 12, 2022

The Canadian Grain Commission will change its standard samples for mildew in No. 1 and No. 2 wheats, and drop it as a grading factor for No. 3 wheats, effective this summer. The CGC on Monday laid out a list of changes to its grain grading policies and standards for wheat, canola, peas, beans and […] Read more

Yellow peas. (Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Peas, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Late Prairie seeding may sway acres out of peas

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 11, 2022

MarketsFarm — Excessive moisture in the eastern Canadian Prairies this spring may cut into pea acres in the region, as producers like to get the crop in the ground early. Canadian farmers intended to plant 3.55 million acres of peas for the 2022-23 crop year, according to a report from Statistics Canada. That would be […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed

Most of Manitoba harvest wraps up for 2025

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures hit one-month highs as crude oil soars

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