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File photo of lentils being moved into bins in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Pulse weekly outlook: Early signs point to larger Canadian crops

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 26, 2022

MarketsFarm — Early signs point to a sizeable increase in Canadian pulse production in 2022-23, but co-operative weather will be needed to meet those expectations. Strong returns over the past year relative to other crops should encourage farmers to seed more peas and lentils in 2022, according to the first outlook for the new crop […] Read more

Drought-stressed peas in a fertility response trial in south-central Saskatchewan in 2021.

Crops, Features, Pulses

How to manage fertility for pulses after a dry year

Soil test and understand how nitrogen fixation can be affected

By Mark Halsall January 24, 2022

When it comes to fertility planning for pulse crops, western Canadian farmers might want to consider soil testing this spring. That’s because there’ll likely be higher amounts of residual nitrogen left over and greater variability in nutrient levels due to last year’s drought, which curtailed crop uptake and nutrient utilization in many fields. “It’s important, […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Larger Canadian crops predicted in AAFC’s first 2022 outlook

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 24, 2022

MarketsFarm — A return to trend-line yields after the past year’s drought should lead to a significant increase in Canadian crop production in 2022, according to the first supply/demand estimates for the 2022-23 season from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released late Friday. Seeded area is expected to be up for wheat and the pulses, […] Read more

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

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Pulse weekly outlook: Slow demand pulls down pea prices

By GFM Network News January 18, 2022

MarketsFarm — Slow demand has been behind the declines in green and yellow peas, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Mercais Commodities in Toronto. Over the last week, prices for western Canadian green peas have lost 30 cents per bushel at $14.50-$16.20 per bushel delivered, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. Those for yellow peas have dropped […] Read more

Manitoba’s new ag minister Derek Johnson, whose constituency includes Diageo’s Crown Royal distillery at Gimli, congratulated the company on social media Monday for prizes earned at the Canadian Whisky Awards. Those included distillery of the year for Gimli, and Canadian whisky of the year for Crown Royal Nobel Collection Winter Wheat. (Facebook)

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Manitoba names new ag minister in shuffle

Derek Johnson replaces Ralph Eichler

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 18, 2022

Another MLA from Manitoba’s Interlake region has been named to handle the province’s farm file in Premier Heather Stefanson’s latest cabinet shuffle and portfolio restructuring. Stefanson, who replaced Brian Pallister as premier in November, on Tuesday named Interlake-Gimli MLA Derek Johnson as minister of agriculture, replacing Lakeside MLA Ralph Eichler, who has been dropped from […] Read more

CDC Sunburst is a new Mayocoba yellow bean variety developed by the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Two new pulse varieties for 2022

Red lentil and yellow bean varieties on offer

By Mark Halsall January 18, 2022

Western Canadian farmers have two more pulses to choose from this year, courtesy of the Crop Development Centre (CDC) at the University of Saskatchewan. The brand new varieties, a red lentil and a yellow bean, are available through Rudy Agro, SeedNet and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. CDC Sunburst is a new variety of yellow bean, which […] Read more

In 2019, high levels of insensitivity of the anthracnose pathogen to Group 11 fungicides was confirmed in Saskatchewan lentil fields. Testing to confirm this insensitivity revealed a mutation (G143A) that enables the pathogen to have cross-resistance to all Group 11 fungicides.

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Another tool to control anthracnose

New label registrations will help combat fungicide insensitivity

By Lee Hart January 12, 2022

Thanks to an expanded label registration, western Canadian lentil growers will have a new tool from Bayer Crop Science for effective disease control in the 2022 crop year. As of mid-2021, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) expanded the label of a well-established fungicide — Proline Gold — to include anthracnose control in lentils. At […] Read more

File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices reverse direction

Markets correcting lower, buyer says

By GFM Network News January 11, 2022

MarketsFarm — The chickpea market in Western Canada is undergoing a correction, according to the manager of a pulse buying and processing company in Saskatchewan. With the exception of Desi chickpeas, all varieties of the pulse have seen prices go down two to five cents per pound over the past month, according to Prairie Ag […] Read more

Anhydrous ammonia is applied in a mid-row band.

Crops, Features

Increase fertilizer efficiency to reduce emissions

Soil nutrition experts discuss how to go about it

By Mark Halsall January 10, 2022

In a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Trudeau government took steps in 2021 to lower emissions from on-farm fertilizer use. These measures included setting a voluntary emissions reduction target of 30 per cent from 2020 levels by 2030, which has some producers worried their farms may suffer if it means having to cut […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils may see slight movement

By GFM Network News January 4, 2022

MarketsFarm — As the calendar changed to 2022, there was not much movement on pulse markets — but they weren’t entirely static, according to a Saskatchewan-based broker. “Yellow and green peas have been moving (lately), but as far as lentils and others, no,” said Dale McManus, broker for Johnston’s Grain at Welwyn, Sask. He attributed […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower in profit-taking, technical correction

Strong borders bill could increase temporary foreign worker vulnerability says National Farmers Union

U.S. grains: Corn slips from six-week high, soybeans down on China demand worries

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