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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
Crops, Markets, Pulses

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

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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
This field of canola treated with the biological product Utrisha N was part of the Corteva Agriscience trials in 2021. During an extremely dry growing season across most of Western Canada last year, Corteva trials showed there was on average a 1.3-bushel-per-acre yield advantage for canola growers who applied Utrisha N, delivering a positive yield response 69 per cent of the time. It’s not a huge yield increase, but with canola in the $20-plus-per-bushel range, it more than covered the cost of the product. What can the product do under improved growing conditions?
Crops, Pulses

Can biological crop inputs for cereals and oilseeds work?

Foliar-applied nitrogen-fixing biologicals for grains and oilseeds are a great concept. Here, four Prairie farmers share their experiences

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There aren’t too many western Canadian farmers who would consider growing a pulse crop without first applying rhizobium bacteria to the seed to help the plant roots fix nitrogen in the soil. The benefits of that technology are well proven and accepted. But what about a foliar application of bacteria to the leaves and stems […] 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

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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
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

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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

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