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Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils stable after recent price increases

By GFM Network News May 28, 2019

MarketsFarm — Prices for red and green lentils have stabilized after they increased, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Globeways Canada in Mississauga. Red lentil prices began to rise about two to three weeks ago, he said, as shipments were made to India with the exporter increasing the price. “I would love to see a firm […] Read more

Crops, Peas

Manitoba ag minister upbeat about peas

By GFM Network News May 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — Earlier this month Manitoba’s minister of agriculture, Ralph Eichler, took to Twitter to sing the praises of dry peas. “Peas will become the next successful crop in Manitoba. Thank you for believing in the future,” Eichler tweeted. Part of the minister’s optimism stems from global corporate giant Roquette constructing the world’s largest pea […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices remain low, future bright

By GFM Network News May 21, 2019

MarketsFarm — Lower prices are expected to lead to a drop in Canadian chickpea acres in 2019, but the future is bright for the crop as new consumer markets gain popularity. Seeded acres for chickpeas almost quadrupled between 2017 and 2018, rising from 160,000 to 442,900, respectively. Since inventory from the 2018 growing season is […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Planted green, yellow peas lower prices

By GFM Network News May 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — Green and yellow pea seeding is well underway across the Prairies, causing new-crop prices to slide marginally while spot prices hold firm. As Dale McManus, a broker with Johnston Grain at Welwyn, Sask., explained, seeded acres and new crop prices have an inverse relationship: as seeded acres rise, new crop prices fall. Producers […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Pulses steady in sea of uncertainty

By GFM Network News May 8, 2019

MarketsFarm — Every spring offers its own mystery of what the growing season will bring, and this year is no different for western Canadian pulse markets. However, while the unknowns are usually linked to the weather or acreage ideas, this year also presents extra challenges for the pulse sector. India remains a major wildcard in […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Most Canadian pulse acres to decline

By GFM Network News April 30, 2019

Corrected, May 1 — MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers have been projected to plant fewer acres of pulses, according to Statistics Canada. “Keeping in mind this is the seeding intentions report based on a survey of growers from the beginning of March. It’s as current as the day it was collected,” said Carl Potts, executive director […] Read more

Aphanomyces is not currently widespread in Manitoba, but pea growers do need to be concerned about it in the long term.

Crops, Features, Pulses

Two diseases to watch for in peas

Ascochyta blight and aphanomyces root rot occur in dry years as well as wet 

By Melanie Epp April 30, 2019

If you’re growing peas for the first time this year, of if you haven’t grown them in a while, you’ll want to watch for these two diseases in your fields: ascochyta blight and aphanomyces root rot. The disease that is perhaps most concerning, most visible and most likely to cause yield loss is ascochyta, or […] Read more

A+W’s Beyond Meat Burger. (A+W/CNW Group)

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Tyson sells stake in Beyond Meat

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 24, 2019

Reuters — Tyson Foods said on Wednesday it had sold its 6.5 per cent stake in vegan burger maker Beyond Meat, as the No. 1 U.S. meat processor looks to develop its own line of alternative protein products. The exit comes against the backdrop of rising tensions between the two companies after Tyson CEO Noel […] Read more

In certain rows, Cory’s lentil plants were stunted and the leaves of those plants were turning yellow and shriveling. Some plants in the affected rows were already dead.

Crops, Features, Pulses

Crop advisor casebook: Why are rows of these lentils yellowing and stunted?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the April 23, 2019 issue of Grainews

By Chad Scott April 24, 2019

Cory owns a 4,000-acre grain farm near Cupar, Sask. His crop rotation consists of lentils, wheat, durum and canola. It was around the middle of June when I received a call from Cory, who was concerned about his lentil crop after he noticed that in certain rows the plants were stunted and the leaves of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Fababean acres set to increase

By GFM Network News April 23, 2019

MarketsFarm — Unpredictable weather overseas resulted in robust fababean prices during 2018’s harvest, and Canadian producers expect these prices to hold throughout the 2019 growing season. “For the growers that managed to get fababeans off their field, I think they were probably quite happy with the markets in 2018,” said Leanne Fischbuch, president of Alberta […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils stable after recent price increases

Manitoba ag minister upbeat about peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices remain low, future bright

Pulse weekly outlook: Planted green, yellow peas lower prices

Pulse weekly outlook: Pulses steady in sea of uncertainty

Pulse weekly outlook: Most Canadian pulse acres to decline

Two diseases to watch for in peas

Tyson sells stake in Beyond Meat

Crop advisor casebook: Why are rows of these lentils yellowing and stunted?

Pulse weekly outlook: Fababean acres set to increase

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