Pulses & Production Tips

Pulse weekly outlook: India extends pea, lentil tariffs

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 2, 2018

CNS Canada — The Indian government has again extended its import restrictions on peas, this time until Dec. 31. India late last year initiated duties of 50 per cent on imported peas and 30 per cent on lentils and desi chickpeas. It has since raised the lentil tariff to 60 per cent. In effect, the […] Read more

Harvested Saskatchewan lentils. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Lentils, Peas, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil yields look good, worries grow over peas

By GFM Network News September 25, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s a mixed bag in many ways for Saskatchewan’s pulse crops this year, as a dry summer and late rains have meant different things for various crops. According to one industry expert, though, the overall picture doesn’t look bad. “I think overall, if you assess the entire province, it will come in […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba bean yields unlikely to top 2017’s

By GFM Network News September 18, 2018

CNS Canada — A lack of rain at key times during the summer of 2018 has left Manitoba’s edible bean crop unlikely to match last year’s yields. Last year’s yield was about 2,000 lbs./acre on average, but according to provincial pulse specialist Dennis Lange, that won’t be the case this year. “I think for this […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Ontario bean production seen well above StatsCan estimate

By GFM Network News September 6, 2018

CNS Canada — Ontario bean growers are voicing skepticism of Statistics Canada’s Aug. 31 bean production estimates. Estimates by the Ontario Bean Growers organization suggest farmers are poised to harvest about 101,495 tonnes this year — 28.5 per cent above the Statistics Canada number of 79,000 tonnes. OBG chair Jim Gowland said his organization reaches […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas buck pulse trend

By GFM Network News September 4, 2018

CNS Canada — Saskatchewan farmers are expected to turn in a smaller pulse harvest this fall, although chickpea production is bucking the overall downward trend. Chickpeas are the only Saskatchewan pulse crop to post a production increase, in Statistics Canada’s latest estimate of 2018 production. The estimates show Saskatchewan growers are expected to harvest about […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Lower lentil yields predicted

By GFM Network News August 28, 2018

CNS Canada — After a year of market woes for lentils, it looks as though the Saskatchewan lentil yield won’t be the best either. “I think overall we would be expecting lentil yields lower than average this year, but it’s hard at this point to put a figure or a number on that,” said Carl […] Read more

When we dug into the soil in the affected areas, we found pea seeds that had tried to sprout from one to five times (see 2nd photo further down). Healthy peas usually sprout only once.  These shoots also looked like they’d been pinched off at the top.

Crops, Features, Peas

Crop advisor casebook: What stalled Mark’s pea sprouts?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the August 28, 2018 issue of Grainews

By Karly Treleaven August 24, 2018

In the third week of May last year, I received a call from Mark, who farms 6,000 acres in the Forestburg, Alta., area. Mark was concerned about his pea crop after he discovered some areas in one of the two fields he seeded had no plants coming up. In addition to peas, Mark also grows […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba bean quality looks good

By GFM Network News August 21, 2018

CNS Canada — The quality of Manitoba’s edible bean crop appears decent, but yields will remain a mystery for a week or two. Dennis Lange, pulse specialist for Manitoba Agriculture at Altona, Man., said most edible beans are maturing about two weeks ahead of normal, but yield estimates will have to wait for more harvest […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Turkish currency crisis casts cloud over lentil exports

By GFM Network News August 14, 2018

CNS Canada — The plunging value of the lira is threatening to curb sales of Canadian lentils to Turkey — traditionally one of Canada’s biggest customers for the pulse. The Turkish lira hit a record low on Monday as soaring inflation and political turmoil sent the currency plunging relative to the U.S. dollar. At the […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Heat blast threatens chickpea yields

By GFM Network News August 14, 2018

CNS Canada — Temperatures as high as 38 C were recorded in the western Prairies over the weekend — and with that heat comes questions about crop impact. Lentils and peas are far enough along that the recent heat wave is unlikely to affect them from a yield perspective, according to Carl Potts of Saskatchewan […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: India extends pea, lentil tariffs

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil yields look good, worries grow over peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba bean yields unlikely to top 2017’s

Ontario bean production seen well above StatsCan estimate

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas buck pulse trend

Pulse weekly outlook: Lower lentil yields predicted

Crop advisor casebook: What stalled Mark’s pea sprouts?

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba bean quality looks good

Turkish currency crisis casts cloud over lentil exports

Pulse weekly outlook: Heat blast threatens chickpea yields

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