Pulses & Production Tips

A pea field in north-western Saskatchewan last July. Seeding peas later is an option for some growers looking at seeding delays this year.

Late seeding could see growers “drop peas” from rotations

By Lisa Guenther May 1, 2017

As many Western Canadian farmers juggle their rotations to fit a tight seeding timetable this spring, one producer has a message: Don’t drop the peas. Vicki Dutton is a seed grower and grain trader with ADM in North Battleford. With fewer farmers signing fall contracts this year, she’s been talking to producers to find out […] Read more

Ed Seidle farms with his family near Medstead, Sask. He also conducts on-farm research and is an honorary lifetime member.

Crops, Features, Peas

Ed Seidle learns on the job

This on-farm research program generated info about everything from aphanomyces to root rot

By Lisa Guenther April 24, 2017

How can producers make sure their on-farm trials produce useful results? Or perhaps a better question is whether growers can, or need to, run trials as rigorously as researchers? Most farmers don’t have the time or patience to run the types of on-farm experiments that scientists do, says Ed Seidle. But that doesn’t mean they […] Read more

Pinto beans. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Pulses

Manitoba edible bean acreage looking steady

By GFM Network News April 13, 2017

CNS Canada — The prospects for a successful season for edible beans appear good, despite excess water in parts of southern Manitoba, according to a provincial expert. “Acreage should be in the 110,000- to 120,000-acre range, very similar to last year,” said Dennis Lange, a pulse crop specialist with Manitoba Agriculture at Altona. Edibles aren’t […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Peas hold range ahead of upcoming production

By GFM Network News April 7, 2017

CNS Canada — A policy extension from major pulse buyer India has brought short-term support to Canada’s dry pea market, but values are hanging in a range, price- and demand-wise. India in late March extended its fumigation policy requirement for three months, allowing the market some breathing room, though officials still hope to come to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Reprieve granted in India pulse fumigation dispute

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 30, 2017

The federal government has negotiated a short reprieve in the ongoing dispute with India over its reluctance to receive pulse imports that have not been fumigated with methyl bromide after March 31. In a statement issued Thursday, Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and the François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade announced pulse exports […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Reuters

Pulse firm AGT sees resolution of India-Canada trade snag

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News March 28, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s AGT Food and Ingredients, one of the world’s biggest exporters of peas and lentils, expects India to extend an exemption for Canada within days from a crop fumigation policy that threatened to jeopardize $1.1 billion in annual trade of the food staples, CEO Murad Al-Katib said Tuesday. India’s current exemption […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Tight chickpea supplies to limit Canadian acres

By GFM Network News March 21, 2017

CNS Canada — Tight chickpea supplies will keep Canada from taking advantage of fresh demand out of Turkey, while any acreage increases will also be hampered by poor seed supply. Due to its own domestic chickpea shortage, Turkey recently announced it was temporarily lifting import tariffs on chickpeas. Turkey has bought Canadian chickpeas in the […] Read more

Provincial Economic Development Minister Heath MacDonald, W.A. Grain’s Chris Chivilo, Rural Development Minister Pat Murphy and Agriculture Minister Alan McIsaac (l-r) announced plans for Summerside’s former Old Dutch plant on March 8. (PrinceEdwardIsland.ca)

Crops, Peas

P.E.I. potato chip plant revived for pulse processing

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 8, 2017

A Prairie grain and pulse processing firm plans to get Prince Edward Island farmers growing field peas this year to supply a new pulse processing plant. New Leaf Essentials East, a new arm of Innisfail, Alta.-based W.A. Grain and Pulse Solutions, announced Wednesday it has bought the former Humpty Dumpty potato chip plant at Slemon […] Read more

Crops, Features, Pulses

94 is out there — don’t settle for average

Agronomics, fertility and overall nutrition can raise field pea yields as high as 94 bushels per acre

By Lee Hart February 24, 2017

It was only a plot, and it wasn’t necessarily a realistic crop nutrient program most producers would consider following, but an ATP Nutrition demonstration at a Saskatchewan farm show last summer, showed Prairie farmers it is possible to produce an 94 bushel field pea crop. That 94 bushel yield, on plots at the Ag In […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Reuters

Pulse crop sales to India dry up over pest-control plan

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News February 23, 2017

Winnipeg/Mumbai | Reuters –– Canadian exporters are slowing sales of peas and lentils to India, threatening $1.1 billion in annual trade of the food staples, over risk that New Delhi may reject shipments under its tougher approach to pest control. India requires shippers to fumigate crops with methyl bromide, an insect-killing gas, in the country […] Read more

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