Pulses & Production Tips

Root rot can be diagnosed, but confirmation may come too late

Root rot caused by aphanomyces can cause yield problems in peas.  There’s no easy treatment, but farmers can still take preventative steps

By Lisa Guenther July 4, 2014

It was early in the 2012 growing season when Bernie McClean realized something was wrong with one of his pea fields. The field had been seeded to peas several times over the years, but in 2012 the crop was “going backwards,” McClean, a Medstead-area farmer, said in an interview. Patches of plants were stunted. As […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Pulses, Weather

Large lentil crop facing weather concerns

By GFM Network News June 28, 2014

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers planted the most lentils in five years in 2014 — but quality issues are already starting to emerge that could underpin prices going forward, according to a market analyst. Updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada, released Friday, pegged lentil area in the country at 3.24 million acres, which was up […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Large green pea crop prospects to weigh on prices

By GFM Network News June 2, 2014

CNS Canada — Canadian pea crops are generally in the ground, as they are usually one of the first seeded in Western Canada, but the makeup of the acreage remains to be seen and could impact prices going forward. Canadian farmers, primarily in Saskatchewan, intended to plant 3.975 million acres of peas in 2014, up […] Read more

Crops, Features, Lentils, Pulses

Lentils with blight can be misdiagnosed

Stemphylium blight is turning up in more and more seed lab tests, but  is often misdiagnosed when it’s found out in the field

By Julienne Isaacs May 20, 2014

Stemphylium blight, caused by the fungal pathogen Stemphylium botryosum, is a lentil disease that has only been identified as a problem in recent years. But according to Sabine Banniza, a researcher at the University of Saskatchewan, this may be due to misdiagnosis in the past. “There isn’t really very solid data out there, partly because […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Strong red lentils to draw in acres

By GFM Network News March 21, 2014

CNS Canada –– Red lentil bids in Western Canada are showing some strength, which may bring more acres to the crop this spring. “We’ll be quite tight on red lentils going into the fall,” said Bobby Leavins of Rayglen Commodities in Saskatoon on the relative strength in the market. Good export demand, together with weather […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Peas seen as good cropping option for Canadian growers

By GFM Network News March 5, 2014

Winnipeg | CNS Canada –– Peas are starting to pencil out as a good cropping option for farmers in Western Canada to plant this spring. High fertilizer prices and low returns for some of the bigger crops are helping make peas a more attractive option, David Katerynych, grain broker with Kat Commodities Ltd., said during […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Grainworld: Room to produce large lentil, mustard crops

By GFM Network News February 27, 2014

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Because of record yields and production in 2013-14 for many crops, there’s not much room to produce large crops again this year. But that’s not the case for lentils and mustard, as stocks of those two commodities aren’t as high compared to some others, such as wheat and canola. Carryover […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Grainworld: Pulse and special crop area to increase

By GFM Network News February 25, 2014

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — The area seeded to pulse and special crops is expected to increase in Western Canada this spring, according to an outlook presented here Monday at the Wild Oats Grainworld conference. Jon Driedger, a market analyst with FarmLink Marketing Solutions in Winnipeg, said favourable input costs and some decent new-crop contracts […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Lentil business slow for now, but more acres likely

By GFM Network News February 19, 2014

CNS Canada –– Lentil acres are poised for a slight increase in Canada this spring, with some area likely shifting from green into red varieties. However, ongoing logistics issues across Western Canada are putting some pressure on nearby values. Canadian farmers planted 2.39 million acres of lentils in 2013, growing a 1.88 million-tonne crop, according […] Read more

Commodity analyst Larry Weber, shown here at an SPG meeting in Regina, expects some “swing acres” in Saskatchewan to move into lentils this spring. (Leeann Minogue photo)

Crops, Pulses, Soybeans

Sask. growers eye increased pulse, soybean acres

By Leeann Minogue, GFM Network News February 7, 2014

Having spent the week taking the pulse of Saskatchewan’s grain and oilseed growers, the province’s pea, bean and lentil grower organization expects to see more acres in the province shift this spring to pulses — and to soybeans. “We’re expecting pea and lentil acreage to be up this spring,” Carl Potts, executive director for Saskatchewan […] Read more

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