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Pulse weekly: Slight Canadian acreage shifts expected in 2025

More peas and lentils, less chickpeas and beans

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 21, 2025

Total Canadian pulse plantings are expected to hold relatively steady in 2025, with Canadian farmers seeding more peas and lentils while cutting area to chickpeas and edible beans, according to early estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Jan. 20.

Markets, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Edible bean prices firming up

By Adam Peleshaty January 14, 2025

Edible bean prices in Manitoba are on the rise despite the threat of tariffs on Canadian imports from United States president-elect Donald Trump as soon as he takes office later this month.

Demand for organic pulses had been steadily rising before the COVID-19 outbreak, but supply chains are prepared to meet the new demand. Photo: File

Lentils, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Looking at price shifts in 2024

Production up for most Canadian pulses

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 17, 2024

Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.

AAFC slightly adjusted a few numbers in its November report.

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Only small changes in latest AAFC estimates

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 19, 2024

There were only small changes to the updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released Nov. 19. All of the other data in the AAFC report were carried over from its October report.

Peas, Pulses, Soybeans

Pulse Weekly: Growing interest in pulse crops from Manitoba farmers

By Adam Peleshaty November 18, 2024

More Manitoba farmers are interested in adding soybeans and other pulse crops into their crop rotations for the 2025-26 crop year, said a production specialist from MPSG.

Photo: Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly: Wide-ranging yields for Manitoba dry beans, peas

By Adam Peleshaty September 24, 2024

Yields for Manitoba dry beans and peas vary depending on where you are in the province, according to the Manitoba government's pulse specialist.

Manitoba's latest cost-of-production estimates for various field crops put black beans third for expected profitability.

Features

Beans mounting a comeback?

Expected prices could make some Manitoba growers take a closer look at dry beans in 2024

By Jim Timlick January 23, 2024

Could dry beans be poised to make a comeback in Manitoba? While it’s difficult to say with certainty, the latest Manitoba Agriculture estimates for crop production costs in the province for 2024 suggest it’s possible. Pinto beans are ranked No. 1 in terms of profitability among all field crops, according to the guide’s budget estimates, […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

USDA confirms larger U.S. lentil/pea/chickpea crops

Edible bean production down slightly with lower seeded area, yield

By GFM Network News January 16, 2024

Final production estimates for the past growing season from the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed larger lentil, dry pea and chickpea crops in the country in 2023/24 compared to the previous year, as yields improved for all three crops. However, edible bean production was down slightly as both yields and seeded area were down for the crop.

Pinto beans. (Vergani_Fotografia/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Smaller North American dry bean crops to underpin prices

Canada's edible bean crop estimated smallest since 2016

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News October 17, 2023

MarketsFarm — Variable weather conditions during the 2023 growing season cut into edible bean production in some key North American growing regions, with tighter supplies overall likely to keep prices well supported. “The whole world is a little short of beans this year,” said Mitch Coulter, executive director of the Northarvest Bean Growers Association in […] Read more

File photo of black beans. (Nhattienphoto/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: ‘Average’ dry bean crop in Manitoba

Won't be close to last year's 'pretty phenomenal' crop

By GFM Network News October 4, 2023

MarketsFarm — As Manitoba’s pulse harvest neared completion, a provincial pulse specialist says it will vary as to whether dry bean growers are satisfied with the result. Dennis Lange said that 96 per cent of Manitoba’s dry bean crop has already come off the field. In the central region, 97 per cent of its dry […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News