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The flatulence-free faba bean

The process used is seen as an important tool for sustainability

By Jeff Melchior March 2, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — Let’s get the obvious part out of the way. By separating “the good stuff” (protein, starch and dietary fibre) from faba beans, a University of Alberta researcher has improved on a process that minimizes human flatulence from eating them. That issue has long been a deterrent to mass acceptance of the pulse. […] Read more

For fresh eating and freezing, fava beans must be picked when they are full-sized beans.

Columns, Practical Tips, Pulses

Fava beans for Prairie gardens — and fields

Part 3 of a series on Prairie farm gardens

By Ieuan Evans February 3, 2024

The fava bean (Vicia faba) in Canada is often misunderstood, treated as though it is strictly a southern European or Middle Eastern legume crop. I have even seen the large fava bean type labelled as a Chinese crop. In point of fact, all of Europe grew fava beans. The beans were traditionally classified according to […] Read more

AAC Planet is a new yellow pea from SeedNet with high yields, good standability and good resistance to seed coat breakage.

Crops, Features

Pulse crop varieties for 2024

New pea and faba bean options for Prairie farmers

By Mark Halsall October 30, 2023

Pulse producers in Western Canada have some new crops to choose from for the 2024 season. Here are seven new pea and faba bean offerings from Prairie Fava, SeCan, SeedNet, Stamp Seeds and Valesco Genetics. Prairie Fava Allison is a coloured, flower-type faba bean from DL Seeds with excellent processing characteristics. This earlier maturity variety […] Read more

In 2021, 3.8 million acres of peas removed 1.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s column: Why not sing the praises of Canadian pulse production?

By Kari Belanger May 9, 2023

Many of you already include pulses in your crop rotations, so you’re well versed on the benefits to your operation of planting lentils, dry peas, dry beans, chickpeas and faba beans. I have found Pulse Canada and the three Prairie provincial pulse grower associations are packed with useful agronomic information about successfully growing pulses. In […] Read more

File photo of a field pea crop in western New South Wales, Australia. (Alfio Manciagli/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Australia’s winter pulse production mixed

By GFM Network News September 6, 2022

MarketsFarm — Australia’s 2022 winter pulse crop will see its ups and downs, according to a quarterly crop report released Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Chickpeas saw the largest projected production decline, dropping 41.5 per cent from the 2021-22 marketing year to 621,000 tonnes this year, Australia’s […] Read more

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba pulse crops showing resilience

By GFM Network News August 3, 2022

MarketsFarm–After a late start in seeding due to higher-than-normal moisture in most areas, Manitoba’s pulse crops are growing well, according to an agronomist. Laura Schmidt, a production specialist and agronomist for Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG), said while pulse crops are in various stages of development, many are maturing as expected while some are […] Read more

Fababeans in the field. (Queserasera99/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Acre intentions down for most pulses

By GFM Network News July 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s principal field crop areas report, released Tuesday, shows declines in most pulse crops compared to last year. Only lentils saw an increase, rising slightly by 0.4 per cent from 2021-22 to now 4.32 million. Meanwhile, dry peas fell 11.8 per cent at 3.37 million aces, with edible beans down 32.1 per […] Read more

Variety trial comparisons have shown the new Fabelle faba bean outyields the long-standing Snowbird faba bean anywhere from six to 13 per cent, depending on the location. The crop has an excellent fit in rotation with other pulse crops and for extending the canola rotation. And with improved nutritional features, Fabelle can work well as a human food and livestock feed protein source.

Crops, Features

New faba bean variety may be the key

Improved nutritional properties well suited to plant protein market

By Lee Hart April 11, 2022

[UPDATED: April 12, 2022] Terry Youzwa hasn’t grown faba beans for a couple of years, but he can see a time in the near future where the crop will be back in rotation with a good fit as one of the pulse crops regularly grown on his northeast Saskatchewan farm. Youzwa, who farms with his […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Expect little movement in prices during holidays

By GFM Network News December 7, 2021

MarketsFarm — There were no surprises for pulses in Statistics Canada’s latest production report, according to Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Venture Consulting in Winnipeg. With that in mind, she doesn’t expect any significant price changes for pulses. “Part of the reason is we’re starting to glide into the holiday period. We’ll probably see some movement […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Fababeans staying on field

By GFM Network News September 10, 2020

MarketsFarm — As other crops make their way into the bin, fababeans across the Prairies are lagging behind. “They’re further behind this year because they were later going in,” said Dale McManus, a broker with Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask. Saskatchewan grows over half of Canada’s fababeans, and most are grown around the Yorkton area, […] Read more

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