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Pulse Weekly: Australian chickpea crop sees major expansion

By Adam Peleshaty September 3, 2024

Australia will see its largest chickpea crop in nearly a decade, according to winter crop production estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) on Sept. 3. The agency forecasted 1.333 million tonnes of chickpea production over a seeded area of 1.900 million acres for the 2024-25 crop year, 70 per […] Read more

Canadian chickpea exports in April were down from the previous month. Photo: File

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Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slowing

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 11, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian pulse exports are showing signs of slowing down entering the final months of the 2023/24 marketing year, as end users turn their attention to the looming availability of new crop supplies. Canada has exported 1.286 million tonnes of lentils during the crop year-to-date, running about 25 per cent behind the pace […] Read more

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Kochia tumbling into Prairie pulse crops

Scouting — and testing for herbicide resistance — will be important this spring

By Becky Zimmer May 31, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — Concerns about the spread of kochia are growing for Saskatchewan’s pulse producers. Michael Brown, agronomy manager for Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, and Martin Carr, agronomy manager for WinField United, have seen the pesky tumbleweed spread throughout Saskatchewan, Alberta and the United States. The weed is resistant to some herbicides, among them Groups 4, […] Read more

Honey-brown discolouration of pea roots, characteristic of Aphanomyces euteiches.

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Aphanomyces still a stubborn foe

Research offers hope, but proper crop management remains the best defence for today

By Lee Hart April 23, 2024

In today’s bad news/good news ledger of pulse crop diseases, the bad news is there’s still no quick fix for controlling root rot in field peas and lentils. On the good news side, there are management options that help reduce the risk, research is narrowing in on some treatments that may help control the disease, […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Mixed price movement for Prairie lentils

Australian supply, pricing pressuring old crop red lentils

By GFM Network News February 27, 2024

In the Prairie Ag Hotwire compilation of prices from across Western Canada, as of Feb. 26, Laird lentils added two cents ranged from 57 to 78 cents/lb. delivered depending on the size.

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Green lentils finding support, while reds under pressure

AAFC projects seeded lentil area in the country to be up by 8.0 per cent

By GFM Network News February 20, 2024

Green lentils continue to show solid premiums over their red counterparts, with prices for both old and new crop green lentils well above where they were at this time a year ago.

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

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Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil demand, prices on the rise

Reduced production in India, tariff elimination driving demand

By GFM Network News February 13, 2024

The increasing demand for lentils, especially green lentils, is raising prices while Canadian stocks are also tighter than they were a year ago.

File photo of lentils being moved into bins in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils remain steady for now

Eston lentils the sole outlier, nudging up a penny per pound

By GFM Network News February 6, 2024

Lentil prices held firm over the last week across Western Canada, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire.

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India looking at large lentil crop, but pulses down overall

Delayed onset of northeast monsoon slowed harvests, shortened planting window

By GFM Network News January 30, 2024

India may be looking at a record large red lentil crop in 2023/24, although poor monsoon rains are expected to cut into total pulse area and production, according to reports out of the country.

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC forecasts larger dry pea, lentil crops

Dry pea prices have seen gains over the week; lentils steady to higher

By GFM Network News January 23, 2024

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada forecasted increases in the production of dry peas and lentils for the 2024/25 crop year compared to those in 2023/24. AAFC issued its first supply and demand report for the calendar year on Jan. 22, which included the department’s preliminary estimates for the coming crop year. The data was not based on farmer surveys or satellite models.

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Pulse Weekly: Australian chickpea crop sees major expansion

Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slowing

Kochia tumbling into Prairie pulse crops

Aphanomyces still a stubborn foe

Pulse weekly outlook: Mixed price movement for Prairie lentils

Green lentils finding support, while reds under pressure

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil demand, prices on the rise

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils remain steady for now

India looking at large lentil crop, but pulses down overall

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC forecasts larger dry pea, lentil crops

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