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Pulse weekly outlook: India seen becoming a pulse buyer again

By GFM Network News November 15, 2018

CNS Canada — After a year that saw India drop off the map as a pulse importer, some industry officials expect we could soon see India re-enter the market. “Seeding is going down, the monsoons are weak. So definitely they will need to import. I see that in the next few months we will start […] Read more

Roquette hopes pea acreage will increase in Manitoba, but the financial incentive will need to be there for farmers in order to dedicate the acres.
Photo: File/Lisa Guenther

Peas, Pulses

Construction resumes at Portage pea plant

By GFM Network News November 7, 2018

CNS Canada – More than a year after the ground breaking ceremony was held for Roquette’s pea-processing plant at Portage la Prairie, Man., construction resumed on it at the end of October. According to a company spokesperson construction was halted last spring “to adjust and fine tune the project.” ”We took the opportunity to include […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: India extends pea, lentil tariffs

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 2, 2018

CNS Canada — The Indian government has again extended its import restrictions on peas, this time until Dec. 31. India late last year initiated duties of 50 per cent on imported peas and 30 per cent on lentils and desi chickpeas. It has since raised the lentil tariff to 60 per cent. In effect, the […] Read more

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

Crops, Lentils, Peas, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil yields look good, worries grow over peas

By GFM Network News September 25, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s a mixed bag in many ways for Saskatchewan’s pulse crops this year, as a dry summer and late rains have meant different things for various crops. According to one industry expert, though, the overall picture doesn’t look bad. “I think overall, if you assess the entire province, it will come in […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Large Canadian canola ending stocks expected

By GFM Network News September 6, 2018

CNS Canada — Canada’s canola ending stocks as of July 31 came in at about a million tonnes above the previous year’s carryout — but were still well within trade expectations. Canola supplies as of July 31 were estimated at 2.391 million tonnes by Statistics Canada on Thursday, with 954,000 tonnes of that in commercial […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan’s canola forecast deemed supportive

By GFM Network News August 31, 2018

CNS Canada — A summer of dryness and sizzling heat has apparently taken its toll on canola plants in many areas of Western Canada, according to the latest crop production estimate from Statistics Canada. In a survey compiled in the latter days of July and released Friday, Statistics Canada pegged canola production for 2018-19 at […] Read more

When we dug into the soil in the affected areas, we found pea seeds that had tried to sprout from one to five times (see 2nd photo further down). Healthy peas usually sprout only once.  These shoots also looked like they’d been pinched off at the top.

Crops, Features, Peas

Crop advisor casebook: What stalled Mark’s pea sprouts?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the August 28, 2018 issue of Grainews

By Karly Treleaven August 24, 2018

In the third week of May last year, I received a call from Mark, who farms 6,000 acres in the Forestburg, Alta., area. Mark was concerned about his pea crop after he discovered some areas in one of the two fields he seeded had no plants coming up. In addition to peas, Mark also grows […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Heat blast threatens chickpea yields

By GFM Network News August 14, 2018

CNS Canada — Temperatures as high as 38 C were recorded in the western Prairies over the weekend — and with that heat comes questions about crop impact. Lentils and peas are far enough along that the recent heat wave is unlikely to affect them from a yield perspective, according to Carl Potts of Saskatchewan […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Prairie pea market has more potential than lentils

By GFM Network News August 8, 2018

CNS Canada – With limited uses for lentils, one market analyst sees more potential for the pea market in Western Canada. “On lentils we are really restricted to the edible market. Peas are an incredibly versatile product, so we’re using peas both for human consumption and they are quite usable for feed,” said Marlene Boersch, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas may find opportunities ahead

By GFM Network News July 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Ongoing trade disputes between the U.S. and several other countries might offer short-term opportunities for Canadian peas, but do the overall industry no good, according to the executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Carl Potts said ppeas could potentially find access to markets where the U.S. has been shut out, or in […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: India seen becoming a pulse buyer again

Construction resumes at Portage pea plant

Pulse weekly outlook: India extends pea, lentil tariffs

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil yields look good, worries grow over peas

Large Canadian canola ending stocks expected

StatsCan’s canola forecast deemed supportive

Crop advisor casebook: What stalled Mark’s pea sprouts?

Pulse weekly outlook: Heat blast threatens chickpea yields

Prairie pea market has more potential than lentils

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas may find opportunities ahead

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