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Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas buck pulse trend

By GFM Network News September 4, 2018

CNS Canada — Saskatchewan farmers are expected to turn in a smaller pulse harvest this fall, although chickpea production is bucking the overall downward trend. Chickpeas are the only Saskatchewan pulse crop to post a production increase, in Statistics Canada’s latest estimate of 2018 production. The estimates show Saskatchewan growers are expected to harvest about […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Turkish currency crisis casts cloud over lentil exports

By GFM Network News August 14, 2018

CNS Canada — The plunging value of the lira is threatening to curb sales of Canadian lentils to Turkey — traditionally one of Canada’s biggest customers for the pulse. The Turkish lira hit a record low on Monday as soaring inflation and political turmoil sent the currency plunging relative to the U.S. dollar. At the […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

AGT managers seek to take company private

By GFM Network News July 26, 2018

CNS Canada — Plans are afoot to take publicly-traded Saskatchewan pulse and specialty crop processing firm AGT Food and Ingredients private. AGT, in a release Thursday, said it has received a non-binding proposal from a senior management group, led by company CEO Murad Al-Katib, to acquire all its issued and outstanding common shares. The proposal […] Read more

Pinto beans. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba beans podding, flowering

By GFM Network News July 25, 2018

CNS Canada — A lack of moisture continues to plague Manitoba’s edible beans, but according to one specialist, the crop should still enjoy another strong year. “Most areas have gotten just enough rain to keep things in good condition,” said provincial pulse specialist Dennis Lange. The Winkler region, long considered a major planting area for […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Reuters

Pulse import plunge in India to ripple across Canada, Australia

By GFM Network News July 18, 2018

Mumbai | Reuters — Pulse imports to India, the world’s biggest buyer, may fall to their lowest in nearly two decades after the government raised import taxes and restricted overseas purchases to bolster prices, impacting the plans of its global suppliers. The reduction in imports illustrates the government’s steps to raise the prices of pulses, […] 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

A+W’s Beyond Meat Burger. (A+W/CNW Group)

Crops, Peas, Pulses

A+W to launch pulseburger next month

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 21, 2018

Canada’s second-biggest burger chain plans to roll out a new non-meat burger in the Canadian market starting in July. A+W Food Services of Canada on Thursday announced a July 9 release date for what it’s dubbed the Beyond Meat Burger at all its restaurants across the country, in what CEO Susan Senecal called “the fastest […] Read more

Rotating from cereals to pulses can help lower your seed and soil-borne disease pressure.

Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Cereals clean up before a pulse crop

Planting a cereal crop can help set up your next pulse crop for success

By Doug Fehr, Shawna Hogg June 19, 2018

Cereals are more than just a rotational crop between your canola and lentils; they can play a key role in setting up next year’s pulse crop for success by helping clean up your fields of weeds and soil-borne disease. When you look at weed control and resistance management, cereal crops offer the broadest range of […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Processing boom to help in long run

By GFM Network News May 29, 2018

CNS Canada — Even with one new pulse processing plant on line in Western Canada and more on the way, producers will still have to wait before these new ventures have a significant effect on marketing of their pulse crops. Numerous pulse processing plants have been announced in the last year. French company Roquette broke […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Chickpeas seen making Prairie comeback

By GFM Network News May 4, 2018

CNS Canada — Chickpeas should see a resurgence in Western Canada this spring, as farmers who hadn’t seeded the crop for a number of years shift some acres back from other pulses. “We sold a sizeable amount of chickpea planting seed,” said Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw. After an excellent quality year […] Read more

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Tag Archives pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas buck pulse trend

Turkish currency crisis casts cloud over lentil exports

AGT managers seek to take company private

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba beans podding, flowering

Pulse import plunge in India to ripple across Canada, Australia

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas may find opportunities ahead

A+W to launch pulseburger next month

Cereals clean up before a pulse crop

Pulse weekly outlook: Processing boom to help in long run

Chickpeas seen making Prairie comeback

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