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Caphorn 2024 is a new yellow pea variety from Valesco Genetics that offers higher than average protein content and larger than average seed size.

New pulses pending for 2025

More pea and lentil options are on deck for Prairie producers

By Mark Halsall December 4, 2024

Western Canadian farmers have more pulses to choose from next year. There are seven new pea varieties from Canterra Seeds, FP Genetics, Pitura Seeds and Valesco Genetics, plus two new lentil varieties from Canterra. Here’s a rundown on the new pulse offerings for 2025. Canterra Seeds AAC Beyond is an early-maturity yellow pea variety with […] Read more

Green lentils. (Savany/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse Weekly: Lentil prices poised for drop, depends on India

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 29, 2024

The demand for lentils has backed off lately due to high prices, said trader Marcos Mosnaim of Prairie IX in Toronto. He said the direction lentils take will largely depends on India.

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Pulse weekly outlook: Demand nudges lentil prices upward

Rapid rises seen leading to 'pause mode'

By GFM Network News March 14, 2023

MarketsFarm — There have been some modest upticks in green and red lentil prices recently due to increased demand from India and Turkey, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Export Packers. “We went so fast up in prices that we are getting into a pause mode,” he said. “Buyers have to accept the new prices. So […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: New-crop green lentil bids in line with year ago

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 11, 2023

MarketsFarm — New-crop lentil bids are starting to become available in Western Canada, with early pricing indications for green lentils not that far off the levels seen at the same time a year ago. New-crop pricing for large green lentils delivered to the elevator in the fall of 2023 can currently be found in the […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil values mainly steady

'There’s no fire in the lentil belly, that’s for sure'

By GFM Network News April 6, 2021

MarketsFarm — There hasn’t been much change in lentil prices over the last week and at least one marketer expects there likely won’t be any when it comes to the amount of lentils that Canadian farmers plant in 2021. “[Lentil prices] are just softer than what they were. There’s no fire in the lentil belly, […] Read more

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

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Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil prices hit December lull

By GFM Network News November 25, 2020

MarketsFarm — After a year that has seen lentil prices climb by between seven and 13 cents/lb., they have stalled and pulled back a little bit, according to Allan Johnston of Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask. “The market is not very friendly,” Johnston said, noting dry pea prices have receded as well. “Lentil prices are […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Export demand supports lentils

India set to extend current tariff reductions

By GFM Network News November 9, 2020

MarketsFarm — Lentil prices in Western Canada saw a counter-seasonal rally at the end of harvest and are likely to sustain that rally into winter. “Prices are going to keep going higher,” Darcy Barie, a commodity buyer with Verdient Foods at Vanscoy, Sask., said. Ahead of the 2020 harvest, red lentils were around 24 cents/lb. […] Read more

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Saskatchewan lentil crop projections raise skepticism

By GFM Network News September 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — There’s a little skepticism towards Statistics Canada’s projections for this fall’s lentil crop in Saskatchewan. The federal agency on Monday pegged the province’s 2020 lentil crop to come in at around 2.61 million tonnes on about 3.73 million acres. That’s almost a 26 per cent jump in production on a 13.2 per cent […] Read more

Green lentils. (Alexey Shipilov/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil crop expected to spike in Alberta

By GFM Network News September 16, 2020

MarketsFarm — One bright spot for Alberta agriculture in 2020 has been the province’s lentil crop. The amount of the pulse grown this year skyrocketed by more than 173 per cent than compared to 2019, according to Statistics Canada. The federal agency reported Monday that lentil production in Alberta is set to hit a record […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Harvest activity pressures lentils

By GFM Network News August 26, 2020

MarketsFarm — With harvest activity beginning across most of the Prairies, pulse prices are experiencing typical harvest pressure. About 20 per cent of the lentil crop has been harvested in Saskatchewan, according to the province’s crop report from Thursday. The west-central region lagged furthest behind the province’s average rate, with just seven per cent of […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

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Alberta crop conditions improve: report

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New pulses pending for 2025

Pulse Weekly: Lentil prices poised for drop, depends on India

Pulse weekly outlook: Demand nudges lentil prices upward

Pulse weekly outlook: New-crop green lentil bids in line with year ago

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil values mainly steady

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil prices hit December lull

Pulse weekly outlook: Export demand supports lentils

Saskatchewan lentil crop projections raise skepticism

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil crop expected to spike in Alberta

Pulse weekly outlook: Harvest activity pressures lentils

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