Insights and Stories on Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow, green pea prices vary ahead of seeding

Apr. 9, 2019 at 7:22 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — India’s tariffs on Canadian pulses hit green and yellow peas particularly hard over the past year — and the market is still hurting as producers plan acres for 2019. Since yellow pea exports dropped significantly in the middle of the year, “there’s going to be a lot of […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Green pea premium to erode with acreage increase

Mar. 12, 2019 at 8:11 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Unregistered peas, lentils to be demoted

Jan. 31, 2019 at 9:27 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Pulse weekly outlook: Market depends on India’s fortunes

Dec. 12, 2018 at 3:42 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: India seen becoming a pulse buyer again

Nov. 14, 2018 at 6:31 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Construction resumes at Portage pea plant

Nov. 7, 2018 at 9:45 am CST

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 […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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

Sep. 25, 2018 at 3:57 pm CDT

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 […]

By Dave Sims

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas may find opportunities ahead

Jul. 12, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

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 […]

By Terry Fries

A+W to launch pulseburger next month

Jun. 21, 2018 at 6:51 pm CDT

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 […]

By Staff

Confusion surrounds India’s latest pea import curb

Apr. 27, 2018 at 5:19 pm CDT

The fine detail in the announcement of a new cap on pea imports into India has led to new uncertainty over whether the cap applies to yellow peas, or all peas. India’s commerce and industry ministry announced Wednesday that pea imports between April 1 and June 30 this year are […]

By Lisa Guenther