Insights and Stories on Peas

Sep. 27, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian pea and lentil exports should see considerable increases during the 2022-23 marketing year after drought cut into available supplies in 2021-22, according to the latest supply/demand production from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). However, total movement may still come in well below five-year averages. Canadian pea exports […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 20, 2022 at 7:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Harvests of Manitoba’s two major pulse crops are already seeing high yields, according to Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) executive director Daryl Domitruk. Despite a wide range of results across the province, Domitruk added that dry field pea yields were respectable in many places and excellent in […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Sep. 13, 2022 at 3:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Pea bids in Western Canada have come under some pressure over the past few weeks, as harvest of the crop nears completion. However, country movement remains light, as producers concentrate on bringing in their remaining grain and oilseed crops. “They want to get done harvest before they worry […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:19 am CDT

Dennis Lange with Manitoba Agriculture talks about the optimal time to spray for mycosphaerella blight and the economic importance for agronomists and growers to know the difference between it and bacterial blight. (Video by Greg Berg, online editor)

Jul. 12, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Top-end yellow and green pea bids in Western Canada have come down over the past month, as old-crop activity slows down and attention turns to the new crop. While tight supplies after the 2021 drought did not leave too many unpriced peas in the countryside, some farmers likely […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin