Insights and Stories on Pulses

Jun. 21, 2022 at 8:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Growing conditions for peas and lentils in Saskatchewan during the spring can be described as variable. While western parts of the province continued to endure dry conditions carried over from last year’s drought, regions in the east were drenched with near-continuous rainfall to go along with below-normal temperatures. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Jun. 14, 2022 at 8:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Edible bean area is unlikely to live up to expectations in some key North American growing areas this year, as insurance deadlines pass. However, the excessive moisture that caused seeding delays in Manitoba and North Dakota should help the yield prospects for what did go in the ground […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jun. 7, 2022 at 5:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As planting of lentils on the Canadian Prairies has pretty much wrapped up for 2022, prices have been holding firm, according to Colin Young of Midwest Grain Ltd. at Moose Jaw. “In pulses right now, this is the naturally quiet time of the year. We’re ramping old-crop into […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

May. 31, 2022 at 3:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After southern Manitoba had experienced ideal seeding conditions for most of the previous week, another round of rains created another round of headaches for pulse growers on Monday. “Last week, there were a few dry beans planted here in southern Manitoba. (There was) a lot of prep work […]

By Adam Peleshaty

May. 25, 2022 at 4:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A return to yields closer to long-range averages will result in greater production for most pulse crops in 2022-23, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s monthly outlook for principal field crops released last Friday. Many of the projections are based on the assumption that normal weather conditions will […]

By Adam Peleshaty