Insights and Stories on Peas

Jan. 4, 2018 at 11:12 am CST

Read more: Canada’s organic sector books better-than-expected year  (See our year-end organic summary price chart of our top five commodities in 2017 below)

By OrganicBiz

Dec. 22, 2017 at 9:51 am CST

Experts are stumped on what to grow this spring as a third mainstay crop. Peas have increasingly been the choice of many looking to avoid a canola-wheat rotation — but India’s trade barriers along with disease issues have left many of those producers scrambling to find an alternative. “I do […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Dec. 8, 2017 at 2:00 pm CST

[UPDATED Dec. 11,2017]* Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Everyone got started in a different way, and every farm has a different combination of family and hired staff who make the decisions and keep things running. But, in general, even after you […]

By Leeann Minogue

Nov. 30, 2017 at 3:31 pm CST

Read more: Organic markets quiet heading into the holiday season   

By OrganicBiz

Nov. 29, 2017 at 7:09 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada on Wednesday accused India of “discriminatory treatment” against it in a dispute over $1.1 billion worth of Canadian pulse crop exports. Canada normally ships much of the peas, lentils and other protein-rich pulse crops its farmers grow to India, where they are a staple of […]

By Reuters