Insights and Stories on Peas

Jan. 2, 2024 at 9:26 am CST

READ MORE: Several factors pressure organic grain prices in 2023

By OrganicBiz

Dec. 4, 2023 at 9:38 am CST

A Winnipeg pea and canola protein processor in receivership since this spring remains mothballed for now with no firm buyer — but has paid off one of its three secured creditors. Merit Functional Foods, which entered receivership March 1 after just two years’ operation, has sold all its remaining finished […]

By Dave Bedard

Dec. 1, 2023 at 12:14 pm CST

READ MORE: ‘Long winter’ ahead for organic growers

By OrganicBiz

Nov. 22, 2023 at 10:31 am CST

MarketsFarm — With increased export competition, pea prices in Western Canada have slipped back, according to Levon Sargsyan of Johnston Grains in Calgary. “We are hearing that China slowed their imports down from Canada, which is driving the current decrease in prices,” Sargsyan said. “They have increased their imports from […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Nov. 7, 2023 at 6:25 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian pea exports are running at a solid pace through the first two months of the 2023-24 marketing year, despite smaller production, as exports of newly-harvested supplies in September nearly quadrupled what moved the previous month. Canada exported 440,085 tonnes of peas in September, up from only 99,645 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin