Insights and Stories on Pulse Acres

Feb. 20, 2024 at 3:34 pm CST

Green lentils continue to show solid premiums over their red counterparts, with prices for both old and new crop green lentils well above where they were at this time a year ago.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feb. 14, 2024 at 2:29 pm CST

There's an emerging consensus in Manitoba that soybean acres in the province could soon stabilize at around 1.5 to 1.9 million.

By Robert Arnason

Jan. 24, 2024 at 10:07 am CST

Early planting estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada called for only minor adjustments to most major crops grown in the country in 2024, with reductions in wheat, canola and barley acres, and increases in oats and pulses.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 5, 2022 at 6:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s principal field crop areas report, released Tuesday, shows declines in most pulse crops compared to last year. Only lentils saw an increase, rising slightly by 0.4 per cent from 2021-22 to now 4.32 million. Meanwhile, dry peas fell 11.8 per cent at 3.37 million aces, with […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Jan. 15, 2019 at 7:38 pm CST

CNS Canada — Large crops followed by poor export demand have led to burdensome supplies and cut into pulse prices in the U.S., which should cut into acreage ideas for peas, lentils and chickpeas in 2019, an industry official says. “With the trade issues we’re facing right now, we have […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin