Insights and Stories on Pulse Crops

Canada pans India’s ‘discriminatory treatment’ over pulses

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 […]

Trade sees record Canadian canola acres as possibility

Apr. 17, 2017 at 3:59 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse crop sales to India dry up over pest-control plan

Feb. 23, 2017 at 7:40 pm CST

By rajendra-jadhav Rod Nickel

Pulse crop strategy aims to broaden pulse demand

Jan. 22, 2017 at 3:53 pm CST

By Staff

Lentils, chickpeas can help reverse soil erosion trend, U.N. says

Dec. 5, 2016 at 8:06 pm CST

By Alex Whiting

Chickpeas see good start to a long season

Jun. 28, 2016 at 7:47 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Canadian chickpeas have a long season to go, but so far the crops look like they’re in it for the long haul. “We have a fair amount of chickpeas in and they look phenomenal, they’re in full flower and looking as healthy and as good as a […]

By Erin DeBooy

Guenther: Farmers aim to keep pulse diseases in check

Jun. 27, 2016 at 5:59 am CDT

Rain makes grain, the saying goes — but too much spring rain and farmers are likely to see disease in pulses. That’s certainly been the case in Saskatchewan, where farmers in most regions are actively scouting for, or in some cases spraying for, crop diseases, according to the provincial crop […]

By Lisa Guenther

More pulse acres expected to affect handling dynamics

Jun. 14, 2016 at 8:06 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Canadian grain handlers are curious how dynamics and timing in the rail freight sector will be managed in the upcoming season, given an expected boost in pulse crop production . For the moment, however, Prairie grain movement has dropped to seasonal lows. This year’s pulse area will likely be the largest on […]

By Jade Markus

Canada’s pulse acres set to rise, wheat likely lower

Apr. 19, 2016 at 7:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Early seeding operations are already underway in parts of Western Canada, and the general sentiment is that farmers are planting more peas and lentils at the expense of most everything else. Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based acreage estimates of the year on Thursday. “I think we’ll […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Other Manitoba pulses may eat edible beans’ lunch

Mar. 24, 2016 at 2:15 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– As insatiable demand for lentils, peas and other major pulses grows louder, so do expectations for more pulses to be planted in Manitoba. When it comes to edible beans, however, acreage is expected to go down slightly, not up. “We’re probably going to be around the 110,000-acre […]

By Dave Sims