Insights and Stories on Pulses

May. 25, 2018 at 11:14 am CDT

By Ashley Robinson OrganicBiz staff While organic farmers in Western Canada are praying for rain, their counterparts in Ontario are praying for the land to dry out. “It’s kind of been stop and go… when things get just close enough to being dry we get more moisture,” said Andrew St. […]

By OrganicBiz

May. 4, 2018 at 7:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chickpeas should see a resurgence in Western Canada this spring, as farmers who hadn’t seeded the crop for a number of years shift some acres back from other pulses. “We sold a sizeable amount of chickpea planting seed,” said Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

May. 2, 2018 at 2:50 am CDT

CNS Canada — Disruptions in marketing to India may have cut into prices for peas and lentils over the past year, but farmers in Saskatchewan did not shift their pulse acreage intentions for 2018 all that much according to the results of Statistics Canada’s latest survey, released Friday. Saskatchewan farmers […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Apr. 27, 2018 at 9:56 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia staff Winnipeg, April 27 – Snow was still lingering on some Canadian fields at the end of April, but the late spring should soon be a distant memory as temperatures warm up and seeding gets underway across the country. Adjustments in intended acres at this […]

By OrganicBiz

Apr. 24, 2018 at 4:34 pm CDT

CNS Canada — It’s not exactly a banner time for the lentil market. Prices have been steady to slightly lower over the past month as lacklustre interest and Indian tariffs on peas and chickpeas have largely dissuaded farmers from planting pulses in general. “I think the impact and extension of […]

By Dave Sims