Insights and Stories on Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba beans podding, flowering

Jul. 24, 2018 at 8:06 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A lack of moisture continues to plague Manitoba’s edible beans, but according to one specialist, the crop should still enjoy another strong year. “Most areas have gotten just enough rain to keep things in good condition,” said provincial pulse specialist Dennis Lange. The Winkler region, long considered […]

Pulse import plunge in India to ripple across Canada, Australia

Jul. 18, 2018 at 5:05 am CDT

By rajendra-jadhav

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas may find opportunities ahead

Jul. 12, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Pulse weekly outlook: Canadian exports face market changes

Jun. 26, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

A+W to launch pulseburger next month

Jun. 21, 2018 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Staff

Pulse weekly outlook: Processing boom to help in long run

May. 29, 2018 at 5:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Even with one new pulse processing plant on line in Western Canada and more on the way, producers will still have to wait before these new ventures have a significant effect on marketing of their pulse crops. Numerous pulse processing plants have been announced in the last […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Rain in the east, drought in the west affecting organic crops

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

Chickpeas seen making Prairie comeback

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

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan acreage ideas hold firm

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 […]