Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian pulse exports are showing signs of slowing down entering the final months of the 2023/24 marketing year, as end users turn their attention to the looming availability of new crop supplies. Canada has exported 1.286 million tonnes of lentils during the crop year-to-date, running about 25 per cent behind the pace […] Read more
Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slowing
Seeding very close to wrapping up in Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring planting in Alberta has almost wrapped up for this year, with the agriculture ministry pegging it at 97 per cent complete province-wide as of June 4. Seeding advanced 20 points on the week with the pace at the five-year average. The greatest overall progress was made in northeastern, northwestern and central Alberta. The northeast […] Read more
Pulse Weekly: Increased Australian production could pose greater export challenges for Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics and Sciences released its monthly supply and demand report on June 3. The report showed a 57.2 per cent increase for Australia’s chickpea production at 1.15 million tonnes in 2024/25. The country’s lentil output is to change very slightly with a dip of a mere 2,000 tonnes from a year ago at 1.61 million.
Timely rains boost Prairie chickpea prospects
Reading Time: < 1 minute Improved moisture conditions bode well for Saskatchewan chickpea production in 2024, with seeding operations for the crop nearing completion.
Grain commission revokes GFI licenses
Global Foods and Ingredients shut down operations May 7
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Grain Commission has revoked six licenses for Global Food and Ingredients, a plant-based and plant protein company with facilities in Saskatchewan.
GFI closes Saskatchewan operations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Global Food and Ingredients, a plant-based and plant protein company with facilities in Saskatchewan, has announced a “wind down” of its business operations. A May 7 news release on the GFI website says the company cannot service its outstanding debts.
Pulse weekly: Moisture needed for Saskatchewan pulse crops
Reading Time: < 1 minute Seeding has already started in parts of Saskatchewan, while many areas are still waiting on more moisture, according to the province’s pulse specialist.
Pulse Weekly: Indian demand lifting Canada’s export program
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pulse Canada president Greg Cherewyk said the country’s pulse export program remains in great shape amidst mixed news for the industry.
U.S. pulse area to rise in 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes Area seeded to pulse crops in the United States should see a significant increase in 2024, with early indications pointing to more lentils, chickpeas, peas and edible beans going in the ground this spring.
Pulse Weekly: Chickpea prices drop, acres likely to increase
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recent price declines for Western Canadian chickpeas do not seem to be deterring growers from seeding the crop this spring.
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