Reading Time: < 1 minute The Saskatchewan Pulse Growers have announced plans to invest $3.67 million in five new weed science research projects.
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers invest in weed research
India top destination for Canadian peas/lentils through October
Reading Time: < 1 minute India was the top customer for Canadian peas and lentils through the first three months of the 2024/25 marketing year, with total exports of both pulse crops running well ahead of the year ago pace.
Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Lentils, Markets, News, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat
More wheat, less canola in 2024/25 says Statistics Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes While Statistics Canada reported more wheat was grown in 2024/25, canola production fell back as the agency issued its principal field crops report on Dec. 5.
Pulse Weekly: Prices for Kabuli chickpeas softer to sideways for balance of 2024
Prairie heatwave results in more smaller chickpeas
Reading Time: 3 minutes Prices for Kabuli chickpeas are likely to be softer to sideways heading into the new year, said Colin Young of Midwest Grain Ltd. in Moose Jaw, Sask.
Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Lentils, News, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat
Only small changes in latest AAFC estimates
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were only small changes to the updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released Nov. 19. All of the other data in the AAFC report were carried over from its October report.
Pulse Weekly: Growing interest in pulse crops from Manitoba farmers
Reading Time: 2 minutes More Manitoba farmers are interested in adding soybeans and other pulse crops into their crop rotations for the 2025-26 crop year, said a production specialist from MPSG.
Pulse Weekly: Smaller chickpeas leading to lower prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canada produced a greater proportion of 8-mm Kabuli chickpeas in its 2024-25 chickpea crop than in other years, which may lead to a price gap between eight mm and nine mm chickpeas on the market.
Pulse Weekly: Lentil prices poised for drop, depends on India
Reading Time: < 1 minute The demand for lentils has backed off lately due to high prices, said trader Marcos Mosnaim of Prairie IX in Toronto. He said the direction lentils take will largely depends on India.
Alberta harvest wraps up
Reading Time: 2 minutes Harvest operations in Alberta are virtually complete for 2024, the province’s crop report said. Combining advanced three points to 99 per cent finished as of Oct. 22 as well as being three points above the five-year average.
Pulse weekly: Lentil market watching India dispute
Reading Time: 2 minutes An ongoing dispute between Canada and India involving the assassination of a Sikh man on Canadian soil has Canada's lentil market fearing that one of its largest trading partners may shut its doors to the pulse.
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