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Pulse weekly outlook: India extends lentil tariff suspension

Canada's 2022 crop looks nearer to normal

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — The decision by India’s government to continue with a suspension of import tariffs on lentils has been met with a sigh of relief from Pulse Canada. On Feb. 12, India removed an 11 per cent tariff on Canadian lentils, just seven months after reducing the same tariff from 33 per cent. On July […] Read more


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Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba pulse crops showing resilience 

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm–After a late start in seeding due to higher-than-normal moisture in most areas, Manitoba’s pulse crops are growing well, according to an agronomist. Laura Schmidt, a production specialist and agronomist for Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG), said while pulse crops are in various stages of development, many are maturing as expected while some are […] Read more

Saskatchewan Agriculture’s special crops specialist says that lentils are in good condition in that province.  Photo: Thinkstock

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops growing well despite threats

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm – Pulse crops across Saskatchewan are growing well for the most part, but not in every corner of the province, according to the province’s own specialist. Dale Risula, special crops specialist for Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture, said this year’s pulse crops are looking much better than those in last year’s drought, which he called […] Read more


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Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s crops in ‘better situation’ than last year

Lost acreage still a question mark

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Despite varied amounts of rainfall across the southern half of Manitoba over the past few weeks, pulses are faring quite well according to the province’s pulse specialist. Dennis Lange, who’s based at Altona, said while peas in fields with excessive moisture are struggling, those grown in adequate moisture and lighter soils are in […] Read more




The executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers anticipates a rise in seeded lentil acres this year, along with a decline in seeded dry pea acres.  Photo: Thinkstock

Pulse weekly outlook: SaskPulse head hoping for “normal” in 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm – Following variable conditions over the first few weeks of the growing season, there has now been a marked improvement over the last, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SaskPulse). Potts said while western parts of the province had little precipitation and eastern parts saw seeding delayed due to above-normal […] Read more


Asochyta symptoms first appear as small, purplish-brown “freckles” on leaves in the lower canopy, or as large, concentric ring-shaped lesions.

Pea fungicides — scout first

Manitoba results indicate spraying for ascochyta blight was economic in fewer than one-quarter of trials between 2017 and 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutes The past five years have definitely been on the dry side in Manitoba’s pea-growing regions — an important fact to remember when considering the results of Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers’ (MPSG) 2021 on-farm pea fungicide trials. That meant there was little disease pressure at the trial’s four locations (Roland, Swan River and two sites […] Read more