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Pulse weekly outlook: Large U.S. crop possible, despite reduced acres

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 23, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Farmers in the U.S. may have planted fewer pulse acres in 2018 compared to the previous year — but the reduction was likely not as large as forecast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A return to average yields would also still result in big supplies overall, after poor crops in 2017, […] Read more

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Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Good start despite dry conditions

By Dave Sims May 15, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Dry soil conditions persist across many areas of Western Canada but the outlook for pulse crops seems fairly promising in one specialist’s view. “For the pulses, seeding has been going fairly well,” said Daphne Cruise, crops extension specialist with Saskatchewan’s provincial Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Moose Jaw. “A lot of the pulses […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Sector hopes for more fababeans

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm May 8, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — While Statistics Canada is predicting a drop in fababean acres this year, an agronomist with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers hopes that isn’t the case. “We had about 50,000 acres for the last three years here in Saskatchewan. And we’re thinking that we’ll be maybe slightly below that,” said SPG agronomy manager Sherrilyn Phelps. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Chickpeas seen making Prairie comeback

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 4, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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. After an excellent quality year […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan acreage ideas hold firm

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 2, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 intend to seed 2.171 million […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Confusion surrounds India’s latest pea import curb

By Lisa Guenther April 27, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes The fine detail in the announcement of a new cap on pea imports into India has led to new uncertainty over whether the cap applies to yellow peas, or all peas. India’s commerce and industry ministry announced Wednesday that pea imports between April 1 and June 30 this year are now restricted to a total […] Read more

Crops, Peas

India further restricts yellow pea imports

By MarketsFarm Team April 25, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes India has restricted yellow pea imports until the end of June, according to an official statement from the Indian government. In a release to be published Wednesday in the Gazette of India, the Indian government restricted yellow pea imports from April 1 to June 30. In that time only one lakh tonne (100,000 tonnes) of […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Prairie lentils look for spark

By Dave Sims April 24, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 the impact of the Indian […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Monsoon outlook bearish for Canadian crop

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 18, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — India is forecasting an average monsoon rainfall this year, making the chance of India importing Canadian pulse crops slim. “Given the tariff scheme and the protectionist attitudes India has displayed this year, I think it will take a major weather influence to hurry up the correction to (imports),” said Marlene Boersch, managing […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Low prices change growers’ marketing tack

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 10, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — After years of western Canadian farmers rushing to lock in pulse crop contracts during the spring, this year that hasn’t been the case. “Normally I would say that I’d have my plant booked to December and I don’t have a single thing booked this year. But does that mean we’re not going […] Read more

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Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Large U.S. crop possible, despite reduced acres

Pulse weekly outlook: Good start despite dry conditions

Pulse weekly outlook: Sector hopes for more fababeans

Chickpeas seen making Prairie comeback

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan acreage ideas hold firm

Confusion surrounds India’s latest pea import curb

India further restricts yellow pea imports

Pulse weekly outlook: Prairie lentils look for spark

Pulse weekly outlook: Monsoon outlook bearish for Canadian crop

Pulse weekly outlook: Low prices change growers’ marketing tack

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