Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers in the United States expect to grow more pulses in 2025, with areas planted to peas, lentils, chickpeas and edible beans all up on the year in the latest acreage data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released June 30.
Pulse weekly: U.S. pulse area up in 2025
Stocks also higher
Saskatchewan crops firmly normal in development
Good majority of moisture levels rated adequate
Reading Time: 2 minutes Crops in Saskatchewan continued to be largely normal in their development, the provincial agriculture department said in its latest weekly crop report.
Pulse Weekly: Manitoba beans, peas in good shape
Keeping on crop development over next few weeks
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dry beans and field peas are in good shape so far in 2025, said Daryl Domitruk, executive director for Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers.
Canola, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Forages, Hay, Pasture, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat
Manitoba crops in good shape: Report
Rainfall amounts vary widely
Reading Time: < 1 minute Crops in Manitoba continued to come along nicely, the provincial agriculture department reported for the week ended June 24.
AAFC makes more adjustments to canola numbers
Also changes dry pea data
Reading Time: 2 minutes With exports of Canadian canola still going strong in 2024/25, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada readjusted its estimates in its June supply and demand report.
Pulse Weekly: Lentil prices in decline in Western Canada
Green lentils lose as much as seven cents/lb. this month
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lentil prices in Western Canada have seen a sharp decline over the past month, but weather events could provide a bit of a boost.
Pulse weekly: Canadian pea exports up in April
China the largest destination despite tariffs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian pea exports were up in April, with China the largest destination despite new trade barriers, according to the latest Statistics Canada data.
Pulse sector fights anti-green trend
U.S. president Trump has attacked the sustainability movement, but a major pulse player urges investors to stick with the industry
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pushing pulses as an environmental solution can be risky
Barley, Canola, Cereals, Forages, Lentils, Markets, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat
Saskatchewan few points short of wrapping up spring planting
Topsoil moisture levels down
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers in Saskatchewan have virtually wrapped up their spring seeding for 2025, with the provincial agriculture department reporting the crops were 97 per cent planted as of June 2. That's up nine points on the week, three ahead of this time last year and two above the five-year average.
Pulse Canada president encouraged by first ministers’ statement
Cherewyk calls for immediate end to China’s tariffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Greg Cherewyk was pleased with the final communique that came out of the first ministers' conference in Saskatoon on June 2. The statement noted the federal government's commitment to resolving trade issues with China.
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