Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — A lentil watcher says Canadian prices for the crop are surging higher right now, in response to frequent Prairie rains and international demand. “It’s more than your usual slow rally, it (the market) spiked higher; especially the greens, which are shooting up right now,” said Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity Research in […] Read more
Lentil prices rise with Prairie rains, Asian demand
Manitoba edible bean yields ‘all over the board’
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Harvest of edible beans is underway in parts of Manitoba, with yields reported as variable so far. Yields on pinto beans have been reported as anywhere between 1,500 and 1,800 kilograms per hectare so far, with a range of 2,000-2,100 kg/ha on kidney and cranberry beans, according to Dennis Lange, farm production […] Read more
Lentil crop quality a concern
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Top-end Canadian lentils may be hard to find this year, as wet weather and the late harvest are expected to lead to quality downgrades. The lentil harvest in Saskatchewan, where the bulk of Canada’s crop is grown, is only about 23 per cent complete, according to the latest weekly report from Saskatchewan […] Read more
Manitoba beans progressing well, late harvest seen
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Manitoba edible bean crops have been progressing well over the past few weeks — but not enough, it seems, to push harvest back up to normal time slots. “The harvest is going to be a little later than normal,” said Francois Labelle, interim executive director for the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association. “It […] Read more
Chickpeas advancing, looking for frost-free September
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Despite a late start, chickpea crops in Western Canada are seen to be progressing nicely as the harvest season approaches. “In general, the chickpea crop looks really good,” said Colin Young, owner of Midwest Investments at Moose Jaw, Sask. “Of course the acres tend to be south and west of Moose Jaw, […] Read more
More time granted to repay MCGA cash advances
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prairie grain and oilseed growers who took out cash advances in the 2013 crop year through the Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA) now have more time to repay. The federal government on Tuesday announced a stay of default on repayment of advances made through the MCGA for crops in 2013 — resetting the repayment deadline […] Read more
Ag Canada tightens grain/oilseed stocks projections
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS — Ending stocks of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds at the close of the upcoming 2014/15 (Jul/Nov) crop year will be tighter than earlier projections, according to updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis branch on July 22. The latest tables take into account the latest acreage estimates released by […] Read more
Edible beans fight for yields in watery Manitoba
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS — Flooding in Manitoba is causing headaches for growers of edible beans but at least two industry experts think they’ll come out of the situation OK. Jason Voth farms southeast of Altona and also sits as chairman of the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association’s Edible Bean Committee. He says in his local area of Altona […] Read more
Large lentil crop facing weather concerns
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian farmers planted the most lentils in five years in 2014 — but quality issues are already starting to emerge that could underpin prices going forward, according to a market analyst. Updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada, released Friday, pegged lentil area in the country at 3.24 million acres, which was up […] Read more
Large green pea crop prospects to weigh on prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian pea crops are generally in the ground, as they are usually one of the first seeded in Western Canada, but the makeup of the acreage remains to be seen and could impact prices going forward. Canadian farmers, primarily in Saskatchewan, intended to plant 3.975 million acres of peas in 2014, up […] Read more
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