Peas, Agriculture News & Resources

Pulse weekly outlook: Planted green, yellow peas lower prices

By GFM Network News May 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — Green and yellow pea seeding is well underway across the Prairies, causing new-crop prices to slide marginally while spot prices hold firm. As Dale McManus, a broker with Johnston Grain at Welwyn, Sask., explained, seeded acres and new crop prices have an inverse relationship: as seeded acres rise, new crop prices fall. Producers […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Benchmark report out for fababeans, feed peas

By GFM Network News April 16, 2019

MarketsFarm — Alberta Pulse Growers on Monday released Feed Benchmark Bi-Weekly Reports, providing “a consistent and unbiased estimate of the feeding value of low-tannin fababeans and feed peas” in central Alberta, central Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Comparing fababean and feed pea prices to other feed grains, the report stated, “Grains are softening further on the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow, green pea prices vary ahead of seeding

By GFM Network News April 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — India’s tariffs on Canadian pulses hit green and yellow peas particularly hard over the past year — and the market is still hurting as producers plan acres for 2019. Since yellow pea exports dropped significantly in the middle of the year, “there’s going to be a lot of carryover in yellow peas for […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Green pea premium to erode with acreage increase

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — Green peas continue to command a sizeable premium over their yellow counterparts in Western Canada, which should see acreage shift this spring and an eventual rebalancing of the price spread. Green peas usually trade at a premium to yellow peas due to higher quality specs and concerns over bleaching, but the current price […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Peas

Unregistered peas, lentils to be demoted

By GFM Network News January 31, 2019

Any unregistered varieties of lentils or peas harvested in Canada this fall or later will be graded No. 3 Canada at best. The Canadian Grain Commission on Wednesday announced only registered varieties of peas and lentils will be eligible for the No. 1 Canada grade effective Aug. 1 this year. Deliveries of registered and unregistered […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Market depends on India’s fortunes

By GFM Network News December 12, 2018

CNS Canada — When it comes to Canadian pulse crops, David Newman of Commodious Trading says producers, speculators and processors are long — and that has been of great concern to him. “You have everybody wanting to sell and you better hope that there’s someone there to take all of it,” he said. The wildcard […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: India seen becoming a pulse buyer again

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News November 14, 2018

CNS Canada — After a year that saw India drop off the map as a pulse importer, some industry officials expect we could soon see India re-enter the market. “Seeding is going down, the monsoons are weak. So definitely they will need to import. I see that in the next few months we will start […] Read more

Peas, Pulses

Construction resumes at Portage pea plant

By GFM Network News November 7, 2018

CNS Canada – More than a year after the ground breaking ceremony was held for Roquette’s pea-processing plant at Portage la Prairie, Man., construction resumed on it at the end of October. According to a company spokesperson construction was halted last spring “to adjust and fine tune the project.” ”We took the opportunity to include […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Peas, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil yields look good, worries grow over peas

By GFM Network News September 25, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s a mixed bag in many ways for Saskatchewan’s pulse crops this year, as a dry summer and late rains have meant different things for various crops. According to one industry expert, though, the overall picture doesn’t look bad. “I think overall, if you assess the entire province, it will come in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas may find opportunities ahead

By Terry Fries, GFM Network News July 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Ongoing trade disputes between the U.S. and several other countries might offer short-term opportunities for Canadian peas, but do the overall industry no good, according to the executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Carl Potts said ppeas could potentially find access to markets where the U.S. has been shut out, or in […] Read more

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices remain low, future bright

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Pulse weekly outlook: Planted green, yellow peas lower prices

Pulse weekly outlook: Benchmark report out for fababeans, feed peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow, green pea prices vary ahead of seeding

Pulse weekly outlook: Green pea premium to erode with acreage increase

Unregistered peas, lentils to be demoted

Pulse weekly outlook: Market depends on India’s fortunes

Pulse weekly outlook: India seen becoming a pulse buyer again

Construction resumes at Portage pea plant

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil yields look good, worries grow over peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas may find opportunities ahead

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