Reading Time: 2 minutes SaskPulse executive director Carl Potts is optimistic ahead of the planting season despite lower crop prices and the war in Iran.
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Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns
Pulse Weekly: StatCan projects fewer pea and lentil acres
Reading Time: 2 minutes Statistics Canada projected fewer pea and lentil acres to be planted this spring in its initial 2026 planting estimates released on March 5.
Pulse weekly: Canadian pea/lentil exports slow to start 2025/26
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian pea and lentil exports were down in November, with total movement of the two pulses during the 2025/26 (Aug/Jul) crop year-to-date running behind the year-ago pace, according to the latest international trade data from Statistics Canada released Jan. 29
Pulse weekly: U.S. pulse production below early expectations
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pulse production in the United States failed to live up to earlier expectations in 2025, according to updated production estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Jan. 12, 2026.
Pulse weekly: Record Australian pulse crop expected
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australian pulse production is expected to set a record for the second year in a row in 2025/26, with a slight decline in the chickpea crop countered by increased lentil production, said the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) in its December crop report.
Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian chickpeas saw stable prices and its largest crop in two decades.
Pulse Weekly: Yields coming into focus
Reading Time: 2 minutes Provincial agricultural departments are reporting pulse yields higher than Statistics Canada’s September estimates.
New Pulse Variety Hub launched in Saskatchewan
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Pulse Variety Hub is a new digital platform from the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers to help producers select the best varieties for their specific growing conditions.
Pulse weekly: Large U.S. pea/lentil crops expected
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lentil production in the United States hit its largest level in nearly a decade, while the dry edible pea crop reached levels not seen in over five years, said updated production estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Pulse Weekly: Canadian pulse production to rise in 2025-26
Reading Time: < 1 minute Statistics Canada projected greater production for dry peas, lentils and chickpeas, as well as declines in dry beans, in its satellite/model-based crop estimates released on Aug. 28, 2025.