Reading Time: < 1 minute Although Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several small revisions to its April supply and demand report compared to the previous month, it did not alter any of its canola numbers.
Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Lentils, Markets, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat
AAFC tweaks monthly data, but holds canola exports
But year-to-date exports nearly 7.40 million tonnes
Pulse Weekly: No delays so far prior to seeding
Conditions on track for pulse planting
Reading Time: < 1 minute Conditions are looking good in Manitoba just weeks prior to pulse seeding, according to Manitoba government pulse specialist Dennis Lange.
Pulse Weekly: Cash prices hold firm
Farmers focusing spring seeding
Reading Time: < 1 minute At this time of year the pulse market is generally quiet, said broker Marcos Mosnaim of Prairie XI. However, he wasn’t entirely sure as to why most pulse prices were currently unchanged across Western Canada.
Pulse Weekly: Trade needs to be at forefront says Pulse Canada
Most prices move lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pulse Canada says it wants trade policy to be at the forefront of the federal election. The organization that represents pulse growers, traders and processors noted that more than 85 per cent of the pulses produced in Canada are destined for export.
Pulse Weekly: Manitoba conditions on the right track
MPSG executive director more worried about tariffs than growing conditions
Reading Time: 2 minutes With six weeks left until the start of seeding, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk said there are no "red flags" to be seen in current conditions.
Pulse weekly: Slight Canadian acreage shifts expected in 2025
More peas and lentils, less chickpeas and beans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Total Canadian pulse plantings are expected to hold relatively steady in 2025, with Canadian farmers seeding more peas and lentils while cutting area to chickpeas and edible beans, according to early estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Jan. 20.
Pulse Weekly: Edible bean prices firming up
Reading Time: < 1 minute Edible bean prices in Manitoba are on the rise despite the threat of tariffs on Canadian imports from United States president-elect Donald Trump as soon as he takes office later this month.
Pulse Weekly: Looking at price shifts in 2024
Production up for most Canadian pulses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.
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Only small changes in latest AAFC estimates
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were only small changes to the updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released Nov. 19. All of the other data in the AAFC report were carried over from its October report.
Pulse Weekly: Growing interest in pulse crops from Manitoba farmers
Reading Time: 2 minutes More Manitoba farmers are interested in adding soybeans and other pulse crops into their crop rotations for the 2025-26 crop year, said a production specialist from MPSG.
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