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Reading Time: 9 minutes “Farming is an important, low-margin business that has got to be fine-tuned like a guitar to make beautiful music.” This insight comes from Kim McConnell, someone who knows about business success — and how to make that beautiful music. After a long career in the agriculture industry, the former founder of AdFarm is still mentoring […] Read more
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Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Australia’s winter pulse production mixed

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Australia’s 2022 winter pulse crop will see its ups and downs, according to a quarterly crop report released Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Chickpeas saw the largest projected production decline, dropping 41.5 per cent from the 2021-22 marketing year to 621,000 tonnes this year, Australia’s […] Read more
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Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba pulse crops showing resilience 

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm–After a late start in seeding due to higher-than-normal moisture in most areas, Manitoba’s pulse crops are growing well, according to an agronomist. Laura Schmidt, a production specialist and agronomist for Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG), said while pulse crops are in various stages of development, many are maturing as expected while some are […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Expect little movement in prices during holidays

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — There were no surprises for pulses in Statistics Canada’s latest production report, according to Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Venture Consulting in Winnipeg. With that in mind, she doesn’t expect any significant price changes for pulses. “Part of the reason is we’re starting to glide into the holiday period. We’ll probably see some movement […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Fababeans staying on field

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — As other crops make their way into the bin, fababeans across the Prairies are lagging behind. “They’re further behind this year because they were later going in,” said Dale McManus, a broker with Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask. Saskatchewan grows over half of Canada’s fababeans, and most are grown around the Yorkton area, […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Fababean acres set to increase

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Unpredictable weather overseas resulted in robust fababean prices during 2018’s harvest, and Canadian producers expect these prices to hold throughout the 2019 growing season. “For the growers that managed to get fababeans off their field, I think they were probably quite happy with the markets in 2018,” said Leanne Fischbuch, president of Alberta […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Prairie fababeans spike on global production issues

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Fababean prices in Western Canada have seen a boost lately due to global production problems, but according to a buyer this is a temporary situation. “Over the last 45 days we’ve saw this market spike, we’ll call it a buck a bushel that we’ve seen that increase from where we would typically […] Read more
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Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Sector hopes for more fababeans

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — While Statistics Canada is predicting a drop in fababean acres this year, an agronomist with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers hopes that isn’t the case. “We had about 50,000 acres for the last three years here in Saskatchewan. And we’re thinking that we’ll be maybe slightly below that,” said SPG agronomy manager Sherrilyn Phelps. […] Read more

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