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File photo of lentils being moved into bins in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Pulse weekly outlook: Market remains very quiet

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 2 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Things remain very quiet in the pulse market with little demand from buyers and producers unwilling to sell, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Mercais Commodities in Toronto. “We are in a situation where we have to wait and see. The market is super quiet right now. At these prices, interest from buyers to […] Read more

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Small Canadian crops lead to marketing shift

By Adam Peleshaty September 14, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Canadian pulse markets could see a ‘radical shift’ in the current crop year as drought conditions led to sharp reductions in pea and lentil production. Statistics Canada’s September principal field crop estimates, released Tuesday, and the previous report on Aug. 30 were determined by yield models using satellite imagery. MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike […] Read more

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Canola ending stocks down on year, but beat expectations

StatsCan pegs barley ending stocks at record low

By Adam Peleshaty September 9, 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutes MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks were down sharply at the end of 2020-21 compared to the previous marketing year, but still came out well ahead of trade expectations. Many other crops also saw larger-than-expected carryout numbers in Statistics Canada’s principal field crop stocks report as of July 31, 2021, released Wednesday. According to MarketsFarm […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Tight Canadian supplies to cut into exports

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm September 1, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm –– Canadian pulse supplies during the 2021-22 marketing year will be the tightest of the past decade due to drought during the growing season, with the country likely to be a much smaller player in the international export market for peas, lentils and chickpeas as a result. Statistics Canada pegged the country’s 2021-22 pea […] Read more

Farmer and Grainews columnist Toban Dyck inspects wheat on July 6, 2021 near Winkler, Man., where hot and dry weather has led to thin, uneven stands. (Photo: Reuters/Rod Nickel)

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StatsCan confirms Canada’s crop production down in 2021

Corn expected to be lone exception

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm August 30, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Production of most of Canada’s major grain, oilseed and pulse crops was down substantially in 2021-22, as drought conditions across the Prairies cut into yields, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by Statistics Canada. Of the major crops, only corn was expected to see a slight increase in production on the year as […] Read more

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Smaller crops anticipated in looming StatsCan report

Survey-based data due out Monday

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm August 27, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Heat and drought across Western Canada during the summer of 2021 seriously cut into the country’s crop production, raising traders’ expectations for reduced yields across the board when Statistics Canada on Monday releases its first production estimates of the year. Canola production is estimated at 11.5 million to 16 million tonnes, which would […] Read more

Green lentils. (Savany/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Pulse trade with India strong, but flawed

By Adam Peleshaty August 17, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — India remains as the largest international buyer of Canadian lentils, despite factors affecting trade between the two countries. While Western Canada deals with drought conditions which have likely lowered this year’s lentil crop, the Indian government’s restrictions on imports have threatened to hinder Canadian exports. “Despite tariffs and technical measures in place that […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Harvesting begins for Alberta pulses

By Adam Peleshaty August 11, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm – After a hot and dry summer which scorched all of Western Canada, pulses are ready to come off the fields in Alberta. “The south is going pretty strong. South of Calgary is already pretty much done on peas. Quite a bit of lentils would be done already, too,” said Alberta Pulse Growers chair […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Healthy demand for heat-stricken Manitoba pulses

By Adam Peleshaty July 28, 2021

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm – If Manitoba’s pea harvest is any indication, the province’s pulse crops will be largely deteriorated by the hot and dry weather affecting all of Western Canada, according to Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk. “It has affected (pulses) like it has affected most of the other crops, in that severe […] Read more

A Shanghai container terminal. (Chuyu/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Container crisis affecting markets, shipments

By Adam Peleshaty July 14, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — As hot and dry weather, especially in Western Canada, have wrought havoc on Canadian pulse crops and raised prices, it’s also becoming more difficult to export pulses overseas. Shipping containers, in which 30 per cent of Canada’s peas and more than 50 per cent of Canada’s lentils are transported, are currently in a […] Read more

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