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
Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba pulse crops showing resilience
Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s crops in ‘better situation’ than last year
Lost acreage still a question mark
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Despite varied amounts of rainfall across the southern half of Manitoba over the past few weeks, pulses are faring quite well according to the province’s pulse specialist. Dennis Lange, who’s based at Altona, said while peas in fields with excessive moisture are struggling, those grown in adequate moisture and lighter soils are in […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Pea bids slip as new crop looms
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Top-end yellow and green pea bids in Western Canada have come down over the past month, as old-crop activity slows down and attention turns to the new crop. While tight supplies after the 2021 drought did not leave too many unpriced peas in the countryside, some farmers likely still waited too late and […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: SaskPulse head hoping for “normal” in 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm – Following variable conditions over the first few weeks of the growing season, there has now been a marked improvement over the last, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SaskPulse). Potts said while western parts of the province had little precipitation and eastern parts saw seeding delayed due to above-normal […] Read more
Pea fungicides — scout first
Manitoba results indicate spraying for ascochyta blight was economic in fewer than one-quarter of trials between 2017 and 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutes The past five years have definitely been on the dry side in Manitoba’s pea-growing regions — an important fact to remember when considering the results of Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers’ (MPSG) 2021 on-farm pea fungicide trials. That meant there was little disease pressure at the trial’s four locations (Roland, Swan River and two sites […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils faring well but threats remain
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Growing conditions for peas and lentils in Saskatchewan during the spring can be described as variable. While western parts of the province continued to endure dry conditions carried over from last year’s drought, regions in the east were drenched with near-continuous rainfall to go along with below-normal temperatures. Lionel Ector, president of Diefenbaker […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: More rainfall turns into more seeding delays
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — After southern Manitoba had experienced ideal seeding conditions for most of the previous week, another round of rains created another round of headaches for pulse growers on Monday. “Last week, there were a few dry beans planted here in southern Manitoba. (There was) a lot of prep work being done. Things were really […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC projects normal yields, increased pulse production
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — A return to yields closer to long-range averages will result in greater production for most pulse crops in 2022-23, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s monthly outlook for principal field crops released last Friday. Many of the projections are based on the assumption that normal weather conditions will return to most of the […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Still early in season to switch crops
Decisions likely in next couple of weeks
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — With dry conditions dominating western and southwestern Saskatchewan and wet conditions prominent in the province’s east and northeast, at mid-May it remained early to consider switching pulse crops to something else, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Overall, he said, spring planting throughout the province as of May 9 […] Read more
Mildew scrapped as grading factor for No. 3 wheats
Grading changes also planned for canola admixture, splits in peas, excreta in mustard
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Grain Commission will change its standard samples for mildew in No. 1 and No. 2 wheats, and drop it as a grading factor for No. 3 wheats, effective this summer. The CGC on Monday laid out a list of changes to its grain grading policies and standards for wheat, canola, peas, beans and […] Read more
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