Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan Pulse Growers executive director Carl Potts said this year’s harvest had strong yields as the organization now works on international trade.
Pulse Weekly: SPG looks back at harvest, ahead to trade
Sigurdson applauds Alberta farmers
Reading Time: < 1 minute With Alberta’s harvest virtually wrapped up for 2025, provincial Agriculture Minister RJ Sigurdson offered the government’s congratulations to the province’s farmers.
Most of Manitoba harvest wraps up for 2025
Reading Time: 1 minute Manitoba Agriculture issued its final crop report of 2025, showing the overall provincewide harvest at 97 per cent complete as of Oct. 20. Nearly all major crops have finished combining, with 37 per cent of Manitoba’s sunflowers finished, plus 71 per cent of grain corn and small amounts of soybeans and potatoes left to do.
Pulse Weekly: AAFC forecast stands pat
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were no changes to the pulse numbers for 2025/26 in the October supply and demand report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on Oct. 17. So far it has translated into Western Canadian pulse prices holding steady.
Pulse Weekly: Yields coming into focus
Reading Time: 2 minutes Provincial agricultural departments are reporting pulse yields higher than Statistics Canada’s September estimates.
Pulse Weekly: Good yields for Manitoba peas, beans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba field peas and dry beans had average to above-average yields in their respective harvests, said the provincial government’s pulse specialist.
Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along
Reading Time: < 1 minute Thanks to a stretch of good weather, Alberta farmers advanced their harvest 12 points during the week ended Sept. 29 to 89 per cent complete. The Alberta agriculture department said that’s seven points above the five-year average.
Good progress made in Sask. harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Combining in Saskatchewan is in the home stretch as the province’s agriculture department reported it at 84 per cent complete. Although the harvest advanced 16 points during the week ended Sept. 29, it was eight points behind the five-year average.
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.
More canola among AAFC’s 2025/26 projections
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several upward adjustments to its supply and demand estimates, after including the data from the Statistics Canada production update earlier this month.
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