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

Cargill not taking glufosinate-desiccated lentils

By GFM Staff August 11, 2019

One of the world’s biggest grain companies has decided not to chance accepting Canadian lentils that were desiccated with a well known herbicide. Cargill announced Friday it will now have a “no tolerance” restriction on glufosinate ammonia in its grain delivery terms for lentils, including lentils that have had the Group 10 herbicide applied in […] Read more

Alberta Pulse Growers expects this year’s lentil harvest to maintain five-year average yields. Photo: File

Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Canadian lentil prices remain stable

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm July 25, 2019

MarketsFarm – Early summer was characterized by concerns that dry, hot weather across the Canadian Prairies would impede lentil yields. However, recently improved growing conditions meant lentil crops have stayed largely stable. “It’s a completely different scenario now than it was two weeks ago,” said Darwin Hamilton of Kalshae Commodities in Winnipeg. “A month ago […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Grain Commission suspends ILTA Grain’s licenses

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News July 11, 2019

Farmers owed money for grain delivered to ILTA Grain Inc. should call the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The CGC on Thursday suspended the Surrey, B.C.-based company’s grain dealer’s license and its primary grain elevator licenses for elevators at Belle Plaine and Saskatoon, Sask., Remi Gosselin, the CGC’s manager of corporate information services, said in an […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Churchill shipping resumes but grain still on back burner

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — The first cargo ship in two years left the northern Manitoba port of Churchill on Wednesday, moving supplies to communities in Nunavut. Rehabilitation efforts at North America’s only deep-water Arctic port are still underway, but there are expectations business through the facility will eventually include grain as well. OmniTrax, the previous owner of […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Pulse exporter ILTA Grain under creditor protection

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News July 10, 2019

Corrected, July 11 — MarketsFarm — B.C.- based pulse exporter ILTA Grain, which operates pulse handling and processing facilities in Saskatchewan, has been granted creditor protection by that province’s Supreme Court. “The decision to file for (Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act protection) was made after careful consideration and in our view, is a necessary step for […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

StatsCan: Less canola and durum, more barley and oats

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers seeded fewer canola and durum acres than they originally intended, but more barley and oats, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada that largely came within expectations. StatsCan pegged planted Canadian canola area for 2019-20 (August to July) at 20.952 million acres, down by about 300,000 from the March survey […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Less canola, more barley area expected in next StatsCan report

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm June 24, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers will likely grow less canola and more barley in 2019, though the jury is out on exact acreage numbers ahead of Statistics Canada’s seeded area estimates due out Wednesday. Barley prices have hit “historic highs” thanks to inclement corn-growing weather in the United States, which has buoyed most feed grain prices. […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil exports ahead of last year’s pace

By Glen Hallick June 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canada’s lentil exports have been good this year, according to Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture in Winnipeg. “At the end of April we were 26 per cent ahead of last year’s pace. Most of that is due to buying from India. Everybody’s surprised,” she said, Total lentil exports were 1.16 million tonnes […] Read more

Green lentils. (Savany/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils stable after recent price increases

By Glen Hallick May 28, 2019

MarketsFarm — Prices for red and green lentils have stabilized after they increased, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Globeways Canada in Mississauga. Red lentil prices began to rise about two to three weeks ago, he said, as shipments were made to India with the exporter increasing the price. “I would love to see a firm […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Pulses steady in sea of uncertainty

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 8, 2019

MarketsFarm — Every spring offers its own mystery of what the growing season will bring, and this year is no different for western Canadian pulse markets. However, while the unknowns are usually linked to the weather or acreage ideas, this year also presents extra challenges for the pulse sector. India remains a major wildcard in […] Read more

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Cargill not taking glufosinate-desiccated lentils

Pulse weekly outlook: Canadian lentil prices remain stable

Grain Commission suspends ILTA Grain’s licenses

Churchill shipping resumes but grain still on back burner

Pulse exporter ILTA Grain under creditor protection

StatsCan: Less canola and durum, more barley and oats

Less canola, more barley area expected in next StatsCan report

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil exports ahead of last year’s pace

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils stable after recent price increases

Pulse weekly outlook: Pulses steady in sea of uncertainty

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