Pulse prices are likely to come under pressure due to large existing supplies. Photo: Thinkstock

Canadian pea exports slow in June

Canadian pea exports slowed in June, as end user demand shifted to the looming new crop with only one month left in the 2023/24 marketing year, according to the latest Statistics Canada trade data released Aug. 6. Chickpea movement was also slow, while lentil exports were up on the month but still off the year-ago pace.

Field peas. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Pulse Weekly: Pea prices decline as harvest gets closer

Delivered prices for green peas across the Prairies ranged from C$12.50 to C$14.21 per bushel as of July 26, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. The latter price was down C$4.27 from last month but only four cents lower than last year. For yellow peas, delivered prices ranged from C$9.75 to C$11.40/bu., down C$1.60 from last month and down C$1.40 from last year.


File photo of a sunrise over an Alberta barley crop. (MNphotography/iStock/Getty Images)

Alberta Crop Report: High temperatures damage crops

Major crops were rated at 55.3 per cent good to excellent, down from 72.9 per cent the previous week. The south region’s crops were rated 77.2 per cent good to excellent, while the northeast region was at 62.5 per cent and the Peace region was at 57.3 per cent. Conditions in the northwest region fell to 37.7 per cent and the central region dropped to 32.4 per cent, for declines of 40.1 and 29.8 points, respectively.




File photo of stormy conditions over Alberta fields. (Larry Stickney/iStock/Getty Images)

Alberta crops holding their own for now

Alberta reported its crops were still in good shape despite temperatures pushing above 30 degrees Celsius and a lack of rain as of July 16. The report put the overall rating for the province’s crops at 74 per cent good to excellent, seven points above the five-year average.





A panel discussion on pulses at AIM 2024 in Saskatchewan on July 16. Photo: Sean Pratt

New pulse varieties incoming

Limagrain has some small red lentil varieties ready for commercialization, Benzon Lorenzana, the company’s head of cereals and pulse research for North America, said during the Ag in Motion show.