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Pulse industry still awaits answers from India

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm October 20, 2017

CNS Canada — Almost three weeks since Canada’s pulse fumigation exemption expired in India, the Canadian pulse industry is still in the dark. “We’re just looking to have some clarity as to how Canada/India pulse trade’s going to play out in the long term and with a long-term policy solution,” Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Lack of notice a worry on India fumigation exemption

By Terry Fries October 12, 2017

CNS Canada — The CEO of Canada’s pulse industry association says he’s starting to become concerned because a fumigation exemption granted to Canadian pulses exported to India remains expired after 12 days. Normally this exemption is renewed within three or four days, said Gord Bacon of Pulse Canada. Bacon said he checks his email every […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Lentil market quiet heading into new year

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm October 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Heading into the New Year, Canadian lentil markets will be quiet, according to an analyst. “It’s not exactly what farmers expected. They have had three years of very brisk intake and it will take a little bit of an adjustment to realize that the market is not coming to them as readily […] Read more

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, Verdient’s James Cameron and Suzy Amis Cameron and PIC’s Greg and Olivia Yuel (l-r) announce the opening of the Verdient plant at Vanscoy. (Golden Media photo by Chad Reynold)

Crops, Pulses

Film director Cameron backing Saskatchewan organic pea plant

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News September 18, 2017

A major new pulse plant has set up shop southwest of Saskatoon with plans to help back development of pulse-based foods and mentor organic growers — and bringing with it a pair of unusually high-profile investors. Verdient Foods on Monday announced the opening of a pulse food processing plant at Vanscoy, Sask., with plans for […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Soybeans

BASF to boost inoculant production at Saskatoon

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 24, 2017

The Canadian crop protection arm of Germany’s BASF plans to step up its game in the crop inoculant business with a $10 million expansion at its Saskatoon plant. The facility, set up in 1988, handles production and research and development for BASF’s seed- and soil-applied rhizobium/bacillus inoculants, exported and sold worldwide under the Nodulator brand […] Read more

White pea (navy) beans. (PulseCanada.com)

Crops, Pulses

Manitoba’s bean harvest on track

By Terry Fries, GFM Network News August 11, 2017

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s dry edible bean crop should come in this harvest with numbers roughly the same as last year, from where a provincial specialist sits. “This year, I would say right now, depending on how things settle out in the next little while, we’ll be at least equal to last year, if not […] Read more

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Fruit/Vegetables, Pulses, Reuters

Plant-based meats whet U.S. summer grilling appetites

By Theopolis Waters August 4, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – Burgers made from plants instead of animals are capturing more space on U.S. barbecue grills this summer, fueling sales in the niche products that could reach $5 billion globally by 2020. Plant-based meat foods are now available that include beet juice for color and canola oil to simulate fat. These changes are not […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Good quality, but small caliber Canadian chickpeas expected

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 1, 2017

CNS Canada – Hot and dry conditions cut into the yield potential and physical size of Canada’s chickpea crop, but the quality should be excellent while prices remain relatively strong. “It’s anybody’s guess,” said Colin Young, of Midwest Grain Ltd. in Saskatchewan on the overall state of the chickpea crop. He said rainfall was “significantly […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Grain grading changes for Western Canada

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 27, 2017

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced several grain grading changes for the 2017 to 2018 crop year in Western Canada that will take effect August 1, 2017: It has added an ergot tolerance of 0.05 per cent in all grades of fababeans and chickpeas; Changed the tolerance for grasshopper and army worm damage from eight […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Weather

Declining lentil prices should level off, improve

By Terry Fries, GFM Network News July 18, 2017

CNS Canada — Red lentil growers, who have seen prices cut in half during the past year and a half, may finally be able to find solace in what some analysts call a brighter outlook for the remainder of 2017. “I personally am optimistic that we will see higher prices. Some other people will dispute […] Read more

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Pulse industry still awaits answers from India

Lack of notice a worry on India fumigation exemption

Lentil market quiet heading into new year

Film director Cameron backing Saskatchewan organic pea plant

BASF to boost inoculant production at Saskatoon

Manitoba’s bean harvest on track

Plant-based meats whet U.S. summer grilling appetites

Good quality, but small caliber Canadian chickpeas expected

Grain grading changes for Western Canada

Declining lentil prices should level off, improve

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