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Grains, oilseeds, pulses hold their own amid pandemic

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 1, 2020

MarketsFarm — Prices for grains, oilseeds and pulses are not as bad off as livestock values are due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Neil Townsend, chief market analyst for FarmLink Solutions in Winnipeg. FarmLink hosted a webinar Wednesday to provide its outlook for the coming crop year. One thing Townsend stressed was there is […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Demand may encourage more red lentil acres: AGT

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News April 29, 2020

MarketsFarm — Improving lentil prices over the past month may encourage more acres of the pulse crop in Western Canada this spring, according to an industry official, as seeding is set to start within the next few weeks. “With the recent March demand surge, mostly due to COVID-19, pulse prices have increased sending a signal […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Pulses

Logistics, lack of containers hamper pulse crop movement

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News April 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Logistics disruptions due to COVID-19 are hampering nearby movement of pulses, according to a number of industry participants speaking Thursday on a webinar organized by the Global Pulse Consortium. However, the longer-term impact of the pandemic remains to be seen. “The shipping industry has been hugely impacted by COVID-19,” Chris Oliver, nautical director […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Prices mostly steady ahead of seeding

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News April 7, 2020

MarketsFarm — As farmers decide what to plant in 2020, Dale McManus of Johnston’s Grain at Welwyn, Sask. hasn’t seen any significant deviation from what producers normally buy for pulse seed. “Red lentils, green lentils, green and yellow peas,” McManus cited among the pulses being purchased. Also, he noted, prices have remained quite steady in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Conditions optimal for India’s winter crops

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 3, 2020

MarketsFarm — Cold weather in key growing regions of India could indicate high production levels for winter pulse crops. Heavy showers and colder temperatures in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh created “ideal conditions” for winter-sown pulses, according to India’s agriculture commissioner SK Malhotra. Malhotra explained that the output of the winter-grown pulse crops will likely […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: FCC sees opportunities for exports

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — Farm Credit Canada (FCC) on Tuesday released a report titled Diversifying Canada’s agriculture exports, which included pulses and also looked at some of the pros and cons to diversifying Canada’s wheat, canola and soybeans. “Canada has done extremely well in establishing strong trade relations in a number of key markets thanks to a […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba crops facing dry conditions

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — Varying dry conditions are set to take a toll on Manitoba’s pulse crops this year. Some crops have stunted due to dry conditions throughout the year, said Serena Klippenstein, production specialist with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. Overall, crop conditions are still dependent on the soil type and where they are in the […] Read more

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops rally after rough spring

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm August 1, 2019

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Pulse crops across the prairies have largely bounced back after rough growing conditions in the spring and early summer, but they’re not out of the woods just yet. “It’s been an abnormal year,” remarked Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse. Potts explained that in Saskatchewan, widespread dryness early in the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Weather threatens India’s crops

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm July 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — India is experiencing abnormal rain and weather patterns that have resulted in almost half of the country receiving drastically less rain than usual. In total, the entire country is experiencing about 12 per cent less precipitation than is normally expected. Particularly, provinces in India’s key pulse-growing region are experiencing significant droughts during a […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Grain Commission suspends ILTA Grain’s licenses

By Allan Dawson 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

AAFC tightens canola stocks projections

Labour shortages persist, hort sector says

Report links business management, mental health of farmers

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