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Pulse weekly outlook: U.S. bean acres to increase, other pulses down

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News March 31, 2020

MarketsFarm — Farmers in the U.S. intend to plant more edible bean acres in 2020, but will seed less area to peas, lentils and chickpeas, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s prospective plantings report. Edible bean area in the country is forecast at 1.372 million acres, which would be up roughly seven per cent […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Lack of willing sellers underpins prices

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 24, 2020

MarketsFarm — Pea and lentil bids in Western Canada are holding relatively steady for the time being, despite anecdotal reports of increased international demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with attention soon shifting to spring seeding. A lack of willing sellers is keeping pulse bids underpinned in Western Canada, according to broker Dale McManus of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Increased demand seen, but problems loom

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News March 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Unlike other commodities, pulses aren’t yet feeling ill effects from an economic downturn due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Globeways Canada in Mississauga. With consumers panic-buying, there has been increased demand for pulses, as many are non-perishable, Mosnaim said. “These products will be there for ages,” he said, […] Read more

Pinto beans. (Vergani_Fotografia/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Soybeans

Pulse weekly outlook: Bids underpin Manitoba edible bean area

Province's soybean acres expected to fall

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 11, 2020

MarketsFarm — Solid prices should keep Manitoba farmers growing edible beans in 2020, although soybean area will likely drop, according to a provincial specialist. Disappointing harvest weather in 2019 hurt yields and cut into harvested area for edible beans in both Manitoba and across the border in the United States. As a result, prices heading […] Read more

Chickpeas in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

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, Pulses

Five tips to help get your best pulse crop yields

By Leeann Minogue February 25, 2020

At this year’s CropSphere in Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Pulse Grower’s agronomy manager, Sherrilyn Phelps, talked to growers about optimizing pea and lentil yields.The biggest factor that determines yield, weather, is out of our control. However, there are some factors we can manage. Phelps’s presentation focused on factors that we can control.For Saskatchewan, the SPG has[...]
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A chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: India aims to boost production

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News February 12, 2020

MarketsFarm — The window of opportunity for Canadian pulses to be exported to India may rapidly be closing, according to a recent announcement from India’s agriculture minister. At a World Pulses Day event on Monday, Narendra Singh Tomar said the country is on track to self-sufficiency. Last year, the country consumed about 27 million tonnes[...]
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File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Lentils, Peas

Pulse Canada looking to build data inventory for industry

By Glen Hallick January 31, 2020

MarketsFarm — Pulse Canada has undertaken a survey of pea and lentil growers to gauge the sector’s environmental footprint and to provide data for a public repository. The survey is a joint project with Alberta Pulse Growers, SaskPulse and Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. The survey is a life cycle assessment of pea and lentil[...]
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File photo of a grain terminal on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. (Konoplytska/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Ukraine’s pulse production waning

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News January 30, 2020

MarketsFarm — There has been a marked decline in the amount of pulses grown by farmers in Ukraine over the last couple of years, highlighted in an article written for the Global Pulse Confederation by Sergey Feofilov, director general of UkrAgroConsult. Feofilov noted total pulse production in Ukraine dropped almost 25.9 per cent from 2018[...]
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General, Markets

Rising protein demand expected in 2020

Canada able to serve both plant- and animal-based protein markets

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm January 23, 2020

MarketsFarm — Demand for plant- and animal-based proteins alike is likely to increase in the coming year. Since 2017, pea protein demand increased by about 13 per cent, Craig Klemmer, chief agriculture economist at Farm Credit Canada, said at Ag Days in Brandon, Man. Over the same time period, demand for canola protein increased by[...]
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Pulse weekly outlook: U.S. bean acres to increase, other pulses down

Pulse weekly outlook: Lack of willing sellers underpins prices

Pulse weekly outlook: Increased demand seen, but problems loom

Pulse weekly outlook: Bids underpin Manitoba edible bean area

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

Five tips to help get your best pulse crop yields

Pulse weekly outlook: India aims to boost production

Pulse Canada looking to build data inventory for industry

Pulse weekly outlook: Ukraine’s pulse production waning

Rising protein demand expected in 2020

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