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File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Pulse weekly outlook: StatCan shows big jump in pea, lentil production

By Adam Peleshaty August 30, 2022

MarketsFarm –– The Canadian pulse harvest appears to be making a comeback after production struggled with a historic drought in Western Canada last year. Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its July satellite image-based principal field crop production estimates on Monday, projecting sharp increases in production for most of Canada’s crops, including pulses. Canada’s dry pea harvest […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea harvest approaches amid low worldwide supplies

By Adam Peleshaty August 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — The harvest for Western Canada’s chickpea crop is about to begin and it comes at a time when worldwide supplies of the pulse are at a low point. Colin Young, manager of Mid-West Grain Ltd. at Moose Jaw, Sask., said there are varying chickpea yields in the western Prairie region, where most of […] Read more

File photo of a lentil crop before harvest in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC projects normal yields, increased pulse production

By Adam Peleshaty May 25, 2022

MarketsFarm — A return to yields closer to long-range averages will result in greater production for most pulse crops in 2022-23, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s monthly outlook for principal field crops released last Friday. Many of the projections are based on the assumption that normal weather conditions will return to most of the […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Still early in season to switch crops

Decisions likely in next couple of weeks

By Glen Hallick May 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — With dry conditions dominating western and southwestern Saskatchewan and wet conditions prominent in the province’s east and northeast, at mid-May it remained early to consider switching pulse crops to something else, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Overall, he said, spring planting throughout the province as of May 9 […] Read more

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Tightening supplies likely to underpin chickpea market

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 11, 2022

MarketsFarm — Tightening worldwide chickpea supplies could bode well for prices later this year, although Canadian acres will likely be down and there’s still a long growing season ahead. Canadian farmers intend to seed 175,200 acres of chickpeas in 2022, which would be down 5.5 per cent from the previous year and the smallest acreage […] Read more

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

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Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil acres likely up in 2022

Other pulses likely down, though

By Adam Peleshaty April 26, 2022

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada released its first survey-based crop acreage estimates of 2022 on Tuesday, reporting that while more lentil acres may be planted this spring, other pulses are expected to have their seeded area shrink. The national data agency projected 4.49 million acres of lentils will be planted in Canada this year, a 4.2 […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Larger U.S. pea, lentil areas expected

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — Farmers in the United States will grow more lentils and peas in 2022, although chickpea area may be down, according to early estimates ahead of spring seeding. Total pea area in the country is forecast at 1.088 million acres, which would be up 11 per cent from 2021, according to the U.S. Department […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Market uncertainty all around

By Adam Peleshaty March 29, 2022

MarketsFarm — As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continue to swing markets up and down, typical issues and other external factors have amplified volatility in the pulse markets, according to one trader. David Newman, owner of Commodius Trading at North Saanich, B.C., explained that while the conflict in Eastern Europe is affecting markets everywhere, the usual […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices lower but still very good

By Glen Hallick February 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — Although prices for chickpeas have pulled back somewhat over the last month, Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw, Sask. emphasized the market has not turned bad in any manner. “It’s just the level of expectation we had, given the rise in prices of other commodities. Given that we were out there […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Pulse stocks drop due to drought

By Adam Peleshaty February 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s latest report on stocks of principal field crops clearly demonstrated how much of an effect last summer’s historic drought in Western Canada had on pulse crops. According to the report released Tuesday, last December’s total domestic stocks for dry peas, chickpeas, lentils and soybeans all declined from the year earlier. Those […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: StatCan shows big jump in pea, lentil production

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea harvest approaches amid low worldwide supplies

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC projects normal yields, increased pulse production

Pulse weekly outlook: Still early in season to switch crops

Tightening supplies likely to underpin chickpea market

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil acres likely up in 2022

Pulse weekly outlook: Larger U.S. pea, lentil areas expected

Pulse weekly outlook: Market uncertainty all around

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices lower but still very good

Pulse weekly outlook: Pulse stocks drop due to drought

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