At this time of year the pulse market is generally quiet, said broker Marcos Mosnaim of Prairie XI. However, he wasn’t entirely sure as to why most pulse prices were currently unchanged across Western Canada.
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Pulse Weekly: Cash prices hold firm
Farmers focusing spring seeding
Pulse Weekly: Trade needs to be at forefront says Pulse Canada
Most prices move lower
Pulse Canada says it wants trade policy to be at the forefront of the federal election. The organization that represents pulse growers, traders and processors noted that more than 85 per cent of the pulses produced in Canada are destined for export.
Pulse Weekly: Manitoba conditions on the right track
MPSG executive director more worried about tariffs than growing conditions
With six weeks left until the start of seeding, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk said there are no "red flags" to be seen in current conditions.
Dynasty kidney bean named Innovation of the Year
Dynasty maintains significant yield lead after several years on market
The Dynasty kidney bean has been named the University of Guelph’s 2024 Innovation of the Year. A complex “conical” cross of four different edible bean varieties, Dynasty was first planted […] Read more
Pulse weekly: Slight Canadian acreage shifts expected in 2025
More peas and lentils, less chickpeas and beans
Total Canadian pulse plantings are expected to hold relatively steady in 2025, with Canadian farmers seeding more peas and lentils while cutting area to chickpeas and edible beans, according to early estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Jan. 20.
Pulse Weekly: Edible bean prices firming up
Edible bean prices in Manitoba are on the rise despite the threat of tariffs on Canadian imports from United States president-elect Donald Trump as soon as he takes office later this month.
Pulse Weekly: Looking at price shifts in 2024
Production up for most Canadian pulses
Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.
Only small changes in latest AAFC estimates
There were only small changes to the updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released Nov. 19. All of the other data in the AAFC report were carried over from its October report.
Pulse Weekly: Growing interest in pulse crops from Manitoba farmers
More Manitoba farmers are interested in adding soybeans and other pulse crops into their crop rotations for the 2025-26 crop year, said a production specialist from MPSG.
Pulse weekly: Wide-ranging yields for Manitoba dry beans, peas
Yields for Manitoba dry beans and peas vary depending on where you are in the province, according to the Manitoba government's pulse specialist.
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