MarketsFarm — Australia’s 2022 winter pulse crop will see its ups and downs, according to a quarterly crop report released Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics […] Read more
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Pulse weekly outlook: Australia’s winter pulse production mixed
Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba pulse crops showing resilience
MarketsFarm–After a late start in seeding due to higher-than-normal moisture in most areas, Manitoba’s pulse crops are growing well, according to an agronomist. Laura Schmidt, a production specialist and agronomist […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Acre intentions down for most pulses
MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s principal field crop areas report, released Tuesday, shows declines in most pulse crops compared to last year. Only lentils saw an increase, rising slightly by 0.4 […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Expect little movement in prices during holidays
MarketsFarm — There were no surprises for pulses in Statistics Canada’s latest production report, according to Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Venture Consulting in Winnipeg. With that in mind, she doesn’t […] Read more
Genetic trigger for faba bean reaction found
Science Notes: Fabas have the highest seed protein content of the starch-containing legume
Faba beans are an excellent source of food protein, but about four per cent of the world’s population are afflicted by favism, which renders them sensitive to the faba bean […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Fababeans staying on field
MarketsFarm — As other crops make their way into the bin, fababeans across the Prairies are lagging behind. “They’re further behind this year because they were later going in,” said […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Most Canadian pulse acres to decline
Corrected, May 1 — MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers have been projected to plant fewer acres of pulses, according to Statistics Canada. “Keeping in mind this is the seeding intentions report […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Fababean acres set to increase
MarketsFarm — Unpredictable weather overseas resulted in robust fababean prices during 2018’s harvest, and Canadian producers expect these prices to hold throughout the 2019 growing season. “For the growers that […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Prairie fababeans spike on global production issues
CNS Canada — Fababean prices in Western Canada have seen a boost lately due to global production problems, but according to a buyer this is a temporary situation. “Over the […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Sector hopes for more fababeans
CNS Canada — While Statistics Canada is predicting a drop in fababean acres this year, an agronomist with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers hopes that isn’t the case. “We had about 50,000 […] Read more
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