MarketsFarm — After southern Manitoba had experienced ideal seeding conditions for most of the previous week, another round of rains created another round of headaches for pulse growers on Monday.
“Last week, there were a few dry beans planted here in southern Manitoba. (There was) a lot of prep work being done. Things were really delayed,” said Dennis Lange, pulse specialist for the Manitoba government. “We’ve got a huge amount of rainfall (on Monday night), anywhere from two to almost four inches.”
During the break from wet weather, most growers focused on preparing their fields for seeding with little planting progress for pulses being made, according to Lange.
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“One of the guys I talked to said he’d done an impromptu survey late last week and out of 50 guys, only two people were planting,” he said. “I think a lot of growers were focused on getting some of the other crops in first…They want to get crops like cereals in the ground, corn in the ground and some guys were focused on getting soybeans in as well. Whatever ground was dry enough to go on, that’s kind of what the focus has been.”
Lange added that the seeded acres for dry beans are “up in the air” after estimating between 120,000 and 140,000 seeded acres in Canada for 2022.
Peas, mainly grown in western Manitoba which mostly avoided the heavy rainfall, are in good shape in terms of seeded acres, he said.
However, it will take another two weeks to get a good idea how seeding delays will affect the number of seeded acres for pulses.
“I think the focus is getting a crop in the ground right now. Once we do that, we’ll see what the season brings.”
— Adam Peleshaty reports for MarketsFarm from Stonewall, Man.
