Pulse markets

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Aug. 4 (CNS Canada) – Canada exported 15,500 tonnes of peas during the last week of the 2016/17 crop year, bringing the yearly total to 3.345 million tonnes, according to the latest report from the Canadian Grain Commission. Exports were roughly one million tonnes ahead of the previous year’s […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Aug. 3 (CNS Canada) – According the latest Saskatchewan crop report, about five per cent of lentils and field peas in the southeast are now in the bin with yield reports range from average to well-below average. In the province’s southwest, two per cent of lentils and field peas have […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Aug. 2 (CNS Canada) – The latest Bean Report issued by Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers reports most beans in the province range between R2 and R4 stages of development at the time when the report was carried out in late July. The R2, or pin bean stage, is noted […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Aug. 1 (CNS Canada) – The latest Manitoba crop report issued July 31 reports that peas in the southwest part of the province have started to turn and some top pods are ripening prematurely due to the hot weather. Overall though, the crop in the region is rated in good […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 31 (CNS Canada) – US dry bean acreage likely ended up below the official USDA number in 2017, according to the North Central Bean Dealers Association. The dealers estimate total edible bean acreage at 1.559 million acres, which is down from the USDA’s 1.823 million acre estimate. Total […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 28 (CNS) – Prices for navy beans in the United States could be on the rise, according to a report in the Flathead Beacon. Much of North Dakota, which leads the country in production of navy beans and pinto beans, is locked in a drought right now. The […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 27 (CNS Canada) – Pulse crops in Saskatchewan are starting to fall under the combine. Others are being desiccated. Damage from dry weather and heat in the southern portion of the Saskatchewan grain belt have yet to be fully assessed. However, with harvest underway in the south, yields […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 26 (CNS Canada) – The following is a selection of current average pulse prices as quoted at Statpub.com, for farmer dressed, delivered to the plant. These averages are for reference only and should not be construed as actual prices. – Large green lentils No. 1: 44 c/lb. – […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 25 (CNS Canada) – Peas are reportedly doing well in Manitoba. According to the latest Manitoba crop report for the week ending July 24, field peas are podding well in the southwest region, although some are ripening prematurely due to dry conditions. Some slight aphid issues have been […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 24 (CNS) – Ukrainian pea exports surged in the past month, according to data from the government. The country shipped out 44,200 tonnes of peas in June of this year. That compares to 14,400 tonnes in June of 2016. However, on the flip side, exports of rapeseed fell […] Read more