By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, Dec. 29 (CNS) – Despite the challenging growing
season and India’s import tariffs on pulse crops, the Alberta
Pulse Growers are optimistic about pulses heading into 2018. In
an interview with CBC, Alberta Pulse Growers chairman D’Arcy
Hilgartner said the future of pulses is bright due to the
possibility of expanding the market through trade agreements
such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and increasing consumption
in Canada by selling not just whole pulses, but fractionated
products like chickpea flour or pea vermicelli.
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recall notices for fungicide products, according to a report in
Queensland Country Life. Both Sumitomo and Nufarm have issued
voluntary recalls for their fungicides, both of which have the
active ingredient carbendazim. The two products are generally
used in pulse crops, such as chickpeas and faba beans for the
treatment of diseases such as chocolate spot and botrytis grey
mould. At the time of manufacturing the product was in line with
safety protocols but since then it has it has become thicker and
is now difficult to pour, making it harder to use.
Yellow pea bids in Western Canada have held steady,
according to PDQ. In Alberta bids are at C$6.56 per bushel.
While in Saskatchewan yellow peas are at C$5.99 and Manitoba at
C$5.30.
