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 reported but they pose no risk with the crop at its present stage of development.
Peas in the northwest area of the province are flowering and podding, while in central regions, flowering is complete in most pea fields. Also in the central region, edible beans were flowering with the first pin beans now out.
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Swiss food processor Buhler announced plans recently to build a C$10 million centre in Minneapolis, Minn. The centre’s aim is build a pilot processing facility and food laboratory that can turn raw pulses, as well as other crops, into functional foods and nutritional ingredients. Private companies would rent the facility for research and development purposes.
In northern North Dakota, where many farmers have escaped the drought that is occurring in other parts of the state, growers are busy controlling weeds in their edible beans. Significant rust issues have been identified in some fields that were left untreated by herbicides for the past two years.
Minnesota’s bean crop is faring better with 77 per cent rated good to excellent. In Nebraska, 53 per cent of beans are rated good to excellent and 23 per cent is rated poor to very poor.
Key bean-growing state Michigan, where many farmers had to reseed, reports 32 per cent of beans are rated good to excellent, with 35 per cent rated as poor to very poor
In India, a dominant pulse grower and importer on the world stage, heavy rain and floods have hit some early-seeded karif crops. While assessments were still underway, it was expected that cotton might be especially affected in the Saurashtra, Kutch and North Gujarat regions. That could prompt a significant shift away from cotton into shorter-duration crops, such as pulses, according to officials with the India agriculture department.
