By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, July 28 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Thursday, July 28.
– The United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organization has nominated Canadian Dr. Joyce Boye, as FAO Special Ambassador for the International Year of the Pulses (IYP) 2016. In a release, Boye says she is honoured to “work with the FAO to spread the word about the wonderful attributes of pulses.”
– Heavy downpours in key edible bean growing regions of Manitoba have dimmed production prospects for edible beans, according to a purchasing manager with The Scoular Company in the southern portion of the province. Manitoba farmers seeded 117,000 acres of edible beans in 2016 (27,000 navy, 90,000 coloured), according to Statistics Canada data. That’s up slightly from the 90,000 total acres seeded the previous year (20,000 navy, 70,000 coloured).
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– Dry bean crops in Michigan and Ontario look good, according to the latest report from Thompsons.
– Scientists with the Swiss and Indian-government funded Collaboration in Biotechnology say transgenic plants may be the answer to dealing with the pod borer problem facing chickpeas. The insect typically destroys a significant portion of India’s crop every year, which is one of the reasons why the collaboration was created in the first place. In addition to developing a pod-border resistant chickpea, projects are also being designed to create virus-resistant plants and drought-resistant ones too.
– Navy beans are currently attracting prices of 29 cents (Canadian) per pound at elevators across Western Canada. The same beans are attracting prices of 32 to 34 cents (Canadian) at elevators in North Dakota, according to the Prairie Ag Hotwire.
