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 been harvested, with yields also rated as average to well-below average. Some pulse fields have been by hail and insects, however, high temperatures and lack of soil moisture are the main culprits.
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In the east-central area of Saskatchewan, desiccation of pulses has started with yields expected to be average to below average.
Most pulses in the west-central region generally fared better, but yields are still predicted to range from average to below average.
The northwest, however, has received more timely rain and pulse crops there could come in at above-average yields in some fields and average in others.
Producers in the northeast are seeing pulses yield average for the most part and expect to start harvest within two weeks.
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North Dakota State University Extension plant pathologist Sam Markell and UDSU bean and pulse pathologist Julie Pasche report incidents of rust on dry beans in North Dakota and Minnesota. Large pockets in the dry bean production area of the two states have been having conditions favourable to rust development, they said in the university’s crop and pest report.
Fungicides such as triazoles and strobilurins can effectively control rust if applied early enough.
Symptoms are usually found only on lower leaves and in clusters of relatively severe damage. It is usually seen first as red-brown pustules on leaves that can be rubbed off, or can appear as yellow spots on the top sides of leaves. It can later develop and spread into the upper plant canopy.
Australia’s penetration into India’s pulse market is likely to continue as the Indian population climbs and demand for high protein products grows.
Although there will be the expected bumps in the road caused by weather and tariffs, said Sumit Gupta of McDonald and Pelz, a U.S.-based commodity brokerage.
Gupta said the Indian appetite for protein is growing and most of the higher demand would be filled by pulses. Population growth was also fueling demand, he said.
