Reading Time: 3 minutes Trap cropping may draw pests away from the main crop and concentrate them for blitz control with less insecticide and friendlier farming for beneficial bugs.
Trap crops to cut faba bean spraying?
Trap cropping may concentrate pest insects away from the main crop so they can be better managed, with less ecological spillover
Pulse Canada eyes home-grown push amid lagging consumption
Largest exporter of pulses in the world looking to serve more customers at home
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadian pulse crop organizations are looking for ways to boost demand domestically, while continuing to enjoy robust export markets.
Growers urged to monitor for pea leaf weevil despite low 2025 activity
Damage can be hard to assess, but it helps to pay attention to the insect’s life cycle
Reading Time: 5 minutes The pea leaf weevil has moved north in Alberta, but the outlook for damage from the insect is 2026 is promising.
New Pulse Variety Hub launched in Saskatchewan
The Pulse Variety Hub is a new digital platform from the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers to help producers select the best varieties for their specific growing conditions.
Outstanding Young Farmer named in Alberta
Sarah Weigum’s work with Alect Seeds earns her Alberta’s Outstanding Young Farmers award
Reading Time: 2 minutes Three Hills farmer earns Alberta’s Outstanding Young Farmers award through marketing of Alect Seeds to bring the best varieties and crop types to their customers and improve the quality of the land they farm.
New crop insurance policy enables easier startup for faba beans
AFSC ‘normals’ updated to reflect growing production in Alberta
Reading Time: 4 minutes Agriculture Financial Services Corporation updated its normals for faba beans, which may open the door for more Canadian producers to feel comfortable growing the pulse crop in the future.
Fababeans get a reality check
Fabas were on a tear until this year, but experts expect the crop to have a solid, but modest, future in Alberta
Reading Time: 4 minutes With the sharp drop in Alberta fababean acres in 2016, has the clock struck midnight for last year’s Cinderella crop? Maybe, maybe not, says a provincial pulse expert. “I just can’t see them going away,” said Mark Olson, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s pulse crops unit head. “I don’t think the acres are going to go […] Read more
Some Prairie pulses’ limited releases under review
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers wants your opinion on how they release pulse varieties through exclusive tenders. The grower group contributes levy funds to the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre pulse breeding program. In return, Sask Pulse holds exclusive commercial rights to varieties developed in the program. Most new varieties are released royalty-free to seed growers […] Read more
Dryness stalls Sask., Alta. fababeans
CNS Canada — Fababeans are increasing in popularity across the Prairies, but much like other crops in Alberta and Saskatchewan, dry weather is taking its toll — and if it continues, yield could be impacted. Fababeans require a lot of moisture to produce well, according to Dale Risula, a Saskatchewan provincial specialist for special crops […] Read more
New pulse website takes a (web) page from Wikipedia
Alberta Pulse Growers has launched a new online manual in a familiar Wikipedia-style format to share up-to-date research and agronomic best practices
Reading Time: 3 minutes Wikipedia has replaced encyclopedias as the go-to tool for people conducting a little research — and that’s just what Alberta Pulse Growers is banking on with the launch of its pulse crop wiki. “The PulsePOD — or the pulse crop wiki, as we sometimes call it — is designed to take the place of a […] Read more
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