The weekly crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture shows 95 percent of the crop has been combined with an additional three percent either swathed or ready to straight-cut. That number is well ahead of the five-year average of 70 percent. Harvest is most advanced in the southwest region, where 98 per cent of the crop is […]
A market analyst is expecting lentil prices for Saskatchewan producers to remain relatively strong this crop year. Marlene Boersch from Mercantile Consulting says Saskatchewan will be hard-pressed to meet market demand this year because of the drought-reduced crop. India and Turkey are two of the key markets for lentils. Boersch sees little pressure on prices […]
New crop contract bids for lentils are profitable—but with good prices available for several crops—there is a competition for acres. Marlene Boersch with Mercantile Consulting Venture provided the lentil market outlook during the on-line CropSphere earlier this week. She says early new crop contracts are being offered at 25 cents a pound for red lentils […]
A three year study has determined which optimal agronomic practices provide the best returns for lentil producers. Effective weed control is a major challenge for lentils. The research project was led by Jessica Enns, general manager with the Western Applied Research Centre (WARC) at Scott. Trials were conducted between 2017 and 2019 at six locations—Scott, […]
More fuel is being added to an already hot canola market. Statistics Canada has reduced its estimate of the 2020 canola crop to 18.7 million tonnes, nearly 700,000 tonnes below the last projection. “You knock out 700,000 tonnes of production and you go from moderately tight stocks to intolerably tight,” said Ken Ball, a senior […]
Saskatchewan farmers welcome a temporary reduction in tariffs on lentil exports to India. Pulse Canada CEO Gordon Bacon says the tariff goes from 33 percent to 11 percent until the end of August. He says it reflects growing need in India for pulse crops. Bacon will be asking the Canadian government to push for […]
Saskatchewan farmers are hoping India will reduce tariffs and import restrictions on pulse crop imports introduced 18 months ago. The executive director of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers association, Carl Potts, says drought in parts of India, a shrinking stockpile of domestic pulses and the end of a long election campaign could be positive factors for […]
