peas

Statistics Canada released results of a survey asking what farmers intend to seed this season. The 2024 seeding intentions for principal field crops surveyed 3,239 Saskatchewan farmers between December 14th to January 22nd. Farmers plan on seeding more durum wheat, lentils, dry field peas, oats, and canary seed, but less canola, spring wheat, barley, mustard […]

An announcement of the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance program details for 2024 will be made the morning of Tuesday, March 5 in Melville by Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit. However, insured prices for the various crops are now available online. You won’t find the prices on the main part of the saskcropinsurance.com website, but if you’re […]

Canada is postponing a trade mission to India that federal Trade Minister Mary Ng had promoted as key to the Indo-Pacific strategy.  Ng’s office has not explained why the trip, which was scheduled to start Oct. 9, has been postponed. Canada has paused negotiations for a trade deal with India, and relations between Prime Minister […]

By Dylan Robertson Premier Scott Moe’s government is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of damaging relations with India and keeping the provinces in the dark about trade talks. In a letter Moe released Monday, Saskatchewan Trade Minister Jeremy Harrison argued Trudeau is picking a fight with India for domestic political gain and risking access to one of […]

  Western Canadian farmers will seed more wheat and canola this spring and less peas and lentils. That was the forecast made this week by market analyst Chuck Penner with LeftField Commodity Research at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show in Saskatoon. Penner says bullish signs for wheat include the outlook for a poor winter […]

Regina-based Protein Industries Canada has set up a 30 million dollar fund to support expansion of the plant-based food business. The chief technology officer for Protein Industries Canada, Meghan Gervais, says the fund will support the use of artificial intelligence to expand the use of food options from field peas. The use of artificial intelligence […]

Seeding of the 2021 crop has started in scattered parts of southern Saskatchewan. Provincial crops extension specialist Matt Struthers says a few farmers in the southeast and southwest have started spring planting this week. He says farmers have been seeding peas and some other crops. He says dry soil conditions are a key concern. Struthers […]

Regina-based Protein Industries Canada has announced a 19 million dollar project to expand pea and fava bean processing on the prairies. The CEO of Protein Industries Canada, Bill Gruel, says a partnership with two companies, Roquette and Prairie Fava will work on pea and fava bean crop research and processing. He says its designed to […]

Yellow pea farmers in eastern Saskatchewan are well positioned to sell into a soon-to-open Manitoba processing plant owned by French company Roquette. Roquette agronomist Bruce Brolley says the Portage processing facility will turn peas into products for cosmetics, human nutrition and pet food. He says the company specifications has no tolerance for soybean residue, which […]

Saskatchewan farmers are worried the price of peas may be affected by new import restrictions imposed on shipments to India. India is setting a minimum price for imported peas and limiting shipments to only one port in Northeast India. Lee Moats is an outgoing director with the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. He says there could be […]