Pulse of the Prairies
Welcome to Saskatchewan Pulse Growers' monthly podcast, Pulse of the Prairies, where each month we tackle the topics that are important to pulse crop farmers including market opportunities for your crop, market access and trade policy developments, innovative agronomic…
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Pulse Harvest Update (opens the original)
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Early September rains have resulted in delayed harvest and additional challenges across much of the province, right as pulse crops were on their way into the bin. In this episode SPG Agronomy Managers discuss what producers need to keep in mind when it comes to grain storage and drying, post-harvest weed control, and testing for soil- and seed-borne pathogens going into 2027. Additional resources: Harvest Losses & Yield Estimations Lentil Harvest Quality & Storage Post-Harvest and Long-Term Stor
Pulse Market Update with Chuck Penner (opens the original)
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It has been another year of weather extremes across the prairies, as excess moisture in spring gave way to summer heat, and now harvest rains are slowing the combines. That said, large old-crop carryovers will cushion some of the declines in total supplies, so the impact varies considerably from one crop to the next. In this episode Jim Hale, SPG Board member speaks with Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity Research to hear how pulse crop supply given this year’s harvest will contend with current
Pulse Market Update with Marlene Boersch (opens the original)
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Statistics Canada published their 2026 seeded acreage report on June 30. In this report pulse acres were even smaller than in their March estimate, although most people involved in the trade had been using somewhat smaller numbers than StatCan all along. In this episode Winston van Staveren, SPG Board member speaks with Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture to learn her thoughts on these latest numbers and the state of pulse markets today. Read Marlene's latest pulse market report h
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