Agriculture Financial Services Corporation updated its normals for fababeans, which may open the door for more Canadian producers to feel comfortable growing the pulse crop in the future.
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New crop insurer policy enables easier startup for fababeans
Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. updates its ‘normals’ to reflect growing production in the province
Saskatchewan gets new fababean breeding program
The collaboration between Saskatchewan Pulse Growers and J4 Agri-Science will focus on developing more desirable varieties
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers and J4 Agri-Science have announced they are working together to develop commercial varieties of fababean that mature earlier, yield higher and have better disease resistance.
Fababeans could help ease rotation pressure on canola
There has been little export demand, but new, safer varieties are expected to open doors in the domestic food market
BRANDON — In a world with Netflix, YouTube and Skip the Dishes, patience is a lost art. More Canadians want things to happen, easily and immediately. Eric McLean, who farms near Oak River, Man., thinks farmers should avoid the “easy button” approach to crop production. Adding another crop to the canola-cereal rotation may not make […] Read more
New project puts fababeans in the spotlight
Companies sign onto Protein Industries Canada initiative to boost plant protein, and fababeans are one of the stars
Glacier FarmMedia – A new $24.5-million project backed by Protein Industries Canada includes a group of plant protein companies working to tackle some of the sector’s biggest hurdles. The national cluster for protein is teaming up with Roquette, Prairie Fava, BioNeutra and Plant Up to improve innovation, come up with more diversified products and improve […] Read more
Developing pulses particular to the Prairies
Ana Vargas and her U of S team are working to develop disease resistance, tall red lentils and drought-resistant fababeans
CALGARY – A scientist who seeks to breed lentils and fababeans that are a better fit for the Canadian Prairies in an era of climate change sees a bright future for the region’s pulse farmers. The ability of such crops to fix their own nitrogen means they require less fertilizer and provide high levels of […] Read more
Fababeans attractive option for 2024
BRANDON — A shift toward pulse crops could be the seeding trend of 2024. Agriculture Canada is forecasting more acres of peas, lentils and other pulses this spring because those crops may steal acres from canola. “Peas will be up five percent, lentils eight percent and chickpeas 17 percent compared to last year,” The Western […] Read more
