Pulse Days 2008 Information inside! See page 16 October 2007 Vol.7 No.4 Canadian Publication Mail Agreement 40021625 Taste the Future Celebrity Chefs • Lentil Markets P2O5TENTIAL Unlocked … with the phosphate fertility management tool. JumpStart-treated canola unlocks the phosphate tied up in the This year, make JumpStart part of your canola crop’s phosphate soil, and keeps the lock open on applied phosphate fertilizer. As fertility plan for $16.34 per acre more profit* and even more value a result, JumpStart maximizes your phosphate fertility investment from your input dollars. Ask your local retailer to have JumpStart – and your canola yields. applied on your favorite canola variety. It’s that easy. www.philombios.com 1-888-744-5662 Smart Farmers Read the Fine Print *In over 117 farmer applied split field trials, JumpStart increased hybrid canola yields by an average of 7% for an average of $16.34 increased return after costs, and open pollinated canola by 6% for $8.94 increase, based on average commodity prices (2002-2006). All trial results are published on our website. ®JumpStart is a registered trademark of Philom Bios Inc. © 2007 Philom Bios Inc. All rights reserved. 4317 09.07 chair’s message Jim Moen Board Chair A Strong Canadian Dollar... We have just gone through another reporting in Euros or American dollars to board eventful Saskatchewan growing season and introduce new products into Canada. Now it I hope your harvest went well. We are seeing is attractive – provided that our regulatory CHAIR stronger prices for pulse crops and at the atmosphere is fair. Jim Moen same time a stronger Canadian dollar. Cabri, SK It is well established that many crop pro- SPG has been working to increase competition (306) 587-2214 tection products vary in price between Canada in crop protection products through Pulse and the US; sometimes benefiting Canadian Canada and their participation in the Pest VICE-CHAIR farmers, and other times benefiting American Management Regulatory Agency’s (PMRA) Maurice Berry farmers. Now that the Canadian dollar is at par Industry Task Force on Own Use Import (OUI). Carievale, SK with the US dollar, consumers are becoming We want producers to have access to better (306) 449-2241 increasingly concerned crop protection products over price disparities and therefore our strate- DIRECTORS between goods in Canada We want producers to gy has been to create a Lloyd Affleck and the US. Producers competitive and trans- Beechy, SK are also asking what it have access to better crop parent environment that (306) 858-2558 will mean for input costs, continues to encourage particularly crop protec- protection products… new product registra- John Bennett tion products. There are tion. We are utilizing a Biggar, SK two effects; We are using a number number of tactics to (306) 948-2852 achieve our goal, includ- 1. Cheaper products of tactics to achieve our goal. ing minor use registra- David Nobbs across the border. tion, harmonization of Kindersley, SK A quick look at price NAFTA labels, producer (306) 463-3277 lists for American dealers versus Canadian own use import program and registration of dealers will tell you that there are going to generic products. Barbara Podhorodeski be opportunities to get less expensive prod- Shipman, SK ucts in the US. The bottom line is that we Minor Use Registration (306) 426-2350 need to be able to “cross border shop” the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, same way that other business people do. Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food, and SPG, Murray Purcell in conjunction with other provincial grower Pike Lake, SK 2. New innovative products coming into organizations and governments, have provid- (306) 241-4732 Canada. The chemical companies that ed research funding to support registration of have discovery labs (to generate the new products for pulse crops. Current projects chemistries) will bring new products into include glyphosate on chickpea; sulfentrazone countries with strong currencies first. on chickpea; Nova on field pea and dry beans; When the Canadian dollar was at 65 cents and Gaucho, Kocide Solo/Basagran and it was not as attractive for a company Allegro on dry beans. …continues on page 8 Saskatchewan Pulse Growers PulsePoint October 2007 3 table of contents PulsePoint – Ocober 2007 Published for: Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Taste The Future 104 - 411 Downey Road Saskatoon, SK S7N 4L8 In this issue you will find stories that show how pulses will play a Phone: (306) 668-5556 part in transforming our diets. New to PulsePoint is a cooking Fax: (306) 668-5557 Email: [email protected] column with recipes contributed by “Celebrity Chefs.” We encourage Website: www.saskpulse.com you to try the recipes in your kitchen and to submit your favorite recipes to us for future consideration. Published by: Sunrise Publishing 2213B Hanselman Court If you need further help including pulses into your family meal plans, Saskatoon, SK S7L 6A8 be sure to read the story by Amy Jo Ehman about her experiment in Phone: (306) 244-5668 eating locally-produced foods for one year. The research spotlight falls Fax: (306) 244-5679 Email: [email protected] on a facility in Winnipeg that is looking closely at pulse processing. Website: www.sunrisepublish.com Publication Dates: Finally we share some production news about chickpeas and offer a generous helping of tips January, March, June, October and advice about lentil markets. Publisher: Twila Reddekopp There is much to be thankful for in the Canadian pulse industry! Editor: Erin Taman Athmer *The recipe for Golden Fava (pictured on the cover) can be found on page 26. Contributors: David Bindle, Brian Clancey, Amy Jo Ehman, Brian Guebert, Geoff Howe, Barbara Lauer, Gene Makowsky, Ray McVicar, features in this issue Jim Moen, Amanda Olekson, Garth Patterson, Penny Pearse, 5 Chickpea Ascochyta Blight Sentinel Plant Project Erin Taman Athmer, Uniquity Photography, Shelly Weber The goal of this project is to develop improved communication tools for growers and agronomists. Art and Production: Trevor Sellar 7 Grey Cup Snacks from Celebrity Chefs Marketing: From our kitchen to yours celebrity chefs share their favorite pulse recipes. Linda Hamm 9 An Experiment in Eating Locally Saskatchewan Pulse Growers For one year, Amy Jo Ehman served only Saskatchewan foods at her dinner table and Sunrise Publishing make no including pulses! expressed or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for 11 Spotlight on Research: Studying Pulse Processing at CIGI a particular purpose or other- CIGI is enhancing world markets for Canadian pulses through secondary processing wise, concerning the use of any and value-added research. product, advice provided, and market insights, and assumes no 13 Pulse Companies List liability for any injury or damage, A list of companies who are licensed and secured, or exempted by the Canadian Grain direct or consequential, which Comission who purchase pulse crops and submit check-off to SPG. may be incurred from the use of such products or services 19 Taking the Pulse of Bread therein. Federal, Provincial and Pea fibre could soon become a common baking ingredient. Municipal laws and regulations 23 Market Muse: Lentil Marketing Advice supersede the information contained herein. Growers need to take note that there is no single month in which lentil prices typically peak. Canadian Mail Publications Sales Agreement #40021625 Postmaster please return undeliverable copies to departments Saskatchewan Pulse Growers 104 – 411 Downey Road 3 Chair’s Message Saskatoon, SK S7N 4L8 8 Call for Resolutions ISSN 1701-9125 PRINTED IN CANADA 16 Pulse Days 2008: Building the Bioeconomy Cover Photo: 21 2008 Board of Director’s Nomination Form Geoff Howe 27 The Amazing Legume Cookbook Sales 28 On Point: News Briefs 30 Closing Thoughts 31 Regional Pulse Development Workshops 4 PulsePoint October 2007 Saskatchewan Pulse Growers crop protection by Ray McVicar and Penny Pearse in brief Chickpea Ascochyta Blight The goal of this project is to develop improved communication Sentinel tools for growers and Plant Project agronomists. A group of scientists, growers, and agronomists undertook a new project this spring under the direction of Mark Goodwin, from Pulse Canada, with funding from the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Pest Management Centre Reduced Risk Program and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. The project will run for three years. The Chickpea Ascochyta Blight Sentinel Plant project’s objectives are to: i) develop a sentinel spore trap-line for ascochyta blight on chickpea using pre-grown chickpea plants AND FOOD AGRICULTURE PHOTO COURTESY SASKATCHEWAN placed adjacent to infected crop residue to measure early spore release, and ii) develop improved communication tools for growers and agronomists. The goal is to provide growers with infor- mation that will help them make wise use of fungicides in their management of the disease. Dr. Yantai Gan and staff at the AAFC Research Station at Swift Current provided leadership and hard work in the project by growing, positioning, collecting, and analyzing the sentinel plants. They began by growing CDC Xena chickpea plants in their green- house. Four grower sites in south western Saskatchewan were selected. At each site, trap-line plants were situated at three different distances from last year’s chickpea residue. Weather stations were located at two of the sites. Eleven batches of sentinel plants were placed at the sites every three to four days from May 18 to June 21. As each new batch was positioned at the site, the previous plants Analyzing sentinel chickpea plants in Swift Current. Saskatchewan Pulse Growers PulsePoint October 2007 5 crop protection A (1) Cage located (2) Cage located (3) Cage located 10 m from 1 m from in chickpea residue. residue. residue. PHOTOS COURTESY SASKATCHEWAN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AGRICULTURE PHOTOS COURTESY SASKATCHEWAN BC Sentinel chickpea were removed and placed in a humidifier and (placed in the field on May 28) was exposed to plants were placed in then a growth chamber to encourage disease 99% humidity and rainfall.