pulse crops

Representative Dan Newhouse is praising the FDA for a proposal that would reclassify almonds, hops, pulse crops and wine grapes.  The proposal which has been in the pipeline for years would exempt those commodities from the Food Safety Modernization Act.  Ne...

It could be the brightest star in the pulse-crop world these days; chickpeas.   "Chickpeas are really up,up,up, in almost all categories. For the last four years,five years,production, trade, value, everything seems to be going up for chickpeas, t's a very hot market right now," said USDA Ag Economist Travis Minor.   ...

The beginning of the year for pea and lentil growers held a lot of promise according to Lance Honig with USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.   “The potential was there for a big crop. We actually planted a record high number of acres for lentils this year.”   Unfort...

Wheat and pulse growers can access a new WSU publication to help them deal with and prevent mayweed chamomile, better known as dog fennel.   Researcher Drew Lyon said it is a pretty flower, but it can mean bad things for area crops.  ...

At a WSU workshop last week, pulse growers and processors learned how the extrusion process can open up a new market for their crops.   Dr. Girish Ganjyal said the extrusion process of puffing up a grain or other commodity through heat and pressure is already widely used.  ...

The United Nations has declared 2016 as the International Year of the Pulses.   CEO of the American Pulse Association Tim McGreevey says that pulses are great as a rotational crop since they are, “unique in the plant kingdom because they are a legume, and legumes actually pull nitrogen from the air and deposit nitrogen in the soil for the following usually a cereal grain crop.”   The N... Read Mor