NASS: Pulse, canola acres on the rise in PNW

From the Capital Press

Farmers in the Northwest are planting more pulses, canola and barley, forgoing some wheat acreage as a result of low prices.

Chickpea, canola and barley acres increased in the PNW, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service prospective plantings report.

“I think farmers are looking for options to plant something other than wheat when they can,” said Mary Palmer Sullivan, vice president with the Washington Grain Commission, citing low wheat prices. Read the rest of the story here.