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PULSE USA NEWS
ISSUE #8
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May - August 2016
IN THIS ISSUE
“Changing Ag Concepts One Crop at a Time”
Pulse USA Word Find Trivia
The first three individuals to answer the below questions
correctly will receive free Pulse USA merchandise. Please email
your answers to: [email protected]. The answers can be
found throughout the newsletter.
1. Peas are a great source of
.
2. A very “sweet” sorghum x sudangrass hybrid.
3. Pulse USA’s newest father of a baby girl.
4. A new Pulse USA forage pea variety.
5. A new hybrid cross between a turnip and kale.
6. Kale, turnip, and radish are considered what crop type.
7. Cattle love to
.
8. Pulse USA’s best Eastern Sales Representative.
9. 2016 is “The Year of the
“.
10. The “BMR” traits stands for
.
11. Pulse USA’s new green field pea variety.
12. Peas can build
in your soil.
13. Fergie contains a high level of what?
14. Pulse USA’s Harley Davidson enthusiast.
15. A reduced level of
for easier digestion for livestock.
in plants, makes
Did You Know?
Pages 2-4
Business Manager, Renae Larson, gives
you an inside look of members of our
Pulse USA family.
Born on the Bayou
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We’ve added another brassica to our
lineup - Eastern Sales Representative,
Emily Paul, will tell you all about it!
Warm Season Forages
Page 6
Western Sales Representative, Luke
Dukart gives you an inside look on a few
warm season forage options we have.
Pea Protein
Pages 7-8
Learn about the health benefits of pea
protein from Assistant General Manager,
Duane Pool.
Fungicide your Pulse crops Page 9
General Manager, Byron Lannoye, talks
about the need to fungicide your pulse
crops.
New Pea Varieties
Page 10
We have two new pea varieties—one is
for forage, the other for commodity;
learn from the expert Nicole Braun, Sales
Apprentice.
Lentil Brownies
Page 11
Stamp of approval from Pulse USA Staff;
from Business Assistant, Candy Barth.
Calendar of Events
Page 12
Upcoming summer field tours.
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Did you know…?
Get Up Close and Personal With Our Pulse USA staff
You probably know that our General Manager Byron Lannoye is a big, burly
Harley Davidson motorcycle rider. He lives to ride and rides to live. But, did you
know that our staff nicknamed him Grandpa Carebear a few years ago because of
his gentle and caring demeanor? They even had a graphic artist design a patch
which they had made for him to sew onto his leather riding vest.
Our vibrant Tanya Jo Smith, who is Byron’s Assistant, loves adventures and
being on-the-go in her spare time. But, a fact you will probably find most interesting is that she is a national
champion curler, winning the 2015 Women’s Club Nationals. This April Tanya Jo, along with her husband and
two other teammates, flew to Arizona to compete in the 2016 Mixed National Championship representing
North Dakota against the top nine other teams from around the country. Had her team won, they would
have been off to represent USA competing in the World Mixed Championship Event hosted in Kazan, Russia.
The newest member of our team – our Assistant General Manager Duane Pool – is quite the
outdoorsman. He likes all sorts of outdoor activities. But, not many people can say they owned their own
portable rock climbing wall named ‘Road Kill Wall’ (don’t ask!). Duane had rock wall, would travel.
Kari Fried, our Sales Assistant, is a spitfire. You probably could have figured that out by the color of
her hair. Kari is an avid bicyclist no matter what the weather conditions: snow or heat.
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Nicole Braun is in our sales department as our Sales Apprentice. Although
she is still in college working toward a dual Ag Degree, she is an integral part of our
team. She is also our Pulse USA athlete. She loves all sports: softball, biking,
hunting, kayaking, basketball, fishing (winter or summer), working out at the gym,
golf – you name it. Nicole is always up for a little competition.
Our Western Sales Representative
Luke Dukart is our old soul. He was born
about 40 years too late. He loves
one-liners from the tv show Hee Haw, old country music and he
just purchased what we like to refer to as his “grocery-getter”
which is a 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis. Luke thinks his (new) car
is super cool!
Our Eastern Sales Representative Emily Paul is one of the most
creative individuals I know. She is extremely talented in the way of
painting, drawing, crafting, jewelry making and clothing style. In addition
she is the marketing guru for our company and the driving force behind the
design of our newsletters, advertising and product guide. I never took one
art class in high school and no one ever wants me on their Pictionary team
so I am extremely envious of Emily’s talent in this area!
Candy Barth, our Business Assistant has been a Pampered Chef Consultant for more than 20
years. She keeps our new Pulse USA kitchen stocked with the best kitchen tools and cookware. If you are in
need of any Pampered Chef items or if you want to host a show or a bridal shower, here is a link to Candy’s
website: http://www.pamperedchef.biz/candybarth.
Mack Ternes, our Warehouse Manager, and his wife Bre welcomed their
first child and the newest NDSU Bison fan (as well as the newest Philadelphia
Eagles fan…go Carson Wentz!) into the world on April 30th. Eliza Marie weighed
7#, 14oz and is a “sweet pea” that we all love! Mom and baby are doing great.
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Our Warehouseman James Kostelecky loves to pump iron in his spare time.
He has a huge interest in following body building and body builders. In
September of 2015 he attended the Olympia Fitness and Performance
Bodybuilding Competition in Las Vegas where he met some of the bodybuilders
he follows and idolizes. He hopes to make that trip a yearly tradition.
Tyler Kress who works in our warehouse is our fearless rodeo competitor.
He ropes steers and rides bulls…rides bulls, people!!! A few years ago a rodeo
accident resulted in TK losing fingers on his right hand. But, that doesn’t inhibit
him from continuing this sport that he loves. He is a courageous young man.
This is where I turn my article over to another staff member. I want you all to know something about
myself, but my article wouldn’t have the same feel if I gave up the information. So, I am going to choose
Mack Ternes to write something about me. Mack is my nephew (one more “did you know” for you) so he
should be able to come up with something! And, not only do I intend not to edit Mack’s portion of the article, I intend not to read it until it gets published.
Happy spring, everyone.
Our Business Manager, Renae Larson, is the heart of our Pulse USA
family - as you all already know. She’s definitely the glue that keeps us together,
but something you might not know about her - is that she’s the most generous
person that we know. She is always going out of her way each and every day to
bring happiness to other people. And this couldn’t be more true than towards
her co-workers. She frequently brings employees their “favorite treats” in the
morning, she always makes sure that everyone’s birthday celebrations are
nothing less than extraordinary, and she’s always going above and beyond.
Perhaps the most humbling thing about Renae, is that she never expects
anything in return. She loves to see people happy and smiling, and what she may not fully understand - is
that so often, she is the reason behind it!
Renae Larson
Business Manager
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Born on the Bayou
If you’ve ever wondered what my favorite avenue of our business here at Pulse USA is; you just
may enjoy reading my article – hopefully! I so often am asked, “What is your favorite part about working
at Pulse USA?” Well; since it’s raining outside and my phone isn’t ringing off the hook today, I’m going to
take some time to answer this question to all of you. Aside from my co-workers; my favorite part is our
forage and cover crop business. I could go on and on about how great my co-workers are, and the
enjoyment we fill each day with. But I suppose I better stick to teaching you something about the
forages and cover crops.
Every year; we continue to add new products to this portion of our business. It is truly exciting to
see the ways in which the cover crop and forage business continues to not only grow – but advance.
Growers are paying more and more attention each year to searching for new things to try, with the
assurance from us that they will economically benefit from them.
Like every year, this year we added quite a few new products to this portion of our company, but
I am going to focus on just one of them today - Bayou Kale. If you aren’t familiar with Kale, I look forward
to hopefully teaching you a thing or two about it. We are confident that Bayou is going to have an
important role in our forage business; not only because it provides excellent feed for multiple grazings,
but also its enhanced adaptability to our climate in the Upper Midwest.
This variety is a cross between turnip and kale – helping get the best of a couple different worlds.
We anticipate Bayou to produce a really high quality forage, that has an exceptionally high yield –
possibly greater than the forage from a turnip. We see that it should handle drought stress quite well;
but also very well adapted to cold tolerance. Which is excellent for this frozen tundra that we live in!
Various varieties of Radish and Turnip do quite well into the Fall/Winter months – allowing for that
season long grazing late into the year. But we should see an even added longer grazing time period for
Bayou Kale. It has even shown some resistance to frost in certain parts of
Photo Credit: Saddle Butte Ag
the country.
As we find this to be an exciting addition to our forage lineup; it
will also fit quite well into the cover crop and soil health aspect of things
too. As it does handle a diverse range of soil types, and provides excellent
ground cover to protect from soil erosion, drought, wind erosion, etc.
The seeding practices for Bayou are quite similar to other
brassicas. It can be sown, drilled, broadcasted, harrowed, etc. When
planted alone; it should be seeded at that 6 pound/acre range, and we
will mostly be putting it in mixes at a rate of 2-4 pounds/acre – depending
on the other contents of that mix.
This 2016 season; will be the first year that we have put this product in our customer’s hands –
therefore, we are looking forward to seeing it in the field and getting some good producer feedback. We
will also have it in our plot here at the Pulse USA office; so if you are ever in the area, please feel free to
stop in and check it out. I would like to thank all of you for your continued support, and I wish you a
happy and safe spring!
Emily Paul
Eastern Sales Representative
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Warm Season Forages
I hope everyone is having a good spring so far, and that it will continue into the summer
months. In these next few weeks, I’m sure you’ll be thinking about what warm season forages and cover crops you should plant – and we are here to help you with this! Here at Pulse USA, we are continually
expanding our forage and cover crop lineup. So; today I’d like to focus on a few warm season forages
that we’re pretty excited about; such as: Nutra-King BMR 6 sorghum x sudangrass, GW 400 forage sorghum, and a warm season Grazer mixture.
Nutra-King BMR 6 sorghum x sudangrass is our replacement for previously used, GW-300 BMR.
Compared to normal hybrids, the Nutra-King BMR 6 has some huge advantages. This variety has a lower
level of lignin, making it even easier for livestock to digest. Also; due to this reduced level of lignin it is
more palatable for livestock. It will be a good option for haying, grazing, and silage. Nutra-King BMR 6
will be a good one for the possibility of multiple cuttings. With sorghum sudangrass varieties; you will
be looking at a 25 pound per acre seeding rate. If you plant at a higher seed population; you will make
the stocks finer, in turn making them easier to harvest and feed. A general rule of thumb for sorghum x
sudangrass fertilizer requirements, is 1 – 1 ¼ units of Nitrogen, per growing day.
The next addition to our line is GW-400 BMR forage sorghum. In a dry year; this is a great alternative to silage corn, because of its low water requirements. Like Nutra-King BMR 6; it also has the
brown mid rib (BMR) trait; making it more digestible and palatable for livestock. We will have more data on this one at the end of this summer.
When people are looking for a sorghum x sudangrass hybrid; many will refer to our old standby
– “Super Sugar.” Super Sugar makes great hay with an excellent sugar content, especially when it is
planted at a little heavy rate to keep the stalks thin. If you’re ever in a field of Super Sugar, take a minute to cut a piece out of the stalk and taste it – you will understand where it gets its name from! Super
Sugar also fits very well into a grazing cover crop mixture.
We have many other warm season options; for all your needs, including: multiple types of millets, sudangrass, broadleaves, etc. As always, please call or email me if you have any questions.
Good luck and have a good summer!
Luke Dukart
Western Sales Representative
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Pea Protein
Have you looked at any health food or “natural” food labels lately? If you start looking you will begin
to see some changes in the list of ingredients from 5, 10 and 20 years ago. You started seeing fractionated
compounds of fiber, starch and protein years ago, but the source of these components is starting to include
more peas. Especially yellow peas.
What is so different about pea protein and why are we seeing an increase in its use? Pea are
somewhat unique in that the FDA considers pulse peas to be both a protein source (because they contain
amino acids) and a vegetable (because they contain carbohydrates and fiber). The fact they are highlighted
as a protein source is what I am looking at today. Pea proteins contain amino acids, which we learned in high
school biology are the building blocks of life. Your body can store fats and starches but it needs a constant
supply of about 10 amino acids on a regular basis, these are called “essential amino acids”. The human body
use 20 amino acids but is limited to manufacturing only 10 of them. The 10 amino acids that we can produce
are alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine and tyrosine.
The 10 essential amino acids that we must consume, on a regular basis, to remain healthy are; arginine,
histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. These are
the components the body breaks food protein down into, or isolates, then puts them together with other
proteins, amino acids and water to make tissue. These are the tissues that make up muscle, tendons,
ligaments, dermis, and lots of other bits and pieces that make us what we are physically. Amino acids are
also a catalyst for cellular activity. Which is another reason athletes and body builders try to ensure an
adequate consumption of certain ones.
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To make this long story short we
need amino acids to live and peas supply
several of the essential acids in what we
call branch chain amino acids (“BCAA” on
your nutritional label). Because of the well
balance amino acid profile of peas, they are
recognized by the World Health
Organization as supplying the full daily
requirements for adults. Specifically for
athletes and children peas are a great
source of arginine, lysine, and
phenylalanine. So along with being an
amazingly good source of amino acids pea
protein also has several advantages in the
food additive market. Pea proteins are
fairly separable in the isolation process
unlike soy. Soy requires harsh chemicals to
extract proteins, peas can be separated
using water. Peas also have the advantage
of being non-GMO in an increasingly label
conscious world of consumers. Several
companies are even making
significant headway in removing or masking
pea flavors in the proteins and in making
the proteins soluble in acidic environments which opens the sports recover drink market to pea
proteins.
The growth of yellow pea production has been growing around 3% per year. However the
growth in revenue from pea protein sales are forecast to be around 10%. As we look forward to our
industry, peas are growing in recognition for their contribution to health living not only as a part of our
diet, but as a basic ingredient in other healthy processed foods and nutritional supplements. In the end,
the future of peas in our diet has great potential.
Duane Pool
Assistant General Manager
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Fungicide your Pulse crops!
Today is May 17th 2016 and most of the pulse crops
have been planted this spring. In some of our southern
growing regions, field peas are out of the ground and
looking good. The 2016 crop year is undeniably a year that
we need to watch input expenses very closely with the low
commodity prices that are being offered. The major
dilemma that presents itself to growers is cutting inputs
usually means cutting yields as well. Where do you draw
the line?
In our 2015 Pulse USA summer newsletter, I wrote a
little bit about a successful fungicide experience and why
you should apply fungicide to pulse crops. This was actually
a personal experience of mine that will hopefully shed
some light on cutting inputs. The year was 2006 and I was
at our family farm planting in a very dry year. The pulse
crops had emerged nicely and continued to look very good
at the early flowering stage. I have always been a firm
believer in using fungicides in conventionally-farmed pulse
crops, and I had planned on using the BASF product “Headline” to treat my field peas at the onset of
bloom. The agronomist that I had contracted to scout my farm felt there was no need to fungicide the
field peas as there was no evidence of diseases present, and we were in a very dry cycle. Needless to
say we had a long discussion about this, and I finally agreed to leave a 200 – 250 foot wide untreated
section in the middle of the pea field running the entire length. The day I pulled into the field with the
combine I was wondering if I would be able to find the flags marking the untreated check strip. When I
looked down the field the treated/untreated line was so obvious that I didn’t need flags to find the
untreated check! My belief is that the fungicide had allowed the plant to stay healthy and make better
use of the moisture and nutrients that were available to the plant even in a dry year. The final outcome
of this field trial was a whopping 10+ bushel per acre increase in the treated versus the untreated check.
Had I tried to save money and stray from my normal practices, I would have lost a substantial amount of
income in this field versus the money that we spent for application and fungicide.
In conclusion, the decision to cut inputs is a hard choice, so make sure you weigh the pros and
cons before deciding. In a year when commodity prices are low, you need to maximize your yields to
attain a positive income per acre. Lowering certain crop input costs might have a lesser impact on yield
then lowering other input costs, but remember that you need strong yields in years of low commodity
prices and there is little room for error. Pulse crops respond positively to fungicide applications, and I
suggest that you consider what can happen to pulse crops when disease does strike. Yield losses of 20%
- 30% are common and that is something you will want to avoid at all costs.
As always, be safe out there.
Byron Lannoye
General Manager
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Peas for your Livestock, and Peas for your Field
Every year Pulse USA brings new products, plant species, and varietal genetics to the market for
our customers. During the past two years of working here; I have spent an extensive amount of time at
research stations. When I travel to the research stations I monitor new variety lines, compare our varieties to others, and look at the agronomic data that gets published by the stations. Pulse USA takes great
pride in providing high quality genetics, and we put in the extra time to look at the trials – in North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. This well spend time allows us to confidently recommend varieties for our customers, and have the trial data to back it.
Like many other years; we are excited to be bringing forward two
new pea varieties to our customers. We have a yellow black-eyed forage
pea called “Fergie” that we are increasing for the first year in the United
States this spring. Our other new variety is a green field pea called “LG
Koda”; 2016 will be this variety’s second year being increased in the United States. (PVP statuses are currently pending on both of these
varieties.)
Fergie Black Forage Pea
Fergie is a small seeded forage pea that will fit very nicely into the
cover crop side of our business. This pea has an improved standability
among other forage pea varieties, and it produces large forage leaves
with a high crude protein content. Utilizing Fergie’s vegetation will be a
great treat for your livestock, as well as for building soil organisms and
nitrogen in your soil. There’s no doubt about it, Fergie has a very unique
seed that we can’t wait to get into our customer’s cover crops!
LG Koda has a beautiful, perfectly-rounded, dark green seed that
is sure to catch your eye. Because of the small seed size and excellent quality of this variety; we are certain that it will be preferred by growers and pulse processors. LG Koda performs quite well in adverse
environments, and it has expressed
excellent yield potential for us in
the Carrington, ND and Williston,
ND trial locations the last two years.
We are confident that this variety
will be a great addition to our green
field pea varieties.
When you are out at the research stations this summer; make
sure to keep an eye on LG Koda and
get ready to see Fergie in our future
forage and cover crop lineup. If you
LG Koda Green Field Pea
cannot make it to any of the plot
tours; you can always look over the
trial data that the experiment stations publish each year. As always, you can contact our Sales Department with any questions, or interest that you may have with any of our varieties and products. Have a
great summer, and if you see any of us out at a field day we would love to talk with you!
Nicole Braun
Sales Apprentice
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Lentil Brownies
From the Kitchen of.. Candy Barth
Ingredients:
½ cup butter
½ cup lentil purée**
¾ cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
¾ tsp. salt
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts (optional)
Directions:
Melt butter; mix in lentil purée, cocoa, sugar and salt. Add eggs, one at a time. Mix in
vanilla, flour, chocolate chips (and walnuts). Bake in a greased 9x13 pan at 350 degrees
for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
**Lentil Purée: Place cooked or rinsed and drained canned lentils into a food processor.
For every 1 cup lentils, add ¼ cup water. Blend to make a smooth puree with a
consistency like canned pumpkin. If needed, add additional water 1 tbsp. at a time.
You can serve these with or without frosting. I like to frost with the following:
1 square (1 oz.) unsweetened baking chocolate
2 tbsp. butter
1 cup thawed, frozen whipped topping
1¼ cups powdered sugar
Melt chocolate and butter in microwave uncovered for 1 minute to 1½ minutes or until
chocolate is melted and smooth, stirring after each 15-second interval. Add whipped topping; microwave for 15 seconds and stir until completely blended. Add powdered sugar;
mix until smooth. Immediately spread frosting evenly over cooled brownies. Let stand
until frosting is set.
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Calendar of Events
Subject to Change
June & July
6/13/2016
UN-L Field Day
Scottsbluff, NE
6/14/2016
UN-L Field Day
Sidney, NE
6/15/2016
UN-L Field Day
6/16/2016
UN-L Field Day
Hemingford & Venango, NE North Platte, NE
6/21/2016
SDSU Field Day
Fort Thompson, SD
6/21/2016
Central Ag Field Day
Moccasin, MT
6/22/2016
SDSU Field Day
Blunt, SD
6/22/2016
6/23/2016
Northern Ag Field Day Western Triangle Day
Havre, MT
Conrad, MT
6/23/2016
Pulse USA Field Day
Hazelton, ND
6/28/2016
Southern Ag Day
Huntley, MT
6/30/2016
Eastern Ag Day
Sidney, MT
7/7/16
NCREC Pulse Tour
Minot, ND
7/7/2016
Bozeman Farms Day
Bozeman, MT
7/11/2016
7/12/2016
Hettinger REC Day
Hettinger, ND
7/13/2016
Dickinson REC Day
Dickinson, ND
7/14/2016
Williston REC Day
Williston, ND
7/15/2016
Williston REC Day
Williston, ND
7/18/2016
Agronomy Seed Farm
Casselton, ND
7/19/2016
Carrington Field Day
Carrington, ND
7/20/2016
NCREC Field Day
Minot, ND
7/21/2016
Langdon Field Day
Langdon, ND
7/28/2016
7/28/2016
Western Ag Day
Corvallis, MT
Friends & Neighbors Day
Mandan, ND
Central Grasslands Day
Streeter, ND
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