Pulse markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, May 8 (CNS Canada) – Canada exported 76,200 tonnes of peas during the week ended April 30, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data, bringing year-to-date pea exports to 3.03 million tonnes. Pea exports are now running about a million tonnes ahead of the previous year’s pace. Canadian […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, May 5 – Producers in southern Saskatchewan have begun seeding pulses, according to the province’s latest crop report. Commercial pea stocks in Canada are up over the same time last year. According to Statistics Canada’s stocks report, the total amount of dry pea stocks in Canada is […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, May 4 – The Mexican government has decided to import 100,000 tonnes of dry beans duty-free. According to a report from the USDA, the beans will be taken from the country’s most-favoured trading partners. Chickpea prices in India have softened in recent days due to a lack […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, May 3 – Flooding in the central Queensland region of eastern Australia has damaged pulse crops, according to a report on allaboutfeed.net. One farmer said he had lost over 6,000 acres of mixed crop while another one said his paddock of chickpeas was covered by six metres […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, May 2 – Chickpea prices in Australia have risen past AU$1,000 per tonne and are expected to remain high, according to a report from Queensland Country Life. According to a report on adelaidenow.com, Viterra shipped 50,000 tonnes of lentils to Turkey in March. That is more than […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, May 1 – Farmers in Queensland (eastern Australia) are growing anxious for spring rains to help this year’s chickpea crop to establish. The month of April was mostly dry according to a report in Queensland Country Life. Analysts note the months of May, June and July are […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 28 (CNS Canada) – Canada exported 128,900 tonnes of peas during the week ended April 23, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data, bringing year-to-date pea exports to 2.95 million tonnes. Pea exports are running about 900,000 tonnes ahead of the previous year’s pace. Canadian lentil exports […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 27 (CNS Canada) – Up to two million acres of land in Western Canada is still sitting with unharvested crops from 2016, raising concerns over the timing of spring seeding for 2017, according to reports. While pulse crops were mostly harvested before the winter, adjustments to current seeding […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 26 (CNS Canada) – Since the start of the 2016/17 marketing year, Ukraine supplied 333.8 thousand tonnes of peas to foreign markets, well above the previous year’s 181.6 thousand tonnes,according to data from APK-Inform. Top end large green lentil bids are holding relatively firm in Western Canada, with […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 25 (CNS Canada) – India’s food ministry is considering raising import duties on tur dal (pigeon peas) from 10 per cent to 25 per cent in an effort to protect domestic prices for farmers, according to reports out of the country. Canadian lentil seedings could end up above […] Read more