Pulses: Canadian pea exports stay strong

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 24 (CNS Canada) – Canadian pea exports remain strong, with 134,000 tonnes moving out of the country during the week ended April 16, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. That brings the year-to-date total to 2.82 million tonnes, which is about 800,000 tonnes ahead of the […] Read more

Pulses: Reduced Canadian lentil/pea acres expected

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 21 (CNS Canada) – Canadian farmers intend to seed fewer pea and lentil acres in 2017 compared to the previous year, according to Statistics Canada’s first acreage report of the year, but the area devoted to the two pulse crops should still be the second largest on record. […] Read more


Pulses: Cdn pulse acreage intentions unclear ahead of report

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 19 (CNS Canada) – Trade opinions are divided over whether Canadian pulse acres will be up or down in 2017 after the record-large pea and lentil seedings recorded the previous year. Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based estimates for the 2017/18 crop year on Friday, April 21. Pre-report […] Read more

Pulses: ‘Normal’ monsoon forecast for India

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 18 (CNS Canada) – India’s South-West Monsoon is expected to be ‘normal’ in 2017, according to the first official long-range forecast from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on April 18. The South-West monsoon typically accounts for more than 70 per cent of the country’s annual precipitation, according to […] Read more





Pulses: Australian chickpea prices rocket past wheat

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 12 – Chickpeas appear to be surpassing wheat and sorghum as the preferred crop of farmers on Australia’s east coast. A report in Queensland Country Life says demand from India has pushed chickpeas to AU$1,000 per tonne in Brisbane, which is nearly four times the price […] Read more

Pulses: Canadian pulse farmers face hurdle with Pakistan

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 11 – Canadian pulse farmers are facing another hurdle to Asian markets. According to a report on Ipolitics.ca, The Canadian Food Inspection Agency stopped issuing phytosanitary certificates for container shipments to Pakistan effective March 31. The certificates are government documents that assure that an export of […] Read more


Pulses: Chickpea prices soar down under

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 10 – Chickpea prices on the east-central coast of Australia have risen by more the AU$200 per tonne over the past month, according to a report in Queensland Country Life. Strong demand from India is credited as the reason why. Prairie prices for Laird number one […] Read more

Pulses: Canada reports largest pea exports since harvest

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 7 (CNS Canada) – Canada exported 117,700 tonnes of peas during the week ended March 26, the largest weekly movement since September. The latest exports brought the year-to-date total to 2.64 million tonnes, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. Total pea exports are running ahead of […] Read more