Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Production issues in growing regions have driven chickpea prices higher, one analyst says, but limited seed means Canadian producers may not be able to take advantage of strong new-crop pricing. “Bottom line, the world is out of chickpeas,” said Colin Young of Midwest Investments. “As the year progressed everyone was hoping the […] Read more
New-crop chickpea prices strong, but seed short
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Reading Time: 6 minutes The presentations begin. A woman takes the stage in the middle of the long, narrow, high-ceilinged room. Across from her, two slide shows project on the wall. On the left screen is a combine working in a large, flat field; on the right, gourmet food. The room hushes as Allison Ammeter, chair of the Alberta […] Read more
Pulses: Festivals, supply issues to keep India’s prices high
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Thursday morning, Oct. 15. • Analysts say pulse prices will likely remain high in India as the market there faces a potent mix of lowered output, steady demand from festivals and slow imports that already fall short of demand. […] Read more
India’s drought a bonanza for Canadian pulse growers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg/Mumbai | Reuters — Prices for Canadian pulses typically ease toward the end of the year but a recent dry spell in distant India, the world’s top producer and consumer, is driving them up. Back-to-back drought years for the first time in three decades has eroded India’s output of pulses and boosted imports. Global prices […] Read more
Pulses: Pulse Australia recruits top scientist
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Wednesday morning, Oct. 14. • Pulse Australia has announced that world-renowned agronomist Paul McIntosh, who has vast experience working with crops in Queensland, will be joining their organization. • Due to rising pulse prices in India, the government says […] Read more
Pulses: India mulls creation of pulse intelligence agency
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Tuesday morning, Oct. 13. • India is reportedly mulling over the creation of an intelligence agency designed to track the supply and demand of pulse crops, both in the domestic and international market. The issue was sparked by the […] Read more
Pulses: Sask. harvest wraps, El Nino hits Australia
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Friday morning, Oct. 9. • Peas and lentils are both 99 per cent combined in Saskatchewan, according to the latest provincial report. Lentil yields are averaging 1,279 lbs./ac., which compares with 1,371 in 2014. Peas averaged 32 bu./ac., also […] Read more
Chickpeas see strength in early harvest returns
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The chickpea harvest is slowly gathering steam across Western Canada with prices holding steady, despite the harvest pressure. In Saskatchewan, where the majority of the crop lies, one industry stakeholder estimated a fifth of the crop has been combined. “Chickpeas are 20 per cent complete or just nicely underway,” said Colin Young […] Read more
Quality, not quantity key to chickpea sales
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Chickpeas may be relatively small in terms of acreage in Western Canada, but the quality aspects of the country’s crop, especially the larger-calibre varieties, may help command some premiums in the global market. Canadian farmers intend to plant 140,000 acres of chickpeas in 2015, down from the 170,000 seeded the previous year […] Read more
Chickpea prices subdued, bounce unlikely in short term
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Weather issues in India have generated some rumblings in the international chickpea market recently, but prices remain subdued in Western Canada and aren’t expected to see any significant strength in the near term. “The chickpea market is still being dominated by very cheap Russian and Argentine supplies,” said Colin Young of Midwest […] Read more
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