Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian pea and lentil exports slowed down in December compared to the previous month, although year-to-date movement remains solid as India remains in the market for the time being.
Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slow down in December
Market waiting to see if India extends duty free yellow pea policy
Pulse weekly: Slight Canadian acreage shifts expected in 2025
More peas and lentils, less chickpeas and beans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Total Canadian pulse plantings are expected to hold relatively steady in 2025, with Canadian farmers seeding more peas and lentils while cutting area to chickpeas and edible beans, according to early estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Jan. 20.
India top destination for Canadian peas/lentils through October
Reading Time: < 1 minute India was the top customer for Canadian peas and lentils through the first three months of the 2024/25 marketing year, with total exports of both pulse crops running well ahead of the year ago pace.
Pulse Weekly: Smaller chickpeas leading to lower prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canada produced a greater proportion of 8-mm Kabuli chickpeas in its 2024-25 chickpea crop than in other years, which may lead to a price gap between eight mm and nine mm chickpeas on the market.
Largest Canadian chickpea crop in over two decades
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian chickpea production hit its largest level in over two decades in 2024, although the increased supplies have cut into prices.
Pulse Weekly: Australian chickpea crop sees major expansion
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia will see its largest chickpea crop in nearly a decade, according to winter crop production estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) on Sept. 3. The agency forecasted 1.333 million tonnes of chickpea production over a seeded area of 1.900 million acres for the 2024-25 crop year, 70 per […] Read more
Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slowing
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian pulse exports are showing signs of slowing down entering the final months of the 2023/24 marketing year, as end users turn their attention to the looming availability of new crop supplies. Canada has exported 1.286 million tonnes of lentils during the crop year-to-date, running about 25 per cent behind the pace […] Read more
India looking at large lentil crop, but pulses down overall
Delayed onset of northeast monsoon slowed harvests, shortened planting window
Reading Time: 2 minutes India may be looking at a record large red lentil crop in 2023/24, although poor monsoon rains are expected to cut into total pulse area and production, according to reports out of the country.
USDA confirms larger U.S. lentil/pea/chickpea crops
Edible bean production down slightly with lower seeded area, yield
Reading Time: 2 minutes Final production estimates for the past growing season from the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed larger lentil, dry pea and chickpea crops in the country in 2023/24 compared to the previous year, as yields improved for all three crops. However, edible bean production was down slightly as both yields and seeded area were down for the crop.
Pulse weekly outlook: Activity to ramp up for chickpeas
'Quality was good, yields were lower'
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Things are quiet right now on the chickpea front, but that could change in a few weeks, according to Jake Hansen of Mid-West Grain in Moose Jaw. “I think everyone’s getting prepped and ready for Argentina’s harvest, but it’s quiet,” he said. “There’s still movement on previous contracts, but not a lot of […] Read more
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