Reading Time: < 1 minute Lentils and peas will be among those pulse crops facing challenges not only in January, but also for the rest of the 2025/26 marketing year and possibly beyond that, said Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture Inc. in Winnipeg.
Pulse Weekly: Lentils, peas facing challenges
Pulse Weekly: Tariffs guide yellow peas in 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariffs were a major influence on Canadian yellow pea prices in 2025, with levies imposed by China and India. The two countries are Canada’s biggest foreign pulse buyers.
Pulse Weekly: No upside for peas until after New Year
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prices for green and yellow peas have dropped back across the Prairies over the last week. One of the major downward drivers was the Statistics Canada production report released earlier this month, said Levon Sargsyan of Johnston’s Grain in Calgary.
Pulse Weekly: Canadian pulse production rises
Reading Time: 2 minutes Statistics Canada released its principal field crop estimates on Dec. 4, which showed bumper crops for most pulses.
Pulse weekly: Record Australian pulse crop expected
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australian pulse production is expected to set a record for the second year in a row in 2025/26, with a slight decline in the chickpea crop countered by increased lentil production, said the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) in its December crop report.
Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers
Reading Time: 2 minutes As trade talks between Canada and India are soon to restart, Pulse Canada said it’s looking for any deal arising out of those talks to be beneficial for Canadian pulse growers.
Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian chickpeas saw stable prices and its largest crop in two decades.
Pulse Weekly: India imposes 30 per cent tariff on yellow peas
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pulse Canada is quite unhappy with the Indian government’s recent move to slap a 30 per cent tariff on its yellow pea imports, said the pulse organization’s board chair Terry Youzwa.
Pulse Weekly: SPG looks back at harvest, ahead to trade
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan Pulse Growers executive director Carl Potts said this year’s harvest had strong yields as the organization now works on international trade.
Pulse Weekly: Yields coming into focus
Reading Time: 2 minutes Provincial agricultural departments are reporting pulse yields higher than Statistics Canada’s September estimates.
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