By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, June 20 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Monday, June 20.
– The Saskatchewan government says 32% of the newly-planted field-pea crop is in excellent shape. That comes as welcome news for pea-buyers who are reportedly nervous about the wetter-than-normal conditions being felt in Eastern Europe, France and parts of North America.
– More pulses are being planted in sections of India, not normally associated with the crop variety. Jharkhand is better known for its rice production but is seeing more acres switched over to pulses instead. State officials say the country’s National Food Security Mission which aimed to boost domestic production of pulses and other foodstuffs was a major part in the rise.
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– Russia pea exports are surging. According to apk-inform, exports reached just under 700,000 tonnes during the year of 2015/16. That was nearly double (368,000) what had been shipped out the year before. The largest year for pea exports up to that point had been in 2011/12 when 679,000 tonnes were exported.
– New research at the University of Idaho shows that herbicides used on dry beans in narrow row plots were just as effective as those used on dry beans in conventional plots (that had been cultivated). In an interview with Magic Valley News, Don Morishita says this indicated growers could possibly get adequate weed control without cultivating which would reduce an entire trip across the field.
– Green peas are attracting prices of C$7.50 to $9.75 per bushel at elevators across Western Canada. In North Dakota, farmers are getting prices of C$8.36 to $9.01 per bushel while growers in Washington/Idaho are getting C$9.27 to $9.65, according to the Prairie Ag Hotwire.
