By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, September 28 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Wednesday, September 28.
– The USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation office in Kansas has purchased 18,500 tonnes of pulses for food aid.
– Brazil’s agriculture minister has publicly stated his country’s plans to start growing more lentils to sell to India. Blairo Maggi told reporters on Tuesday a processing plant could be built in Brazil to help streamline exports.
– A professor from Michigan State University says pulse crops are “underexploited” despite the numerous benefits they offer farmers, according to a report in Prairie Business Magazine. Irvin Widders recently spoke at the Agricultural Bioscience Conference in Fargo. He says crops in eastern Montana and western North Dakota do especially well due to the dry and cool conditions in those areas.
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– A new report from Allafrica.com says South Africa is looking to bolster exports of pigeon peas to India. Free on Board prices peg pigeon peas at US$450 per tonne to US$900 per tonne with the average coming in around US$600 per tonne in 2015.
– Yellow peas are currently attracting prices of C$6.00 to C$7.25 per bushel at elevators across Western Canada, according to the Prairie Ag Hotwire. The same peas are going for C$5.81 to C$8.26 per bushel in North Dakota and C$7.93 per bushel in Washington/Idaho.
