By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, June 1 – The emergence of a stronger strain of
ascochyta blight (AB) in Australia isn’t deterring farmers down
there from planting chickpeas, a report suggests. Ron Storey of
Pulse Australia says chickpeas are the second most important
crop in the country after wheat in terms of gross value. Pulse
pathologist Kevin Moore said he thought growers may even try
chickpea on chickpea rotations to take advantage of high prices,
according to a story in Farmonline.com.
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problems for pulse exports. According to a story in the Ararat
Advertiser, old crop chickpeas still need to be moved out of the
Queensland/Northern New South Wales corridor.
A new report suggests the Indian government is not doing
enough forward pricing of pulse imports from overseas vendors. G
Chandrashekhar, a global commodities specialist notes India’s
pulse production has risen in 2016/17 to 22.4 million tonnes. At
the same time imports have also hit record levels of 6.4 million
tonnes. The situation has disillusioned some Indian farmers who
haven’t been able to get the prices they want, potentially
setting the stage for future supply problems.
Bids for pinto beans and great northern beans fell half a
cent last week across Western Canada. Prices for both
commodities are now listed at 37 cents a pound.
Green peas on the Prairies are locked in a range of C$7.80
to C$8.50 per bushel.
