By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, October 23 (CNS) – Indian traders have intensified their buying of Australian chickpeas as ideas grow that future supplies will be harder to come by, according to a report on IndiaInfoOnline.com. Drought has caused problems for pulse crops in Australia.
It seems the organic pulse industry isn’t taking off in the United Kingdom. According to a report by the John Innes Centre, pulse acres in Great Britain have fallen from 319,000 hectares in 2001 to 157,000 in 2012. Dried organic peas have suffered the worse, declining 70 percent in that same time frame.
Pinto beans fell one cent last week, according to the latest information from the Prairie Ag Hotwire. Bids are listed at 27 cents per pound.
Black beans in Manitoba were down half a cent during the past week and are now going for 37 cents a pound.
Kabuli chickpeas (10mm) are hanging steady at 69 to 70 cents a pound.
Bids for yellow peas on the Prairies were up 25 cents over the past week at C$6.67 to C$8.25 per bushel.
