Pulse markets

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 25 (CNS Canada) – India’s food ministry is considering raising import duties on tur dal (pigeon peas) from 10 per cent to 25 per cent in an effort to protect domestic prices for farmers, according to reports out of the country. Canadian lentil seedings could end up above […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 24 (CNS Canada) – Canadian pea exports remain strong, with 134,000 tonnes moving out of the country during the week ended April 16, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. That brings the year-to-date total to 2.82 million tonnes, which is about 800,000 tonnes ahead of the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 21 (CNS Canada) – Canadian farmers intend to seed fewer pea and lentil acres in 2017 compared to the previous year, according to Statistics Canada’s first acreage report of the year, but the area devoted to the two pulse crops should still be the second largest on record. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 19 (CNS Canada) – Trade opinions are divided over whether Canadian pulse acres will be up or down in 2017 after the record-large pea and lentil seedings recorded the previous year. Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based estimates for the 2017/18 crop year on Friday, April 21. Pre-report […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 18 (CNS Canada) – India’s South-West Monsoon is expected to be ‘normal’ in 2017, according to the first official long-range forecast from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on April 18. The South-West monsoon typically accounts for more than 70 per cent of the country’s annual precipitation, according to […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 17 (CNS Canada) – Pulse prices in India have dropped sharply over the past year, with many commodities now trading below the Minimum Support Price (MSP) levels following a good monsoon season in 2016, according to reports out of the country. As a result, India’s Prime Minister Narendra […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 13 – Edible bean acreage in Manitoba has been pegged at 110,000 to 120,000 acres by a provincial government specialist. Dennis Lange says acreage looks to be similar to last year. Yields for edible beans in Manitoba in 2016 were just shy of 1,700 pounds an […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 12 – Chickpeas appear to be surpassing wheat and sorghum as the preferred crop of farmers on Australia’s east coast. A report in Queensland Country Life says demand from India has pushed chickpeas to AU$1,000 per tonne in Brisbane, which is nearly four times the price […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 11 – Canadian pulse farmers are facing another hurdle to Asian markets. According to a report on Ipolitics.ca, The Canadian Food Inspection Agency stopped issuing phytosanitary certificates for container shipments to Pakistan effective March 31. The certificates are government documents that assure that an export of […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 10 – Chickpea prices on the east-central coast of Australia have risen by more the AU$200 per tonne over the past month, according to a report in Queensland Country Life. Strong demand from India is credited as the reason why. Prairie prices for Laird number one […] Read more