Pulse markets

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, December 14 – Pinto beans have fallen by two cents on the week in Manitoba. They are currently going for 38 cents per pound, according to the Prairie Ag Hotwire. Green peas in North Dakota fell by a quarter of a cent overnight, with bids ranging from […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, December 13 – Richlea #3 lentils in Western Canada increased by eight cents overnight, with bids ranging from 35 to 46 cents per pound, according to data from Prairie Ag Hotwire. Eston #3 lentils rose 2 cents per bushel to settle at a range of 26 to […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, December 12 – Laird #1 lentils in Western Canada increased by one cent overnight, with bids ranging from 62 to 68 cents per pound, according to data from Prairie Ag Hotwire. Eston #2 lentils rose 2 cents per bushel to settle at a range of 50 to […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Dec. 9 (CNS Canada) – Large calibre (10mm) kabuli chickpeas are currently seeing prices top out at 70 cents per pound in Western Canada, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Those are the highest prices of the crop-year-to-date and up by five cents from Thursday. Earlier in the week, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Dec. 8 (CNS Canada) – Dryness in some northern regions of India over the past two months has caused some concerns over the state of the Rabi-season crops in the region, according to reports. Number 2 Laird lentils are currently topping out at about 63 cents per pound in […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Dec. 7 (CNS Canada) – Canada wasn’t the only country that took the UN’s International Year of the Pulse to heart, with Australia also expected to produce record large pulse crops this year. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) pegs chickpeas in the country […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Dec. 6 (CNS Canada) – Canada’s pea and lentil crops both set new production records in 2016/17, according to the latest survey data from Statistics Canada, released December 6. The government agency pegged the country’s pea crop at 4.8 million tonnes, which was nearly a million tonnes above the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Dec. 5 (CNS Canada) – Canadian pea exports continue to run at a strong pace, with weekly exports of 62,600 tonnes reported by the Canadian Grain Commission during the week ended November 27. Total pea exports to date, of 1.65 million tonnes, are running about 400,000 tonnes ahead of […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, December 2 – Yellow peas in Western Canada are up 20 cents on the week. According to the Prairie Ag Hotwire, bids range between C$6.85 at the lows to C$8.75 at the highs. Cranberry beans were up by half a cent on the week to 49 cents […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, December 1 – Laird #1 lentils are up six cents per pound over the past month, according to information from the Prairie Ag Hotwire. Bids range from 61 to 66 cents per pound. Light kidney beans dipped slightly on the week, losing one penny per pound to […] Read more