Pulses: Wet weather hurting Australian chickpeas

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Sept. 16 (CNS Canada) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Thursday, September 15. – Wet weather in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, is leading to quality and yield concerns for the chickpea crops, according to reports out of the country. […] Read more

Pulses: India monsoon below average

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Sept. 15 (CNS Canada) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Thursday, September 15. – Monsoon rains in India did not live up to earlier expectations, as La Nina weather patterns failed to materialize, said weather officials in the country who estimated […] Read more


Pulses: Indian production estimates rising

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Sept. 14 (CNS Canada) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Wednesday, September 14. – Pulse production in India during the current kharif season is forecast to be up considerably compared to last year, due to a combination of increased acres and […] Read more

Pulses: USDA seeking peas/lentils/beans for export

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Sept. 13 (CNS Canada) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Tuesday. – The USDA is looking to purchase 92,000 hundredweight of dry peas and lentils, and an additional 1,300 hundredweight of great northern beans for export, according to a report from […] Read more


Pulses: India working to control pulse prices

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Sept. 12 (CNS Canada) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Monday, September 12. – The Indian government is considering invoking its “Essential Commodities Act”, which would impose limits on retail prices for pulses in the country. While wholesale pulse prices have […] Read more



Pulses: Bangladesh temporarily lowers lentil prices

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, September 8 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Thursday, September 8. – More pressure could be coming to chickpea prices in Australia, according to a story in The Land. Values reached a higher of AU$1,200 per tonne last season […] Read more



Pulses: Dry bean harvest winding down in US

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, September 6 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Tuesday, September 6. – Pressure is building on Indian scientists to develop new genetically modified pulses. The country’s Director-General of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Trilochan Mohapatra has publicly […] Read more