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: Wet weather hurting Australian chickpeas
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: Saskatchewan pea, lentil harvests make good progress
By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, September 9 (CNS Canada) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Friday, September 9. – Unpredictable lentil crops in Canada could potentially unsettle the market, with yields and quality ranging from excellent to very poor, according to reports. – Canada has exported […] 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: Recent rains in parts of India boost bean prospects
By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, September 7 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Wednesday, September 7. – The bean market is in a transition this week from 2015 crop to 2016 crop as harvesting efforts continue in many sections of the US, according to […] 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
Pulses: Larger peas, smaller lentil carryout forecast for Canada
By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Sept. 2 (CNS Canada) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Friday. – Canada exported 130,700 tonnes of peas during the week ended August 28, which was up from 25,600 tonnes the previous week, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. […] Read more