Pulse markets

By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 19 (CNS Canada) – Production reports from the top five edible bean producing states are as follows: – North Dakota’s dry, edible bean harvest is about 44 per cent done, according the United States Department of Agriculture, which is about average for this time year. Crop condition improved to […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, September 18 (CNS) – Drought problems continue to plague the chickpea crop in Australia. Some farmers in New South Wales say they don’t think they will get a crop off unless rain falls in the next few weeks. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics predicts this year’s […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Sept. 15 (CNS Canada) – India is lifting an export ban on a number of pulse crops that had been in place for ten years. Tur (pigeon peas), mung beans, and urad dal (black lentils), will now be allowed for export – joining chickpeas. The move comes as farmers […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Sept. 14 (CNS Canada) – The field pea harvest is mostly complete across the Prairies with some early grading reports now being released. The Saskatchewan government’s weekly crop report for the week ending Sept. 11, shows peas grading 47% No. 1 CAN, 49% No. 2 CAN and 4% No.3 […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 13 (CNS Canada) – A Statistics Canada report on Canadian pea inventory carryover into the 2017-18 crop year was roughly in line with earlier estimates. Stocks on July 31 were pegged at 301,000 tonnes by the government agency, which compared to estimates of 306,000 tonnes. Canada’s pea harvest is […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 12 (CNS Canada) – Field pea harvest in Manitoba is complete, according to Manitoba Agriculture’s latest crop report issued Sept. 11. Yields were reported to be above the long-term average in the southwest and at 50 to 90 bushels/acre in the central region. For dry, edible beans, early types […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Sept. 11 (CNS Canada) – Canada exported 101,300 tonnes of peas during the week ended September 3, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. That marked the largest single-week exports in more than four-and-a-half months. Dry bean crops in Manitoba are at, or nearing, maturity in most cases, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, September 8 (CNS) – According to the latest crop report from the Saskatchewan government, 31 percent of the chickpea crop has been combined. The USDA has put out a tender for 820 tonnes of pulses to be used in its food aid program. Pulse prices in India have softened […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sept. 7 (CNS Canada) – India’s kharif crops (grown during the monsoon season and harvested in October and November) are expected to be down this harvest compared to last year. However, the trade says stockpiles are sufficient to meet food needs and will keep a lid on prices. Output […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sept. 6 (CNS Canada) – Lentil stocks have grown by more than five times the 2016 levels, according to data released today by Statistics Canada. A report on grains and oilseeds stocks based on data up to July of this year, show 405,000 tonnes of lentils at the end […] Read more