By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, Dec. 27 (CNS) – For the third day straight pulse
crop prices in India continued their downward slide, according
to the Times of India. The drop in price is due to a
considerable fall in demand for pulses from retailers and
processors. As well sufficient pulse stocks are weighing on
prices. The drop in price comes following India placing a 30 per
cent import tariff on lentils and chickpeas last week.
The import tariff on chickpeas is especially set to hit
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with mice, frost and severe dry conditions, according to a
report in the Sydney Morning Herald. In 2016-17, Australian
chickpea exports to India were valued at more than AUD$1.1
billion, while lentil exports were at almost AUD$200 million.
Lentils are being studied as a suitable winter crop for
Texas, according to the Southwest Farm Press. A researcher with
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is studying how lentils
could work in rotation with wheat on the Rolling Plains area in
Texas. Lentils are typically planted in the spring in the
Northern Plains but concerns they might not survive the Rolling
Plains summer has prompted researchers to try planting the crop
in the fall.
Yellow pea bids were at C$6.61 per bushel in Alberta,
according to PDQ. In Saskatchewan yellow peas are at C$6.06 and
Manitoba at C$5.38.
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