By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, June 28 (CNS Canada) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Tuesday, June 28.
– Pulse crops and oilseeds are blooming in Montana and dry peas are 65 per cent in bloom, well ahead of the 28 per cent five-year average, according to crop reports.
– Farmers in most regions are actively scouting and spraying for diseases in pulse crops, such as anthracnose, ascochyta blight, stemphylium blight, sclerotinia, botrytis and chocolate spot.
– Government agencies in India procured 68,000 tonnes of Rabi pulses, as of Monday, raising the total to 119,000 tonnes, including 51,000 tonnes of Kharif crop, according to reports.
– Pea crops have advanced in central Manitoba, with fungicide applications for leaf diseases continuing, according to Manitoba’s crop report. However, in low areas plants are starting to die due to standing water.
– Wet weather in Australia has set up the chickpea industry for a good year, according to Pulse Australia, which estimates there could be up to a million hectares of chickpeas planted across the country.
