By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, Jan. 19 – Following are a few highlights in the
Canadian and world pulse markets on Tuesday, January 19.
– India has lifted a 50 year-old ban on a type of lentil that has been linked to nerve damage and paralysis. Khesari lentils are primarily grown in eastern India and Bangladesh. The Indian government says scientists have developed varieties of the lentil that are safe for human consumption. The move is aimed at reducing the country’s dependence on foreign imports of lentils.
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– The Northern Pulse Growers Association’s annual meeting is set to open in Minot, North Dakota in a few days. Disease, weed management and plant pathology are some of the main topics that will be discussed at the meeting. Organizers say while eastern Montana and western North Dakota remains the hotbeds of US pulse production, more areas are starting to plant pulses due to their profitability in a time of weak commodity prices.
– Pinto beans in Western Canada are going for about 25-32 cents per pound, as of January 19. That compares to Pinto bean prices in Michigan which reached 20-21 cents per pound, Prairie Ag Hotwire said.
