By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, Feb. 21 (CNS Canada) – Lentil bids in Western Canada dropped by roughly five to ten cents per pound over the past week, according to the latest Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Number 2 Laird lentils currently top out at about 56 cents per pound in Western Canada, with new crop bids as high as 36 cents per pound. Red lentils are bid up to 26 cents per pound in both the spot and new crop market.
Green pea prices range from C$8.00 to as high as C$9.00 per bushel in Western Canada. Yellow peas also range from C$8.00 to C$9.00 per bushel.
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Large calibre (10mm) kabuli chickpeas are currently seeing prices top out at 52 cents per pound in Western Canada.
Canada exported 16,400 tonnes of peas during the week ended February 12, bringing the total year-to-date exports to 2.06 million tonnes, according to Canadian Grain Commission data. That compares with 1.71 million at the same point a year ago.
Farmers have delivered a total of 2.69 million tonnes of peas into the Canadian commercial pipeline to date. That’s well ahead of the 1.94 million tonnes delivered by the same time the previous year.
Weekly Canadian lentil exports of 14,700 tonnes bring the yearly total to 594,100 tonnes, which is up by about 50,000 tonnes from the same point the previous year.
