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Pulse weekly outlook: Uncertainty pervades markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm January 22, 2020

MarketsFarm — The price spread between green and yellow peas continues to widen in Western Canada, but whether or not that trend will continue remains to be seen. Numerous outside factors lend a general air of uncertainty to the pulse market, according to a pulse trader. Green peas typically trade at a premium to yellow […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Green pea premium to erode with acreage increase

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm March 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — Green peas continue to command a sizeable premium over their yellow counterparts in Western Canada, which should see acreage shift this spring and an eventual rebalancing of the price spread. Green peas usually trade at a premium to yellow peas due to higher quality specs and concerns over bleaching, but the current price […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Wider price spreads likely with big chickpea crop ahead

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm July 17, 2018

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers planted their largest chickpea crop in more than a decade in 2018, with the bigger crop likely to lead to a wider price spread between larger- and smaller-calibre supplies. Statistics Canada has placed chickpea acreage for 2018 at 468,900 acres, which would be well above the 160,000 acres planted in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Peas back at historical spreads in Western Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm January 6, 2015

CNS Canada — After two years of an abnormally large price spread between green and yellow peas in Western Canada, the relationship between the two crops is nearer normal levels. The yellow pea market has moved up a little in recent weeks, but the green market “is not that interesting,” said David Newman of Commodius […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Uncertainty pervades markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Green pea premium to erode with acreage increase

Pulse weekly outlook: Wider price spreads likely with big chickpea crop ahead

Peas back at historical spreads in Western Canada

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