Pulse markets

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, November 15 – Kabuli chickpeas (10mm) are up 17 cents from last year at this time, according to the Prairie Ag Hotwire. They are presently listed at 48 to 53 cents a pound. A professor from the University of Saskatchewan recently told a conference crowd in Winnipeg […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, November 14 – Lentil prices continue to slowly creep up across Western Canada. According to the Prairie Ag Hotwire, Laird #1s have increased in price by two cents per pound over the past week, and 11 cents during the past month. Producers can expect to receive an […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Nov. 10 (CNS Canada) – Canadian pea and lentil prices are moving higher, according to reports out of the countryside. Lentil bids have increased by one to as much as 10 cents per pound over the past week, according to the latest Prairie Ag Hotwire data, while peas have […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Nov. 9 (CNS Canada) – Canadian lentil exports are off to a slower start this year, due to weather delays getting off the crop, according to a report from StatPub citing Statistics Canada data. In other pulse news, the USDA was recently in the market buying US$3.6 million worth […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Nov. 8 (CNS Canada) – Canadian yellow pea prices may be running out of room to the upside, as bids in major importing countries are coming down, according to the latest report from Alberta Pulse. Green peas could still see some more strength, due to tighter supplies internationally. In […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Nov. 7 (CNS Canada) – Canada’s pea and lentil crops may be harvested for the most part, but the next growing season is just getting underway in India. Farmers in the country are in the midst of seeding the rabi (winter) season crop, with early reports showing seedings running […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, November 4 – Lentils prices are slowly creeping up across Western Canada. According to the Prairie Ag Hotwire, Laird #1s have increased in price by three cents per pound over the past week, and nine cents during the past month. Producers can expect to receive an average […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, November 3 – New data indicates protein levels for Canadian lentils, as of October 27, 2016, are slightly higher than last year. According to samples taken by the Canadian grain commission, the mean protein content for #1 lentils in Western Canada is 26.6 percent. That compares to […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, November 2 – The push is on to drastically increase the size of Australia’s burgeoning pulse industry, according to a report by state broadcaster ABC.net. An official with the Australian Research Council says lentils, beans and pulse acreage need to double to improve the amount of nitrogen […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, November 1 – A crop specialist in Alberta says proper irrigation and site-selection are two big keys to growing successful pulse crops. According to The Alberta Farmer, Neil Whately says lentils have a very low tolerance to water-logging which means draining the soil is extremely important in […] Read more