By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, January 19 (CNS) – The USDA has raised its production estimates for the United States chickpea crop in 2017. The agency pegged the harvest at 315,603 tonnes. That compares to just 250,000 tonnes the year before. Bigger calibre varieties constituted a large amount of the crop, coming in at 73,211 tonnes. That is higher than last year’s total of 65,409.
Deliveries of lentils and chickpeas from Australia’s Victoria region are showing signs of frost damage. According to a report on The Stockjournal.com, production in the region turned out as expected but the quality was affected by frost and rain events. It still may not be enough to raise prices in the region though as tariffs imposed by India continue to pressure the market.
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