By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, Jan. 7 – Following are a few highlights in the
Canadian and world pulse markets on Thursday, January 7.
– The cost of lentils in Lahore Pakistan is on the rise. According to Lahore Local Television the country’s inflation rate in December jumped to 3.2 percent over 2.7 percent the month before. Mash lentil prices rose six percent as a result.
– A new pulse processing plant is being constructed at Harrold, South Dakota. A report in Tri-State Neighbor says the plant will make food-grade products to be shipped domestically and internationally. It will primarily be used for yellow peas and lentils but also able to accommodate several other different kinds of pulses a year. The facility, which can handle as much as 40,000 tonnes a year, should be open by mid-summer (2016).
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– Police in Ludhiana, India are investigating a rash of stolen pulses. On Monday night a grocery store was raided after-hours where thieves made away with rice, flour, pulses and cash. The robbery is similar to one a few weeks earlier in the city where thieves made off with dry fruits, ghee and pulses.
– Kidney beans in Western Canada are going for about 22-33 cents per pound while kidney beans in North Dakota are going for 28 cents per pound, as of January 7, Prairie Ag Hotwire said.
