By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, February 5 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Friday, February 5.
– The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics announced it has developed the first variety of chickpeas that Indian farmers can harvest by machines. The institute, which is based in India, says the new variety is much taller than regular chickpeas, allowing machines the ability to take in over two tonnes of chickpeas in just over an hour. Normally that process would take days as most farmers practise the traditional method of manually cutting and threshing the plants.
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– One of Australia’s biggest food companies has moved into the pulse industry. Pangkarra goods has expanded its range to include pressure-cooked chickpeas, roasted chickpeas and roasted faba beans, according to a report in northernargus.com.
– It seems an increased dependence on animal protein is behind a large decline in pulse consumption by French citizens. According to a report in lafranceagricole.fr the French consumption of pulses has dropped in the last 40 years from an annual mark of 7.3kg per person to 1.3kg per person.
– Laird lentils (#1 variety) being delivered to elevators across Western Canada have risen in price over the past month to 70-76 cents per pound, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire.
