Pulses: North Dakota senator eyes Cuban pulse market

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada

Winnipeg, April 1 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Friday, April 1.

– Just over AUS$5.5 million dollars is being spent on agricultural research projects in Australia and India. Part of the money will be used to improve chickpea adaptation to environmental challenges, according to The Times of India.

– Bids for new crop nipper lentils are said to be AUS$930 per tonne in Melbourne, Australia, according to a report in the Weekly Times.

– A report on devex.com says farmers in Ethiopia are benefitting from new varieties of lentils, chickpeas and fababeans that have higher resistance to rust disease. It was back in 2005 much of the country’s pulse crop was devastated by an outbreak of rust disease.

– A Senator for North Dakota says she’s hopeful the easing of restrictions to Cuba will open up new markets for her state’s agricultural producers. In an open letter, senator Heidi Heitkamp says restaurant owners in Cuba are hungry for lentils, beans and peas, products her state is particularly noted for.

– Small red beans are attracting prices of roughly 40 cents (Canadian) per pound at elevators across Western Canada. The same beans are going for 38 cents (Canadian) per pound in Michigan and 45 cents (Canadian) per pound in Washington and Idaho, according to the Prairie Ag Hotwire.

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