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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas recover from previous lows

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 26, 2020

MarketsFarm — Chickpea prices have recovered slightly from lows hit around the end of 2019, but they’re still a long way off historic highs from years past. Ahead of the 2018 growing season, chickpea prices were around 50 to 60 cents/lb. for growers, according to Darwin Hamilton of Kalshea Commodities in Winnipeg. Currently, large chickpea […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea acreage expected lower

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 1, 2020

MarketsFarm — High global prices in the 2017-18 marketing year caused a global spike in chickpea production in 2018. It’s since taken a while for consumers to “chew through supplies,” which has put pressure on prices, according to Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodities. In a kabuli chickpea global outlook webinar hosted by the Global Pulse […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Demand may encourage more red lentil acres: AGT

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News April 29, 2020

MarketsFarm — Improving lentil prices over the past month may encourage more acres of the pulse crop in Western Canada this spring, according to an industry official, as seeding is set to start within the next few weeks. “With the recent March demand surge, mostly due to COVID-19, pulse prices have increased sending a signal […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Turkey may see larger red lentil crop

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News April 14, 2020

MarketsFarm — Turkey is expecting to see an increase in lentil production in 2020, according to a processor in the country. White bean production is also expected to rise, although chickpea production could be down slightly on the year. Fethi Sonmez, CEO of Turkey-based Armada Foods, expects to see red lentil production in the country […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Prices mostly steady ahead of seeding

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News April 7, 2020

MarketsFarm — As farmers decide what to plant in 2020, Dale McManus of Johnston’s Grain at Welwyn, Sask. hasn’t seen any significant deviation from what producers normally buy for pulse seed. “Red lentils, green lentils, green and yellow peas,” McManus cited among the pulses being purchased. Also, he noted, prices have remained quite steady in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: U.S. bean acres to increase, other pulses down

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News March 31, 2020

MarketsFarm — Farmers in the U.S. intend to plant more edible bean acres in 2020, but will seed less area to peas, lentils and chickpeas, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s prospective plantings report. Edible bean area in the country is forecast at 1.372 million acres, which would be up roughly seven per cent […] Read more

File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Unseasonal rain, hail damage winter crops in India

Crop quality issues may pressure prices

By Mayank Bhardwaj, GFM Network News March 17, 2020

New Delhi | Reuters — Unseasonal torrential rains and hailstorms have damaged the winter-planted crops of millions of Indian growers, inundating wheat, potato, chickpea and rapeseed farms in large parts of the fertile northern plains, farmers said. Most farmers were caught by surprise by the repeated rain and hail that has lashed fields full of […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Chickpea market steady, waits for next wave of demand

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News February 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — Demand for chickpeas often comes in waves, with the market currently in a lull waiting for the next swell. The last demand cycle came in early January, and the market has lacked “any kind of enthusiasm” over the past month, according to Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw. Within every pricing […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Reuters

Limagrain to launch plant-based protein food next year

By Reuters January 15, 2020

Paris | Reuters — French agricultural co-operative Limagrain on Tuesday said it is launching a new legumes business that aims to deliver plant-based food products from next year, betting on the fast-growing plant protein sector and a trend towards eating less red meat. Many large agricultural companies, including Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill and France’s Roquette […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Drop in India’s production may lead to lower duties

By Glen Hallick December 17, 2019

MarketsFarm — There’s a possibility the government of India could lower its import duties on pulses, including those from Canada, according to reports. With India’s monsoon rains having continued longer than usual, production of the country’s kharif (summer) pulse production fell by almost two million tonnes. Prior to the monsoons, market expectations called for 10.1 […] Read more

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas recover from previous lows

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea acreage expected lower

Demand may encourage more red lentil acres: AGT

Pulse weekly outlook: Turkey may see larger red lentil crop

Pulse weekly outlook: Prices mostly steady ahead of seeding

Pulse weekly outlook: U.S. bean acres to increase, other pulses down

Unseasonal rain, hail damage winter crops in India

Chickpea market steady, waits for next wave of demand

Limagrain to launch plant-based protein food next year

Pulse weekly outlook: Drop in India’s production may lead to lower duties

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