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Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC report makes minor changes

Revisions mainly in dry peas, chickpeas

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MarketsFarm — Following the latest supply and demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville said their numbers “all seem reasonable enough.” There were only a handful of small tweaks to pulses in the AAFC report released Friday. For the most part, the revisions came with dry beans and chickpeas. […] Read more
Humanitarian aid provided by Palestinian Arabs is distributed at northwestern Syria’s Deir Ballut and Muhammadiyah camps near the Turkish border on Feb. 13, 2022. (Photo: Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via Reuters)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Earthquake to have little effect on pulse markets

Such disasters don't often blow back on agrifood commodity costs

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MarketsFarm — The earthquake that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria on Monday last week, taking the lives of more than 40,000 people, may not have a major effect on pulse markets, according to one analyst. Jon Driedger from Leftfield Commodity Research in Winnipeg said that while natural disasters like an earthquake can take on […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea stocks down; lentils, dry peas up

Chickpea prices unchanged before report

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MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada on Tuesday tallied up increases in commercial and on-farm stocks of both lentils and dry peas, in its report on grain stocks as of Dec. 31, 2022. Unlike those two pulses, however, StatCan reported total stocks of chickpeas decreased, at 185,000 tonnes in December 2022 compared to 311,000 in December 2021. […] Read more
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Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: India looking for lentils, large Australian crop in play

India extends zero-rate tariff

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MarketsFarm — An extension of zero-rate tariffs on lentils moving into India for another year should be a clear sign that the country is in the market for imports. However, Canadian lentil sales to India face stiff competition, with a large Australian crop likely to limit movement going forward. India announced at the end of […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Tightening Canadian lentil stocks expected

Pea ending stocks more comfortable

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MarketsFarm — Carryout stocks of Canadian lentils could tighten to their smallest level in seven years by the end of the current 2022-23 marketing year, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. While lentil production of 2.3 million tonnes was up by 44 per cent from the drought-stricken 2021-22 crop, expectations for […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Smaller-than-expected lentil crop may limit exports

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MarketsFarm — Smaller-than-expected Canadian lentil production in 2022-23 could limit the country’s export potential going forward, according to an official with Pulse Canada reacting to the latest production estimates. The report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) released Friday contains the first survey-based production estimates of the 2022-23 marketing year, while previous ones used satellite imagery. Most […] Read more
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Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Price disconnect between lentil growers, destinations

Stronger loonie pressures prices

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MarketsFarm — There’s something of a disconnect in green lentil prices, between what Canadian farmers have seen recently and to where those pulses are being sold, according to Toronto-based Marcos Mosnaim of Export Packers. Green lentils increased in price up until a couple of weeks ago, Mosnaim said. “It was a combination of farmers not […] Read more
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Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Good harvests, transportation a ‘mixed bag’: Pulse Canada 

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MarketsFarm – As harvesting operations for pulses in Western Canada come to a close, Mac Ross, Pulse Canada’s director for market access and trade policy, said this year’s crops have been successful in terms of quality and yields. “I haven’t heard any concerns regarding quality. In a lot of cases, I’ve been hearing that the […] Read more
File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan’s pulse harvest seen as average

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MarketsFarm — As the harvest in Saskatchewan wraps up for 2022, pulse specialist Dale Risula said pulse crops were quite good this year — a definite improvement over last year’s drought-stricken production. “Overall for the province we will likely see average production this year, although some areas suffered pretty badly,” Risula said. He said there […] Read more

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