Glacier Farmmedia -– With the New Year, there was scarce price movement among the lentils in Western Canada, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. A number of lentil varieties saw the upper end of their price range hit highs as 2023 drew to a close.
That included lentils, which the Laird ones and twos topped off at 73 cents per pound, which gained one cent during December. The Laird threes and X3’s held at 63.5 cents/lb. on their high ends.
Eston lentils also remained unchanged during the holiday week. The numbers ones were at a 2023 high of 65 cents/lb. and the number twos were at 66 cents/lb., also a high for the year. The Eston threes and X3’s were steady with their upper prices a penny below their highs for the year, at 55.5 and 51.5 cents/lb. respectively.
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It was pretty much the same story for the Richlea lentils, with the number ones and twos remaining at 70 cents/lb., while the X3’s stayed at its high of 60.5 cents/lb. The exception were the number threes which dipped one cent at 54.5 cents/lb.
Movement in the Crimsons was an exception, while not budging on the week, the high ends for one and twos held at 37.5 cents/lb., two and a half cents below their top end of 2023. The upper level for Crimson threes held at 29 cents/lb., but had 33.3 cents during the year. The X3’s were firm at 32 cents/lb. versus its best high of 2023 at 36.5 cents/lb.
The French number ones were firm at the low of their run in 2023, with their price range of 54.5 to 56 cents/lb. versus the year high of C$1.
— Glen Hallick reports for MarketsFarm from Winnipeg.
