Pulse markets

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Dec. 9 (CNS Canada) – Large calibre (10mm) kabuli chickpeas are currently seeing prices top out at 70 cents per pound in Western Canada, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Those are the highest prices of the crop-year-to-date and up by five cents from Thursday. Earlier in the week,

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Dec. 8 (CNS Canada) – Dryness in some northern regions of India over the past two months has caused some concerns over the state of the Rabi-season crops in the region, according to reports. Number 2 Laird lentils are currently topping out at about 63 cents per pound in

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Dec. 7 (CNS Canada) – Canada wasn’t the only country that took the UN’s International Year of the Pulse to heart, with Australia also expected to produce record large pulse crops this year. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) pegs chickpeas in the country

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Dec. 6 (CNS Canada) – Canada’s pea and lentil crops both set new production records in 2016/17, according to the latest survey data from Statistics Canada, released December 6. The government agency pegged the country’s pea crop at 4.8 million tonnes, which was nearly a million tonnes above the

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Dec. 5 (CNS Canada) – Canadian pea exports continue to run at a strong pace, with weekly exports of 62,600 tonnes reported by the Canadian Grain Commission during the week ended November 27. Total pea exports to date, of 1.65 million tonnes, are running about 400,000 tonnes ahead of

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, December 2 – Yellow peas in Western Canada are up 20 cents on the week. According to the Prairie Ag Hotwire, bids range between C$6.85 at the lows to C$8.75 at the highs. Cranberry beans were up by half a cent on the week to 49 cents

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, December 1 – Laird #1 lentils are up six cents per pound over the past month, according to information from the Prairie Ag Hotwire. Bids range from 61 to 66 cents per pound. Light kidney beans dipped slightly on the week, losing one penny per pound to

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, November 30 – Eston #1 and Richlea #1 lentil bids inched upwards between yesterday (Nov. 29) and today. Bids for Estons rose one cent to 65 cents per bushel, according to the Prairie Ag Hotwire. Richleas also rose one cent on the highs to 56 cents per

Pulses: Yellow pea bids jump on CDN Prairies By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, November 29 – Western Canadian yellow peas are strengthening in Western Canada. Bids at the top end jumped from C$8.55 to C$8.75 per bushel between Monday (Nov 28) to Tuesday (Nov 29), according to the Prairie Ag Hotwire. Green