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May. 1, 2017 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, May 1 – Farmers in Queensland (eastern Australia) are growing anxious for spring rains to help this year’s chickpea crop to establish. The month of April was mostly dry according to a report in Queensland Country Life. Analysts note the months of […]

Apr. 28, 2017 at 3:15 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 28 (CNS Canada) – Canada exported 128,900 tonnes of peas during the week ended April 23, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data, bringing year-to-date pea exports to 2.95 million tonnes. Pea exports are running about 900,000 tonnes ahead of the previous […]

Apr. 27, 2017 at 3:39 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 27 (CNS Canada) – Up to two million acres of land in Western Canada is still sitting with unharvested crops from 2016, raising concerns over the timing of spring seeding for 2017, according to reports. While pulse crops were mostly harvested before the […]

Apr. 26, 2017 at 2:47 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 26 (CNS Canada) – Since the start of the 2016/17 marketing year, Ukraine supplied 333.8 thousand tonnes of peas to foreign markets, well above the previous year’s 181.6 thousand tonnes,according to data from APK-Inform. Top end large green lentil bids are holding relatively […]

Apr. 25, 2017 at 3:46 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 25 (CNS Canada) – India’s food ministry is considering raising import duties on tur dal (pigeon peas) from 10 per cent to 25 per cent in an effort to protect domestic prices for farmers, according to reports out of the country. Canadian lentil […]