Insights and Stories on Lentils

Pulse weekly outlook: Prairie lentils look for spark

Apr. 24, 2018 at 4:34 pm CDT

CNS Canada — It’s not exactly a banner time for the lentil market. Prices have been steady to slightly lower over the past month as lacklustre interest and Indian tariffs on peas and chickpeas have largely dissuaded farmers from planting pulses in general. “I think the impact and extension of […]

Lakehead University to operate Thunder Bay ag station

Dec. 31, 2017 at 2:35 am CST

By Staff

India imposes duties on chickpeas, lentils

Dec. 21, 2017 at 11:53 am CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Lentils back at square one heading into 2018

Dec. 15, 2017 at 5:33 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Crop research partnership maps two lentil genomes

Nov. 9, 2017 at 3:18 pm CST

By Staff

Lentil market quiet heading into new year

Oct. 6, 2017 at 4:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Heading into the New Year, Canadian lentil markets will be quiet, according to an analyst. “It’s not exactly what farmers expected. They have had three years of very brisk intake and it will take a little bit of an adjustment to realize that the market is not […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Declining lentil prices should level off, improve

Jul. 18, 2017 at 6:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Red lentil growers, who have seen prices cut in half during the past year and a half, may finally be able to find solace in what some analysts call a brighter outlook for the remainder of 2017. “I personally am optimistic that we will see higher prices. […]

By Terry Fries

India keeps Canadian lentil market at standstill

May. 9, 2017 at 1:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Lentil prices are largely stagnant, one market participant says, as key buyer India sits on the sidelines. And from the outside, stocks appear ample, but new-crop production could shift the dynamic of Canada’s lentil market. Statistics Canada stocks data as of March 31, 2017 pegged lentil supplies […]

By Jade Markus

Lack of buyer interest leaves lentil market without pulse

Feb. 8, 2017 at 5:21 pm CST

CNS Canada — Lentil buyers are keeping to the sidelines as mixed weather reports from India bring an element of turbulence into the market. Crop conditions in India are generally favourable, keeping Canada’s old- and new-crop lentil markets quiet, said Bobby Leavins of Rayglen Commodities in Saskatoon. New-crop buyers are […]

By Jade Markus

StatsCan lentil numbers confirm trade suspicions

Dec. 6, 2016 at 7:19 pm CST

CNS Canada — New Statistics Canada data has confirmed what traders already assumed: Lentil supplies aren’t lacking, despite excess moisture this year. Prices for the pulse had been trending lower with those suspicions, and buyers are looking to India for indications on where to move in the New Year. StatsCan […]

By Jade Markus