Insights and Stories on Chickpeas

May. 31, 2024 at 10:28 am CDT

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By OrganicBiz

Jan. 30, 2024 at 2:36 pm CST

India may be looking at a record large red lentil crop in 2023/24, although poor monsoon rains are expected to cut into total pulse area and production, according to reports out of the country.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jan. 16, 2024 at 4:04 pm CST

Final production estimates for the past growing season from the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed larger lentil, dry pea and chickpea crops in the country in 2023/24 compared to the previous year, as yields improved for all three crops. However, edible bean production was down slightly as both yields and seeded area were down for the crop.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Oct. 24, 2023 at 5:39 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Things are quiet right now on the chickpea front, but that could change in a few weeks, according to Jake Hansen of Mid-West Grain in Moose Jaw. “I think everyone’s getting prepped and ready for Argentina’s harvest, but it’s quiet,” he said. “There’s still movement on previous contracts, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Yields and crop conditions from this year’s pulse harvest in Saskatchewan largely varied by location, according to SaskPulse executive director Carl Potts. “Generally on the east side of the province and some areas of the south, some pretty good yields. And then in the west-central, southwest regions, some […]

By Adam Peleshaty