Insights and Stories on Chickpeas

Sep. 23, 2021 at 12:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Things remain very quiet in the pulse market with little demand from buyers and producers unwilling to sell, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Mercais Commodities in Toronto. “We are in a situation where we have to wait and see. The market is super quiet right now. At these […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Sep. 14, 2021 at 1:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian pulse markets could see a ‘radical shift’ in the current crop year as drought conditions led to sharp reductions in pea and lentil production. Statistics Canada’s September principal field crop estimates, released Tuesday, and the previous report on Aug. 30 were determined by yield models using satellite […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Sep. 7, 2021 at 3:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Like many other crops across Western Canada, chickpeas weren’t immune to hot and dry growing conditions over the summer. This year’s domestic chickpea crop is only expected to weigh in at 63,000 tonnes, according to Statistics Canada — less than one-third of the five-year average of 189,600 tonnes. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Aug. 31, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– Canadian pulse supplies during the 2021-22 marketing year will be the tightest of the past decade due to drought during the growing season, with the country likely to be a much smaller player in the international export market for peas, lentils and chickpeas as a result. Statistics Canada […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 6, 2021 at 8:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The “heat dome” which enveloped Western Canada last week delivered a blow to Saskatchewan’s pulse crops. Thirty-four temperature records were shattered on Friday, including those at Regina, Prince Albert, Swift Current, Weyburn and Yorkton. Saskatoon and Lucky Lake, northeast of Swift Current, were the province’s hot spots that […]

By Adam Peleshaty