Insights and Stories on Lentils

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s lentils face competition

Feb. 2, 2021 at 7:16 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Acreage and production of lentils in Canada are expected to mostly remain the same for the 2021-22 crop year. While strong demand during the COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered prices over the past year, increased production from competing exporters may cut into that buying interest going forward. Elyce Simpson […]

Organic price quotes: Late January

Feb. 1, 2021 at 9:41 am CST

By OrganicBiz

Feds predict three per cent increase in canola acres

Jan. 26, 2021 at 3:15 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

2020 organics market characterized by strong demand

Dec. 30, 2020 at 3:42 pm CST

By OrganicBiz

Pulse weekly outlook: Markets steady heading into holidays

Dec. 17, 2020 at 3:59 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Organic price quotes: Late November

Dec. 1, 2020 at 4:28 pm CST

Read more: All quiet on the organic market front

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Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s exports solid through first quarter

Dec. 1, 2020 at 3:28 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian pulse exports were leaving at the country at a solid pace through the first three months of the 2020-21 marketing year, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) monthly data. Canada exported 343,000 tonnes of peas in October, taking the 2020-21 year-to-date total to 1.136 million […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil prices hit December lull

Nov. 24, 2020 at 6:42 pm CST

MarketsFarm — After a year that has seen lentil prices climb by between seven and 13 cents/lb., they have stalled and pulled back a little bit, according to Allan Johnston of Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask. “The market is not very friendly,” Johnston said, noting dry pea prices have receded […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Export demand supports lentils

Nov. 9, 2020 at 5:09 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Lentil prices in Western Canada saw a counter-seasonal rally at the end of harvest and are likely to sustain that rally into winter. “Prices are going to keep going higher,” Darcy Barie, a commodity buyer with Verdient Foods at Vanscoy, Sask., said. Ahead of the 2020 harvest, red […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm