Insights and Stories on Lentils

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

Jan. 27, 2017 at 12:47 pm CST

Organic prices are updated on a monthly basis. Read more: ‘Nothing bullish’ in Prairie organic market

By OrganicBiz

Jan. 22, 2017 at 3:53 pm CST

A new market development goal for Canada’s pulse crop industry hopes to create demand in use categories where pulses aren’t yet a major player. Pulse Canada’s board on Wednesday released a new target dubbed “25 by 2025,” under which the Canadian pulse crop grower/processor industry “will marshal its resources to […]

By Staff

Dec. 22, 2016 at 12:39 pm CST

Winnipeg/CNS Canada – Carryout supplies of Canadian pulses and special crops at the end of the 2016-17 (Aug-Jul) crop year will be larger than earlier estimates, according to updated supply-demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division, released December 21. Total ending stocks of the major specialty and […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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