Insights and Stories on Lentils

Sep. 26, 2023 at 7:56 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– Canadian canola carryout supplies for the current marketing year will likely end up tighter than earlier expectations, according to updated supply/demand balance sheets from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) that account for recent production and stocks data from Statistics Canada. Canola ending stocks for 2023-24 are now forecast […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 26, 2023 at 6:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As tensions between Canada and India remain very high, the future direction for Canadian lentils continued to be uncertain. “Your guess is as good as mine,” Marcos Mosnaim of Export Packers said as to what could happen, adding “Canada has to be careful. I don’t know what India […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Sep. 19, 2023 at 12:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian pulse production came in well below average in 2023, keeping prices supported for the time being. Total pea production was pegged at 2.27 million tonnes by Statistics Canada on Thursday. That was up slightly from the 2.19 million tonnes forecast in August, but well off the 3.42 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 12, 2023 at 6:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Dale Risula, Saskatchewan’s provincial specialist for pulses, forages and specialty crops, said that while this year’s harvest is progressing well, he expects average-at-best pulse production this year. As of Sept. 4, the province’s dry pea harvest was 92 per cent complete, while 91 per cent of the lentil […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Sep. 5, 2023 at 6:35 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Disappointing monsoon rains in India this year are expected to cut into the country’s pulse production, according to reports out of the country. Crop production in India is highly dependent on the monsoon rains that typically soak the country from June through September, but the moisture to date […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin