Dec 5, 2023 | Featured, Market reports
After signing memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with Mozambique, Malawi and Myanmar for importing pulses, India has approached Argentina and Brazil for deals under which the South American countries will undertake to grow tur and urad varieties with an obligation to...
Dec 4, 2023 | Featured, Industry news
Over the past fortnight, growing regions in Central and southern Qld and northern NSW have had at least 50mm of rain, and some have seen totals in excess of 100mm. Deacon Seeds general manager Mark Schmidt said most growers in southern Qld and northern NSW...
Nov 29, 2023 | Featured, Industry news
India witnesses an extraordinary surge in pulse imports, with volumes soaring by 113% in H1 2023-24, valued at over $1.26 billion. Led by lentils, arhar, and urad, the import landscape is reshaping, driven by erratic rains impacting domestic production. Slow tur...
Oct 25, 2023 | Featured, Industry news
IN ITS INTERNATIONAL Agricultural Trade Report released this week, USDA has confirmed that Australia, India, and Canada are the world’s three largest chickpea exporters, and accounted for more than 40 percent of the world’s shipments in 2022. The agency has...
Oct 4, 2023 | Featured, Industry news
PRICES for chickpeas have hit a high not seen since early 2020 as traders jostle for tonnage in the harvest now in full flight in Central Queensland. The region will this year be the origin for most of Australia’s 2023-24 chickpeas, as dry conditions limit production...
Sep 25, 2023 | Featured, Industry news
SCIENTISTS have embarked on the next phase of research to give grain growers better access to chilling tolerant chickpea varieties and extend the footprint to grow the crop in Australia. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is delivering the...
