Nov 17, 2022 | Featured, Industry news
UNCERTAINTY about the timing of southern Australia’s pulse harvest is keeping volume trade to a minimum, with growers wary about overcommitting on volume and quality, and traders following suit. While Queensland’s chickpea harvest is well advanced, harvest of pulses...
Nov 7, 2022 | Featured, Industry news
AUSTRALIA exported 71,469 tonnes of chickpeas and 67,800t of lentils in September, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Pakistan was the biggest market by far for chickpeas, taking 57,928t for September, well ahead of Nepal on...
Oct 24, 2022 | Featured, Industry news
Even as excess rains continue to hurt the kharif crops across key growing regions, the Government is looking to build stocks of imported pulses mainly tur (pigeon pea) and urad (black matpe) to augment supplies and for potential intervention in the market going ahead....
Oct 24, 2022 | Featured, Industry news
From grocery store aisles to restaurant menus, consumers around the world are being offered more and more plant-based options when it comes to dishes rich in protein. And based on the success of plant-based meat substitutes like those offered by Beyond Meat, whose...
Oct 24, 2022 | Featured, Industry news
SUCCESSIVE rain is causing significant quality problems and yield losses in many parts of eastern Australia, with chickpeas, lentils and faba beans hard hit. Early estimates say production of the three pulses could be down by around one third on what was expected in...
Sep 23, 2022 | Featured, Industry news
PROSPECTS for a bumper pulse crop across southern Australia are weighing on bids in a thinly-traded market as bulk cargoes of faba beans and lentils booked in earlier trades continue to load. In the north, the start of the chickpea harvest is fast approaching, and a...
