Mar 11, 2024 | Featured, Industry news
From lentils to chickpeas, and even the humble baked bean, pulses are perhaps best known as an alternative, plant-based source of protein. These plants are environmental heroes: they work together with soil microbes to “fix” nitrogen from the air, enriching the soil...
Feb 6, 2024 | Agricultural news, Featured, Industry news
06 February 2024, Rome: They are the dried edible seeds of legumes both cultivated for food and feed. They are pulses, and if you didn’t know already, they have the potential to transform our agrifood systems. Colourful and flavourful, small yet powerful,...
Feb 5, 2024 | Agricultural news, Industry news, No category
India’s northeast monsoon produced less rain than normal, which in turn reduced the amount of pulses farmers plant SASKATOON — India’s winter monsoon has been a disappointment, but farmers in that country still might harvest a record lentil crop, says an...
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...
