Ending stocks tumble due to drought: StatCan

Ending stocks tumble due to drought: StatCan

Severe drought in Western Canada during the summer of 2021 has played a major part in reducing the stocks for Canada’s principal field crops at the end of the 2021-22 marketing year, according to Statistics Canada. Canada’s central data agency released a report...
Import rules boost India pea crop

Import rules boost India pea crop

India’s pea import restrictions have resulted in a substantial increase in domestic production of the crop. In particular, the growth in green pea production has been phenomenal, said Pritesh Nandu, partner of the Himatlal Hirji & Co., a pulse wholesaler in Navi...
Pulse Update: Markets soften, NSW sodden

Pulse Update: Markets soften, NSW sodden

THE prospect of a big Australian and Canadian lentil crop, and the wind-back in Egypt’s buying of faba beans has seen prices for both pulses fall in the past month. As current-crop mungbean stocks deplete, growers in an expanded area in New South Wales are considering...
Argentina loses export opportunity

Argentina loses export opportunity

As with cereal, farmer selling of soybeans to Argentina’s crushing plants has slowed as inflation fuels expectations of price hikes, and mostly dry conditions prevail SEVERE drought is causing havoc in Argentina this year, drastically reducing potential winter crop...