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...