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India expected to buy more lentils

India expected to buy more lentils

By Sean Pratt Published: March 23, 2023 There should be good demand for lentils in Canada’s top market this year, but also fierce competition, says a broker. Vivek Agrawal, director of JLV Agro, a commodity brokerage firm based in Pune, India, thinks India will import...

Australian Pulse Conference kicks off + PICS

Australian Pulse Conference kicks off + PICS

Liz Wells, March 21, 2023 RESEARCHERS, agronomists and value adders from across Australia and beyond are gathered in Toowoomba this week for the fourth Australian Pulse Conference, and the first ever to be held in Queensland. In his opening address this morning,...

Pulse Update: Chickpeas join surprise rally

Pulse Update: Chickpeas join surprise rally

Liz Wells, March 20, 2023 PRICES for faba beans, lentils, mungbeans and even chickpeas have risen in the past month, thanks to improved supply chains and healthy demand. The month has also seen an increased ability of counterparties in destinations including Pakistan...

Pulse Update: Lentil harvest pressures prices

Pulse Update: Lentil harvest pressures prices

SOUTHERN Australia’s lentil harvest has advanced rapidly in the past month and better-than-expected yields are putting supply-side pressure on prices. Faba beans are finding little love in the export market but are in solid demand from domestic stockfeed millers,...

Pulse Update: Rain delays stymie volume trade

Pulse Update: Rain delays stymie volume trade

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...

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...