WINNIPEG — Agriculture Canada released its latest supply and demand report for Canadian pulse crops Oct. 22, raising the production expectations slightly while lowering the ending stocks forecast for 2015-16.
Stocks at the end of 2015/16 are expected to total 515,000 tonnes, down from the September estimate of 565,000 tonnes. Ending stocks for 2014-15 were estimated at 999,000 tonnes.
The seven major specialty and pulse crops are dry peas, lentils, dry beans, chickpeas, mustard seed, canaryseed and sunflower seed.
Ag Canada pegged 2015-16 total Canadian pulse production at 5.988 million tonnes, up from 5.679 million tonnes in September. For 2014-15, pulse and specialty crop production was pegged at 6.584 million tonnes.
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Total exports of the seven major specialty and pulse crops for 2015-16 were estimated at 5.225 million tonnes, up slightly from the previous estimate of 5.2 million. Exports in 2014-15 were pegged at 5.987 million tonnes.
Domestic usage is expected to be 1.142 million tonnes for 2015-16, which compares with the September estimate of 1.092 million tonnes. For 2014-15, domestic usage was pegged at 1.071 million tonnes.
Here are the October estimates for Canadian 2015-16 and 2014-15 pulse and special crop supply and demand in million tonnes.
