By Commodity News Service Canada
July 12 (CNS Canada) – The United States Department of Agriculture, the National Agricultural Statistics Service and the Agricultural Statistics Board released a crop production update July 12, which shows U.S. growers expect to harvest 1.77 million acres of edible beans.
That compares to 1.56 million acres in 2016.
For chickpeas, the report estimates 456,000 acres, 296,200 acres of large and 159,800 acres of small chickpeas. That compares to 320,000 acres harvested last year, 209,200 acres of large, 110,800 acres of small.
For lentils, the report estimates a 986,000 acre harvest this year compared to 908,000 acres in 2016.
Dry peas were estimated to be 1.06 million acres, which compares to 1.33 million acres in 2016.
Farmers in Ukraine have harvested 2.317 million acres of cereals and pulses as of July 10, compared to 4.33 million acres by this time last year. It marks the slowest pulse and cereal harvest in five years because of a later-than-usual start to seeding. All crops except peas are affected.
