Pulses: Disease pressures roil parts of AUS crop

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada

Winnipeg, October 14 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Friday, October 14.

– A report in The Weekly Times says disease pressures are growing among South Australia’s pulse crops. Chocolate spot, ascochyta blight and botrytis grey mould are spreading in faba beans, lentils, peas and other pulse crops. To complicate the situation, fungicides are apparently growing short.

– Rainy weather in the late summer and fall has pushed back the chickpea harvest in parts of Saskatchewan. According to the province’s weekly crop report, just 20 percent of the crop in the southwest portion has been taken off and fieldwork is at a standstill. What’s more, regrowth is starting to become a factor.

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– New data from the Canadian Grain Commission pegs commercial stocks of peas in Canada at 431,400 tonnes. Just a week ago the figure stood at 489,600 tonnes.

– The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research is working with scientists in Myanmar to improve the country’s agricultural sector, according to a report in The Myanmar Times. One part of the work will centre on how new crop strains of peas may improve outcomes on certain types of land.

– Navy beans are currently attracting prices of 39 cents (CDN) per pound at elevators across Western Canada, according to the Prairie Ag Hotwire. The same beans are going for 41 cents (CDN) per pound in Michigan and 38 cents (CDN) per pound in North Dakota.

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