By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, Dec. 11 – Following are a few highlights in the
Canadian and world pulse markets on Friday, December 11.
– Scientists in Australia are hoping to take a page from one of the country’s native grasses. Tripogon loliiformis can withstand desiccation or drought by losing its volume and colour, effectively playing dead until rain arrives. A report in PLOS Genetics theorizes that if researchers can replicate that ability in crops such as chickpeas, it would help boost production in the face of climate change.
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– The Indian government has announced plans to import 10,000 tonnes of pulse crops and to extend zero import duties on chickpeas until September of 2016. The move is intended to keep prices from rising too quickly in the futures.
– The USDA has pegged dry edible bean production in North Dakota at 8.94 million hundredweight (cwt) for 2015. That is up roughly 2 percent from last year. Meantime total planted acres came in at 655,000. That was up 4 percent over last year.
– Black beans in the 22-46 cents per pound range are being reported in Western Canada, by the Prairie Ag Hotwire. Meanwhile, black beans in North Dakota are going for 19 to 32 US cents per pound.
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