Farmers in Western Canada can expect price pressure on their new crop of green lentils, as the available supplies among the world’s major lentil-growing nations increase significantly.
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Green lentil market oversupplied
The combined crop of five major lentil-growing nations is expected 40 per cent larger than last year’s
Lentils may escape India spat
Glacier FarmMedia – The ongoing diplomatic row between Canada and India may not have much of an effect on Canadian lentil exports to the country, according to a trader. Jordan Fehr of Simpson Seeds Inc. in Moose Jaw, Sask., called India’s trade policies “open-close,” in which import quotas are set and certain markets close for […] Read more
Lentil prices to depend on India’s import needs
SASKATOON — There are differing opinions on how many lentils India will import in 2023-24. That elusive number will go a long way toward determining price prospects for the crop, says an exporter. Stat Publishing is forecasting 1.13 million tonnes of imports this year, down from 1.44 million tonnes last year. However, it noted global […] Read more
Canadian pea exports start crop year strong
Pea sales have been solid in the first two months of 2023-24, but lentil exports are down so far from last year
Canadian pea exports are running at a solid pace through the first two months of the 2023-24 marketing year, despite the smaller production, as exports of newly harvested supplies in September nearly quadrupled what moved the previous month. Canada exported 440,085 tonnes of peas in September, which was up from only 99,645 tonnes the previous […] Read more
Lentil shipments to Turkey expected to shrink
Soaring interest rates and a bigger crop will likely dampen the country’s appetite for imported lentils this year
Turkey’s big lentil crop and growing financial woes are going to hurt shipments to Canada’s top market, says a Turkish processor of the crop. Growers in that country planted more acres than last year, and yields appear to be about 25 percent higher, said Tuba Memis, general manager of Memisoglu Tarim-TAT, one of the largest […] Read more
