green lentils

Green lentil market oversupplied

The combined crop of five major lentil-growing nations is expected 40 per cent larger than last year’s

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.

"We're at the lower end of the old crop prices," Will Watchorn, a trader with Viterra, said during the red lentil panel at the Global Pulse Confederation's Pulses 2024 conference. Canada is going to have tight stocks of the crop and so will Australia, which recently shipped out a record 250,000 tonnes of red lentils in December. | File photo

Red lentil prices expected to rise

SASKATOON — Old crop red lentil prices have bottomed out and should be heading higher as new crop seeding approaches, says a trader. “We’re at the lower end of the old crop prices,” Will Watchorn, a trader with Viterra, said during the red lentil panel at the Global Pulse Confederation’s Pulses 2024 conference. Canada is […] Read more

Lentils are processed at Prairie Pulse in Vanscoy, Sask.

‘Verdict is still out’ on lentil prices this season

World’s farmers are expected to grow a huge crop, but some analysts think strong demand may offset the extra supply

Marlene Boersch, managing partner with Mercantile Consulting Ventures, said she would be reluctant to pencil in anything other than average yields for Canada, because it is far too early to forecast a bumper crop.