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Chickpea Inventory Soars

VANCOUVER - May 3/13 - SNS -- Statistics Canada's March 31 stocks in all positions report inventories of chickpeas in all positions in Canada at 111,000 metric tons (MT), up from 47,000 MT the previous year.

Stocks held by growers jumped from 39,000 to 100,000 MT; while product in commercial hands rose from 8,000 to 11,000 MT.

Stocks on farms in Saskatchewan total 92,000 MT, compared to 34,000 MT last year; while onfarm stocks in Alberta went from 5,000 to 8,000 MT.

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