Chickpea Market News

Chickpeas Little Changed

VANCOUVER - May 24/13 - SNS -- International chickpea markets were little changed in limited trading interest during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India Working On Expanding Chickpea Output

VANCOUVER - May 11/13 - SNS -- India is the world's largest producer and consumer of chickpeas, but the country continues to expend effort into expanding production in an effort to limit growth in pulse imports and to rteduce the nutrition gap for its pioorest citizens, . . . Continue or visitors click here

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. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada - Chickpea Stocks in All Positions - Mar 31, 2013

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3% Gain in U.S. Chickpea Area

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS -- A solid price performance by chickpeas during the past season has boosted interest in the commodity, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Ag Canada Expects Smaller Chickpea Area

VANCOUVER - Feb 22/13 - SNS -- In its latest monthly review of Canadian chickpeas Agriculture Canada's market analysis branch in Winnipeg predicts seeded area will total 173,000 acres this year, compared to 200,000 acres last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mexico, India Price Ideas Diverge

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/13 - SNS -- International chickpea markets finished the week's trading on a mixed note. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Easier Note in Chickpeas

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/13 - SNS -- Markets finished the week's trading on a generally easier note, as kabuli chickpea offers from India's exporters continue to reveal grower selling pressure from the rabi season harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada - Dec 31 Chickpea Stocks in All Positions

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India Pressures Chickpeas

VANCOUVER - Feb 1/13 - SNS -- Harvest selling pressure is rising in India, resulting in a steady decline in grower bids and export asking prices for kabuli chickpeas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Chickpea Genome Sequenced

NEW DELHI - Jan 28/13 - SNS -- A team which inclused researchers from India, Canada, Australia, the United States, China, and Mexico mapped the full genetic sequence for the CDC Frontier chickpea variety and published in Nature Biotechnology. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Supply Uncertainty in Chickpeas

VANCOUVER - Jan 18/13 - SNS -- International chickpea pea markets finished the week with rising uncertainty about prospective supplies for the coming year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Small Chickpea Production Summary For 2012

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U.S. Large Chickpea Production Summary For 2012

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U.S. All Chickpea Production Summary For 2012

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Chickpeas Open 2013 Under Pressure

VANCOUVER - Jan 4/13 - SNS -- International chickpea markets are starting the new year under significant selling pressure from India, which has forced exporters in Canada and Argentina to revise asking prices lower. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Larger Caliber Chickpeas Hold Strength

VANCOUVER - Dec 21/12 - SNS -- World chickpea markets maintained their strength for 9mm and large product, though there were signs India's exporters could become more active. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Chickpea Production Summary - Dec 2012

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Canadian Chickpea Crop Estimate Digestible

VANCOUVER - Dec 7/12 - SNS -- Markets were not disappointed to see the estimated size of Canada's chickpea harvest jump from 85,600 to 157,500 MT on a doubling of the total seeded area in western Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada -- Chickpea Production By Class - Dec 2012

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Tension Returns to Kabuli Chickpeas

VANCOUVER - Nov 30/12 - SNS -- International chickpea markets maintained their firm tone in light trade during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Crop Problems Support Chickpeas

VANCOUVER - Nov 2/12 - SNS -- International chickpea markets finished the week's trading on a steady note as Argentina was removed as a price threat on account of problems with the country's harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Large Caliber Chickpeas Tight

VANCOUVER - Oct 20/12 - SNS -- International chickpea markets finished the week's trading under mixed conditions against reports of problems with Argentina's winter pulse crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Bigger Canadian Chickpea Crop

VANCOUVER - Oct 5/12 - SNS -- Canadian chickpea production is expected to reach 116,100 MT from 180,000 acres, up from the 90,800 MT produced last year on 125,000 acres. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Optimistic About Chickpea Price Prospects

WASHINGTON - Sep 28/12 - SNS -- Market analysts with the USDA's Economic Research Service are extremely optimistic about chickpea price prospects for growers in the United States, believing the coming season's weighted average price could be 11% higher than was the case in 2011-12. . . . Continue or visitors click here