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Chickpea Area Expansion in N.A.

PANAMA - Jul 4/16 - SNS -- Chickpea area in Canada and the United States managed to increase over last year, with both countries reporting higher seeded areas.

Initial seeding intentions for Canada caught the industry by surprise because they suggested area would fall instead of rise in response to a significant improvement in grower bid levels since the start of the calendar year.

The data from Statistics Canada suggests farmers did respond, increasing land in chickpeas from 123,000 to 172,000 acres.

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