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Pea Market Watching India

PANAMA - Nov 14/16 - SNS -- Field pea markets were surprised by the level of progress seeding this season's rabi pulse crops in India.

Farmers planting 2.5 million hectares during the past week to lift total area in pulses to 4.92 million hectares, up 32% over the same time last year, but still 14% below the recent five-year average of 5.7 million hectares sown by the middle of November.

The level of progress recorded generated a certain amount of enthusiasm in India, but it is only slightly above the average area sown during the second week of November.

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