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Intentions See Little Change in Lentils

PANAMA - Mar 30/18 - SNS -- International lentil markets finished the week's trading mainly unchanged, helped by confirmation that farmers in North America intend to reduce seeded area this year.

The USDA seeding intentions report said growers in the United States intend to reduce land in lentils 28% from 1.1 million to 791,000 acres.

Reductions reflect a steep decline in prospective export demand and grower dissatisfaction with income levels from the crop.

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