chickpeas

According to NASS, sugarbeet production in Idaho is forecast at 6.63 million tons, down 1% from 2021.  Harvested area, at 170,000 acres, is unchanged from 2021.  Yield is expected to be 39 tons per acre, unchanged from August 1st, 2022, but down half a ton from 2021.   Oregon sug...

NASS announced Tuesday the agency will review all available acreage data for select crops.  The agency said it will review planted and harvested acreage for chickpeas, corn, cotton, dry edible peas, lentils, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and sugarbeets, in preparation for the September Crop Production report.  The rev...

According to NASS farmers across Idaho intend to plant a little more wheat and hay in the year ahead, but in response, producers plan on planting less barley, sugar beets and corn in 2022. The March 31st, NASS report also shows Idaho growers plan to reduce the amount of chickpeas and dry beans planted this year ...

If there’s an early message for the 2022 growing season, it’s expect to pay more for inputs this year, especially fertilizer products. Novozymes said they have improved their products to help chickpea producers watch that bottom line. “Previo ...

Production expectations for several key commodities across the northwest are out as we quickly approach harvest. According to NASS, Idaho sugarbeet production is forecast at 6.99 million tons, up 2% from 2020 production. Harvested area, at 170,000 acres, is up 1,000 acres from 2020 ...

When the coronavirus pandemic started, a variety of items flew off local grocery store shelves. Meat, milk, toilet paper, and….pulses According to Columbia Grain CEO, Jeff Van Pevenage lentils, chickpeas, dry peas and beans became incredibly popular at the onset of the pandemic, mainly due to their long shelf life and ease of use. He n ...

The U.S. and Canada have filed a WTO counternotification on India's market prices supports on some pulse exports, such as chickpeas.  Rod Bain said India has typically been one of the strongest destinations for American pulses, particularly chickpeas and lentils.  ...

It could be the brightest star in the pulse-crop world these days; chickpeas.   "Chickpeas are really up,up,up, in almost all categories. For the last four years,five years,production, trade, value, everything seems to be going up for chickpeas, t's a very hot market right now," said USDA Ag Economist Travis Minor.   ...

The United Nations has declared 2016 as the International Year of the Pulses.   CEO of the American Pulse Association Tim McGreevey says that pulses are great as a rotational crop since they are, “unique in the plant kingdom because they are a legume, and legumes actually pull nitrogen from the air and deposit nitrogen in the soil for the following usually a cereal grain crop.”   The N... Read Mor