lentils

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...

The USDA says healthy adults who eat a diverse diet with at least 8-10 grams of soluble fiber a day have fewer antibiotic-resistant microbes in their guts. A new study from ARS scientists shows microbes that have resistance to various commonly used antibiotics are a significant source of risk for people worldwide, with the widely held expectation that the problem of antimicrobial resistance is li

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 ...

Thanks to the extreme heat and drought we’ve seen across the Northwest, pulse growers are preparing for a disappointing year. Tim McGreevy, Chief Executive Officer at the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, says this year has been the most difficult growing season he’s seen in a long time. “You kn ...

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.  ...

The 53rd annual Western Pulse Growers Association Annual Growers meeting take place Wednesday in Moscow, Idaho.  The one day event will cover several business issues facing dry pea, lentil and chickpea farmers, including international market trade barriers, retaliatory tariffs and low commodity prices.  In...

The USDA says growers in Washington and Idaho saw above-average returns on wheat crop this year, but lentil prices are plunging.  The Lewiston Tribune reports the U.S. Department of Agriculture Portland Daily Grain Report last week listed soft white wheat prices between $6.20 a...

The beginning of the year for pea and lentil growers held a lot of promise according to Lance Honig with USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.   “The potential was there for a big crop. We actually planted a record high number of acres for lentils this year.”   Unfort...

Peas, lentils, chickpeas and other pulse crops have grown significantly according to Tim McGreevey of the U.S. Dry Pea and Lentil Council.   “We had about 400,000 acres in of peas, lentils and chickpeas in 1995 and you fast forward to 2016 and we have now almost 2.6 million ...