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Cash Talk: Yellow Pea Prices Improving To Fill Demand
Winnipeg, MB, Nov 06, 2009 (Resource News International via COMTEX) --
Prices for
edible yellow peas in western Canada have shown some strength
over the past few weeks, as export demand picks up and the buyers
work to fill shipments.
A Manitoba-based pulse company official said there were
about seven vessels scheduled to load yellow peas in November.
"There's obviously some demand coming in from Pakistan, India,
and China."
In addition to the demand, he said firming prices in other
commodities, including lentils, canary seed, and flax, were
helping pull pea prices higher as well.
"Farmers are tight holders of their product right now, and
when they do that in a good demand environment it forces prices
up," said the pulse company official.
However, he was unsure how much more room to the upside
there would be in pea prices.
The official noted that the harvest was late this year,
which means Canada missed some of the shipping period and more
shipments may be compressed into a shorter period of time. As a
result, the firm market could reverse if the demand backs away,
or the growers start offering more than the market can take.
Bids for yellow peas can currently be found around C$5.31 to
C$5.75 per bushel, which is an improvement of about a dollar per
bushel over the past month, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data.
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