Pulse Production Expected to Improve in Canada and Other Exporting Nations

29-Aug-2025 11:59 AM

Ottawa. Government agency - Stats Can has estimated a good increase in the production of all three major pulses - peas, lentils and chickpeas during the current year as compared to last year.

The preparation and harvesting of the new crop has started there and the arrival of new goods in the markets has started putting pressure on the prices.

According to the data of Stats Can, during the year 2025, compared to the year 2024, the production of peas in Canada is expected to jump from 29.97 lakh tonnes to 4.11 lakh tonnes to 34.08 lakh tonnes, lentil production is expected to increase by 2.24 lakh tonnes from 24.31 lakh tonnes to 26.55 lakh tonnes and the production of chickpeas is expected to improve by 22 thousand tonnes from 2.87 lakh tonnes to 3.09 lakh tonnes.

Apart from this, the production of barley is expected to increase by 1.35 lakh tonne to 34.78 lakh tonne, maize by 1.90 lakh tonne to 155.30 lakh tonne, canola by 6.93 lakh tonne to reach 199.37 lakh tonne, while on the other hand wheat production is expected to fall by 3.85 lakh tonne to 355.54 lakh tonne and soybean production is expected to fall by 5.52 lakh tonne to 70.16 lakh tonne.

Due to good increase in production, the supply and availability of pulses will increase in Canada this time. Along with this, the production of Desi gram and lentils in Australia and yellow peas in Russia is expected to increase, which will increase the exportable stock.

This clearly indicates that it can have an impact at the global level during the coming months. The preparation and harvesting of the new crop of pulses in Australia is going to start in the next four-five weeks. On the other hand, new consignments of tur have started arriving in African countries while tur and urad are already arriving in Myanmar.

In India, sowing of Kharif pulses crops has almost been completed and the arrival of new consignments of urad and moong-moth can gain momentum in October while the preparation for harvesting of tur crop will start in December-January. In India, the duty-free import limit of tur, urad and yellow peas has already been extended till 31 March 2026.