For the week ending July 21st, pulse crops were blooming across the major growing areas.

During the week ending July 14th, pulse crops were mostly blooming and harvest began on early seeded peas in the Pacific Northwest.

Planting of the third and final crop of the 2018/19 cycle wrapped up in mid-July.

How weather and market access issues set the stage for this year’s crop.

For the week ending July 7th, the major pulse growing areas in the U.S. enjoyed favorable weather.

For the week ending June 30th, the weather was favorable across the key U.S. pulse growing states.

As of July 1, CLERA reports that 95% of the chickpea crop has been seeded.

Tariffs on U.S. origin chickpeas and lentils at 77% and 55%, respectively.