Weather report / August 7-14 - Pulse Pod

Australia

The Mallee area of Victoria, Wimmera and the Western district received between 5-10 mm of rain over the last week, according to Grain Central, with 5 mm or less in cropping areas of South Australia (SA) and southern New South Wales (NSW).
Grain Central also reports that recent rain in central Queensland (QLD) has helped "fulfil cereal and chickpea crops" in advance of the harvest next month.
ABARES projects the next eight days should see continued low rainfall, with a projected 5-15 mm in Victoria and SA – NSW and QLD should stay mostly dry.

Uneven rainfall is "one factor slowing the pace of pulses and cereals sowing" according to online outlet, Money Control.
Both Bihar and Assam are lagging behind the average rainfall, whereas Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Jharkhand have seen excess rainfall, which Rural Voice suggests could "damage pulses and oilseeds".

Drought challenges in Montana haven't damaged lentil yields, according to Jeff Van Pevenage of Columbia Grain: "We’re hearing from our producers that if the drought affected them (green lentils) at all, it positively affected them, because we were seeing very good yields and lentils in Montana, and reasonably good yields in Washington and Idaho as well."
A "wave of wet weather" is currently moving through Montana, which may relieve some of the areas hit by drought. This evening is predicted to bring heavy rains, according to Montana Right Now.

Sask Today reported on Tuesday that it believes there is a risk to green lentil quality due to recent rains at a key point in the harvest.
Jeff Van Pevenage echoes this sentiment: "Canada also has a 10-day forecast with four or five days of rain in it, and it sounds like only 30/40% of lentils are ready to harvest. These are very key times for the North American lentil market."
In a comment last week, Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture said that green pea growers in Saskatchewan will be “getting a little worried” about bleaching in the pea crop.