Weather report/
August 28 – September 4

Australia

• Rainfall in South Australia has led to ABARES raising its forecast for Australia's pulse crops, according to Grain Central.
• The September 2025 Australian crop report caveats the positivity, saying that despite recent rains, "lower-layer soil moisture remains below average to extremely low in other areas", including in the Mallee region. The eastern Mallee region, however, has benefited from warmer conditions throughout July and August.

Canada

• Early assessments of the Canadian pea harvest suggest that rain events and the start of the harvest "likely resulted in some downgrading", writes Jon Driedger for Saskatchewan Pulse Growers this week.
• Improved moisture levels in August have "significantly improved the production outlook" for the Canadian harvest, according to Grain Central.
• The Alberta weekly crop report shows that warmer days and a break in rainfall allowed Alberta producers to advance the pulse harvest, with lentil and dry pea crops at 62.3% and 49.6% completed, respectively, for the week ending August 26.
• Despite the strong rainfall in Manitoba, field peas were at 65% harvested as of August 31, according to the province’s own weekly crop report.
  
  

India

• Excess rains in Karnataka in August have damaged prospective yields for green mung, reported The Hindu BusinessLine yesterday.
• Bimal Kothari, Chairman of the India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), believes it is "too early to quantify the losses", but admits that there have been reports of heavy rains damaging crops in Karnataka and other states.
• However, in the same article, it is reported that recent rainfall improved soil moisture and "saved crops" in Rajasthan.
• The Deccan Herald reports losses of both green mung and black matpe, calling the August rains in the green mung belt a "serious blow to pulse growers".