Weather update on pulse producing regions/
Weekly report

Australia

• Rain has affected the pace of lentil harvests in Victoria, ETG pulse trader Todd Krahe told Grain Central this week. "The rain has slowed everything a bit" said Krahe, "and some growers are only just getting started on lentils in districts like Horsham, Rupanyup, Minyip, and Murtoa.”
• Krahe also told Grain Central that late-harvested lentils in Victoria may see "some wrinkling and brittleness" due to rainfall
• Cropping regions in northern and Eastern Queensland, as well as some areas of northern New South Wales (NSW) saw between 5-100 mm of rainfall this week according to the ABARES weekly Australian climate, water and agricultural update
• Low rainfall totals are predicted over the coming week with Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, NSW, and southern Queensland to receive "little to no rainfall"
  
  
  

India

• Sowing of rabi crops in Rajasthan and facing challenges due to lack of rainfall and high temperatures, reports iGrain this week. Winter rains are "urgently needed" to create optimal growth conditions, and the state could face a drop in production if conditions don't change
• The harvested kharif black matpe (urad) crops in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh have seen significant damage due to rainfall this year, reports The Hindu Business Line. Overall urad output has dropped by 25% YoY as a result of damage and a decline in acreage

Mexico

• The cost of unseeded agricultural land in the south of Sonora due to drought in the could be greater than expected, causing economic losses of up to 18 billion Mexican pesos (US$884 million) reports El Imparcial this week
• Lack of motivation for crops with high water demand in Sonora has resulted in some farmers choosing to plant chickpeas. Mario Pablos Dominguez, President of ARIC Tres Valles, told El Imparcial that his organisation chose to plant 700 ha of chickpeas given their low consumption of water
• President of the Confederation of agricultural associations in the state of Sinaloa has told debate this week that "it would be excellent" to see rains arrive at the end of the year, as reservoirs in the state are about to dry up. Farmers are reportedly planting chickpeas and beans in view of what they deem a "catastrophic" year for agriculture due to drought