Russian pea and chickpea outlook 2026/
Smaller crops, big stocks, and a scramble for safe shipping
Rustam Guliev, commodity trader at Top Grain, sat down to talk us through a difficult season for Russian pulses — attacks on Novorossiysk’s grain terminals and the closure of the Sea of Azov have left the southern ports almost unusable since August. We discussed this year’s downsized peas, chickpeas and lentils, the old-crop stocks building up on farms, and how China remains a market Russia can reliably supply.