Hurricane Norma’s addition of water to Mexico’s struggling reservoirs may increase acreage for beans and chickpeas despite delaying seedings.

The purchasing director at Mexico’s leading bean distributor, Verde Valle, chats to Luke Wilkinson about the staying power of yellow beans and how GPC events help maintain working relationships.

In this report, Dario Bard speaks to members of the Canadian pulse industry for an overview of the 2022 crop, touching on acreages, production estimates and price as well as the factors currently affecting the region.

Speaking to GPC members from countries across central and South America, Luke Wilkinson gives an in-depth report into the current and future consequences of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the pulses market.

Strong prices saw more hectares seeded to beans this year, but a dry spell quashed all hopes of repeating last year’s high yields.

Planting progress for the major rabi pulse crops is ahead of last rabi season’s pace.

GPC reports on the country’s recently harvested pea and chickpea crops.

A month ahead of planting, experts weigh in on what to expect from Mexico’s chickpea crop.

The dry bean area is up on lower prices for major commodity crops, but the crop was planted late and frost is a major concern.

For the week ending July 28th, good weather conditions prevailed across the major pulse growing regions.

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

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.

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By Sundar Ramakrishnan Senior Vice President Trading Agrocorp International Pte. Ltd.

Global Head of Pulses at Viterra and newly appointed GPC Board member Will Watchorn on the future of processing, the threat of El Niño and what’s on the cards for feed demand in 2023

The Director of pulse exporter and Pulses 23 sponsor, Gold Star International, chats with Luke Wilkinson about the lack of liquidity on the Indian subcontinent, the subdued mung market and Australian seeding.

General director of Centro Abarrotero del Bajío, Santiago Del Rio Samano, chatted with Luke Wilkinson about the price of yellow beans and his optimism for the upcoming Mexican harvest.

As his time on the GPC’s Board of Directors comes to an end, Peter Wilson of Wilson International Trade speaks to Jose Martins about the upcoming harvest and what he’s learned from 30 years in the industry.

Roberto Pérez, commercial manager of PURP, a pulse and grain trader and agricultural supplier in Sinaloa, talked to Luke Wilkinson about the resurgence of corn and shrinking pulse seedings.

Felipe Sandoval is the general director of BeGrait. Ahead of his analyst role at the Americas Pulses Congress, Luke Wilkinson chatted to him about why information is the key to good business.

After a turbulent six months for the pulse trade, Benjamin Perez of Comercializadora Gran Colmado talks about his country’s love for pulses, a black bean boost from Venezuela, and the untapped potential for self-sufficiency in Colombia’s seasonless but fertile farmlands.

Returning for a chat with the GPC, Navneet Chhabra, Director of Global Garbanzo, talks to Luke Wilkinson about all things chickpea, from shampoo to innovative new trade routes. Navneet also talks us through the economic shockwave shaking up the pulse industry as a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

The head of Fazenda Nova Geração spoke to Luke Wilkinson on how she’s dealing with fierce competition from soy and corn, the aftermath of drought and a potential fertilizer shortage.

Luke Wilkinson spoke to Montserrat about the benefits of a well-placed business, her pride in the products of her region and how EU subsidies have promoted pulses among its hard-working farmers.

Daniel Plaza Bonilla is an Agricultural Engineer and the leader of LegSapiens, a project with pulses at its heart, aimed at increasing farm crop yield and profitability. He chatted with Luke Wilkinson about the benefits of mulch, and how rotating pulse crops with soy can increase your yield up to 15%.

The company started 35 years ago exporting mainly black beans to Mexico; today, despite the economic hardships brought by the global pandemic, the company continues to find ways to grow.

With the seeding of the first pulse crop of 2021 about to begin, the GPC checks in with the director of exports for Global Export.

Turkey is one of the world's major pulse distribution hubs, with quick delivery times into North Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

Alicampo’s founder talks about his company’s successful strategy with growers and the outlook heading into Argentina’s pulse planting season.

As the new year gets underway, we reflect on how far the global pulse industry has come with the former GPC president.

The CEO of a leading brokerage firm dealing in pulses from the Black Sea region weighs in on what to expect in 2020-21.