Trade Talk with Delfina Uranga/
Argentina's 2021 Chickpea Crop

0:38 Delfina, let’s start by reviewing the numbers. Could you recap for us how many hectares were seeded to chickpeas this year, what the yields were like and how many metric tons were produced?

1:44 How does this year’s production compare to last year and the historic norm?

2:14 What were the weather conditions like this year and how was the crop impacted?

3:23 Can you give us a sense of the quality and caliber size distribution for this year’s crop?

4:10 Argentine’s are not known as pulse consumers and domestic demand is negligible. But with the global plant protein trend and the COVID pandemic, have you noticed a change?

5:20 For the 2020/21 campaign that just ended, could you give us a sense of the level of chickpea exports and if there are carry-in stocks heading into 2021/22?

6:05 What were the top export markets for Argentine chickpeas and were there any surprises?

7:31 How do you see the markets for the new marketing year?

8:42 How much of the new crop has already been sold and how much remains available?

9:38 Can you give us an idea of new crop prices per caliber size?