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The recently published data from DEFRA suggests that the pulse crop area in England had increased  approximately 9% year on year. While the June survey pea area suggests a fall of 6.3%, the overall rise was driven by an uplift of approximately 13% in beans, although with a 5% confidence interval. This caught the trade…

In general prices have risen with the market for other commodity grains throughout the year and have remained good thorough 2022 to date. There may be one or two crops of beans still to be taken ( perhaps in Scotland) but as far as we are aware pulse crop harvesting is now pretty much complete…

It is historically an unusual time of year to publish a Pulse Market Update. But these are not usual times. While freight issues remain, the post-covid chaos in shipping seems to be easing a little, bulk vessel tonnage is now more expensive than containerised shipments and shipping prices in general continue to rise. Domestic demand…

The tragedy that is the war in the Ukraine has had a massive impact on so many aspects of our collective lives and seems set to throw a shadow over local and international markets for almost everything for many months to come. As we contemplate the impact on the market for pulses, we retain in…

It continues to be remarked how mild and dry the winter has been to date, and with autumn sown crops looking generally excellent, it is hard to see many growers deciding to rip them out and plant pulses instead. At this stage despite the huge hikes in ammonium nitrate prices and raised awareness that pulse…

The autumn has, for most, been very open and it appears that the opportunity to maximise winter sowing opportunities has been taken, perhaps spurred on by memories of recent autumn experiences and current high values for wheat. This is reflected in the planting intentions reported in the AHDB Early Bird Survey which forecasts a drop in Pulse…

For the majority the pulse harvest is over, with a few crops of beans still standing the further travelled north. The consensus is that yields have been much improved from crop 2020 and the quality is significantly better too, though of course there are always exceptions. The values for pulse crops have also risen, generally…

The UK Pulse harvest is probably only just starting for the majority, August has been so cool, we are perhaps 3 weeks behind what is ‘normal’, with just 20% through. Whilst south of the midlands, most have harvested their winter beans and peas, crops of these remain to be taken further north and very few…

At one point in the extended winter that was April, there was concern that drilling was late and the soils were saturated and cold. The situation continued through most of May. Since then, with the sudden increase in temperature the crops have “taken off” and around the country the general consensus is that the pulse…

During the early part of the year UK pulse values were pulled up with rising grain commodity prices. These now seem to have topped out and whilst values for all commodities have fallen pulses still offer good returns for growers looking to sell.   That said recent demand for exports has dwindled. Issues with containerised…