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Fewer field peas harvested worldwide

Dried Garden Pea
Published Nov 25, 2021

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The drought in North America also hit the production of field peas hard this season. Because the top 5 of the most important producers and exporters include Canada and the USA. The International Grain Council IGC is currently assuming a global field pea production of 12.6 million tonnes for 2021/22.

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11/24/2021 | 11:39:00 | ID: 31590 | Department: Agriculture | plant Berlin (agrar-PR) - The drought in North America has also hit the production of field peas hard this season. Because the top 5 of the most important producers and exporters include Canada and the USA. The International Grain Council IGC is currently assuming a global field pea production of 12.6 million tonnes for 2021/22. According to research by Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (mbH), this would be a minus of 16% (2.3 million t) and is primarily due to lower production in North America. t estimated and thus 45% below the previous year's level. Persistently hot and dry conditions in the western growing regions during the sowing and vegetation phase resulted in the lowest harvest in almost two decades, with Russia moving to the top of field pea producers with 2.7 million t, even if the harvest is around 1.5 % smaller than in the previous year. In third place is the EU-27 with a production of 2.2 million t. ...
Source: Agrar
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