Good global green lentil production expected this year

be a 20 per cent increase over last year’s output and the largest crop since 2020-21. Planting conditions were good, but it has turned hot and dry in southwestern Saskatchewan, where many of the green lentils are grown. “There are a few concerns cropping up,” Penner said, according to a video of his presentation on the GPC website. Exports are forecast at 775,000 tonnes, which would leave 106,000 tonnes of carryout at the end of the 2025-26 campaign. That would be far more comfortable than the less than 50,000 tonne carryouts of the past four years. Derek Drayson, a trader with Agrocorp International, thinks Penner’s Canadian forecast is too optimistic. He believes production will be closer to 750,000 to 770,000 tonnes, which is still a decent crop. Total lentil acreage in the United States is forecast at 1.125 million acres, a 20 per cent increase from last year’s levels. Penner believes 75 percent of that is planted to medium greens. Production is forecast at 479,000 tonnes, a ...