U.S. chickpea production to decrease as producers plan reduction
Dried Chickpea
Dried Lentil
Dried Common Pea
United States
Published Apr 6, 2023
Tridge summary
The US will not assist in addressing what some say is a potential global kabuli chickpea shortage. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's March Prospective Plantings report, farmers in the United States plan to seed 340,500 acres of the crop, a 4% decrease from the previous year.
Original content
According to a Global Pulse Confederation news release, all exporting countries must expand their output significantly. Poor agricultural yields in India and Mexico are putting a strain on global supplies. This is projected to result in a crop scarcity during the following six months. Because of a 30 percent increase in planted area, a hot and dry spell in December "wiped out" chances for a bumper crop in India. As a result, the worldwide supply chain is 100,000 tonnes short of product. According to the news release, this is exerting upward pressure on global prices. Russia, Canada, the United States, and Turkey are all on high alert. "Even if all of these origins expand planted area by 30%, I still anticipate a shortfall over the next six months, particularly of the high calibre sizes," Navneet Chhabra, director of Global Garbanzo, stated in a release. Columbia Grain President Jeff Van Pevenage agrees with the USDA's chickpea projection. "That's what we've seen and heard," he ...
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