Yellow Peas

[Oliver88]

Trudeau could be buying thousands of tonnes of lentils from Canadian farmers and sending them to starving nations in Africa instead of writing cheques to foreign dictators that leave the people starving.....

It is crazy that $ is sent and not grain.

[bucket]

Really stupid questions......


Is there still people starving in the world?

Does Trudeau issue cheques to some of these third world countries?

And why?

Highlights that the pea lentil markets are there ....it's just that our government thinks we should be a storage bin until dictators or policy changes....

If your government is writing cheques for food aid the money should be sent to Canadian farmers....

But that goes against the world businessman of the year to get Canadian government money and buy ukranian lentils.....

[Kinger]

first round hasn't started yet , elevators haven't shipped any

First Round did happen for some but not for everyone. Hard to say where exactly peas that went to the coast were shipped from likely more east half of the prairies which were done sooner than the west side.

I doubt people thought coast demand would dry up like it has.

[bucket]

Don't hear lyle Stewart bragging about exports from Saskatchewan or talk about the repercussions of shitty grain movement because he thinks new grain bins are a sign of great things...


Interesting factoid....much of grandpa's wealth the young punks are spending on land and bins was built with nowhere near the farm infrastructure of today. ....


Not envious just facts....

Pea demand usually drops off this time of year and restarts in Jan-Feb when another round of shipping occurs. Hard to say how much of a rebound or when given India's very firm stance on protecting there farmers.

They have talked about import tarrifs, restrictions, and will also be raising the minimum farm income subsidy over there. They were elected with promises to help domestic farmers which is what they are doing right now.

Doesn't help black sea peas are pretty darn cheap right now compared to us. The small amount they will import will be coming from them unless something happens dollar or gov policy wise.

first round hasn't started yet , elevators haven't shipped any

[farming101]

Dismal. Worst start since fall of 2013

[farmaholic]

I haven't grown yellow peas in years, or red lentils. I can say I probably missed a couple of good years lately. But with the current snails pace of exports compared to the pace of the last couple/three years, it must feel like things are moving backwards for people looking to sell or ship.

Does 101 have a chart showing export volumes?

[bucket]

Trudeau could be buying thousands of tonnes of lentils from Canadian farmers and sending them to starving nations in Africa instead of writing cheques to foreign dictators that leave the people starving.....


Oops that's what a free market economy like the states do with their foreign food policy....

[Kinger]

Pea demand usually drops off this time of year and restarts in Jan-Feb when another round of shipping occurs. Hard to say how much of a rebound or when given India's very firm stance on protecting there farmers.

They have talked about import tarrifs, restrictions, and will also be raising the minimum farm income subsidy over there. They were elected with promises to help domestic farmers which is what they are doing right now.

Doesn't help black sea peas are pretty darn cheap right now compared to us. The small amount they will import will be coming from them unless something happens dollar or gov policy wise.

[Oliver88]

And here I thought I was missing out on the good net income that yellow peas and red lentils bring.