APC23 has delivered the latest in research findings to Australia’s uniquely collaborative pulse industry, already a major exporter and a key component of sustainable farming systems…Read More
Liz Wells, March 24, 2023
Australia needs a targeted, gradual approach to developing the pulse-protein industry, according to Unigrain co-CEO Andrew May…Read More
Emma Alsop, March 22, 2023
Reduced export competition is lifting prices for mungbeans and sending positive signals to CQ growers to increase plantings after timely and widespread rain…Read More
Liz Wells, February 8, 2023
A slow start to harvest is limiting forward sales, while prospects for a record South Australian lentil crop build, and Queensland chickpeas help to offset losses from NSW floods. ..Read More
Prices for chickpeas, faba beans and lentils have fallen this month amid buoyant production prospects for lentils and fabas, and troubling conditions beyond CQ for chickpeas…Read More
Liz Wells, August 24, 2022
Buhler’s Molly Coleman says the processing of pulses and other crops into bases for plant-based protein is attracting strong investment interest, and will provide sidestreams available to the stockfeed sector…Read More
Liz Wells, May 19, 2022
Faba beans are expected to crib area from chickpeas this year for their brighter price prospects, and their ability to fix nitrogen. ..Read More
Liz Wells, May 6, 2022
Following a contraction in the past two decades, Australia’s total pulse area is tipped to rise his year, according to an ANZ report…Read More
Grain Central, April 28, 2022
The big wet that has blanketed the eastern farming regions has set the scene for big acreages of later-planted summer crops like mungbeans, sorghum, sunflowers and millet to go in over coming weeks…Read More
Neil Lyon, December 3, 2021
Research is showing that the widely-held assumption that pulse crops boost soil nitrogen levels for following crops may not hold true in some instances…Read More
Neil Lyon, November 24, 2021
A massive international research effort has led to the development of a genetic model for the ‘ultimate’ chickpea, with the potential to lift crop yields by up to 12 per cent…Read More
Grain Central, November 19, 2021
Researchers have cracked the case of what causes powdery mildew in mungbeans, and have also found how to control weeds and minimise production loss in pigeon peas…Read More
Grain Central, November 17, 2021
