Canada and the United States are both looking at sizeable crops, while conditions are also favourable in Russia and Kazakhstan

There is potential for a big increase in green lentil production in 2025-26 after several years of tight supplies, says an analyst.

Canada will lead the way with an estimated 842,000 tonnes of production, Chuck Penner, analyst with LeftField Commodity Research, told delegates attending the Global Pulse Confederation’s Pulses 2025 conference in Singapore.

That would 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

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