Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised its 2025/26 production calls for dry peas and lentils from its July report.
AAFC issued its latest monthly report on August 20, and adjusted exports, domestic usage and ending stocks.
These revisions to Canada’s two main pulse crops came ahead of the Statistics Canada crop production report scheduled for August 28.
Both federal agencies use satellite imagery and models to reach their forecasts.
AAFC added 300,000 tonnes to its August projection on Canada’s dry peas, bringing it to 3.50 million tonnes.
Compared to last year, the country’s farmers are expected to reap an additional 503,000 tonnes of dry peas than in 2024/25.
That’s based on area harvested increasing by 109,000 hectares and yields improving to 2.52 tonnes per hectare from last year’s 2.34.
Dry pea exports were nudged up by 100,000 tonnes to now 2.10 million, but that’s a little short of 2.20 million in 2024/25.
