FOOD FORWARD PULSES & BEYOND CHUCK PENNER LEFTFIELD
did the day go?'. For me, the numbers help take some of the emotion out of it. Some traders are very dialed into the here and now but the numbers help you step back and see past the individual deals to the trends and some of the other things that don't show up in the day-to-day dealing. That's what we contribute; we don’t predict the future, we provide reconnaissance for things that might be happening in other parts of the world or even locally that you may not see, and then we pull together those relevant parts. Let’s talk about the Canadian lentil crop. The lentil crop is bigger, although last year was an unusually small one. It's always important to know what you're comparing to. Acreage was up. The reports are pointing to better yields than last year so that does mean bigger supplies, especially for green lentils, as the acreage increases this spring were larger in percentage
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