MarketsFarm — Australia’s 2022 winter pulse crop will see its ups and downs, according to a quarterly crop report released Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).
Chickpeas saw the largest projected production decline, dropping 41.5 per cent from the 2021-22 marketing year to 621,000 tonnes this year, Australia’s smallest domestic chickpea crop since 2019-20. Projected chickpea area also declined, falling by 31.7 per cent from the year before to 423,000 hectares, the smallest area since 2019-20.
Lupin bean production in 2022-23 is forecast to decline by 26.9 per cent to 700,000 tonnes, also the lowest total in three years. The estimated seeded area for lupins was cut by 19.5 per cent to 395,000 hectares, the smallest area since 2013-14.
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Faba bean production is expected to be lower for the second straight year, 20.4 per cent from last year to be exact, at 463,000 tonnes. However, the seeded area is only estimated to be 6.2 per cent less than in 2021-22.
Meanwhile, lentils are set to become the highest producing winter pulse crop in Australia for 2022-23 at 924,000 tonnes, a 7.6 per cent increase from the previous year and a record amount for winter. There is also a projected 9.7 per cent increase in seeded area from 2021-22 at 576,000 hectares, the largest seeded area ever in the country.
The winter field pea harvest is projected to be 3.1 per cent larger than last year’s at 269,000 tonnes, while 205,000 hectares were planted for a 6.8 per cent increase.
Australia’s total winter crop production for 2022-23 is forecast to be the fourth-highest on record at 55.5 million tonnes with above average yield potentials for all states.
— Adam Peleshaty reports for MarketsFarm from Stonewall, Man.
