Glacier FarmMedia — Farmers in the United States expect to grow more pulses in 2025, with areas planted to peas, lentils, chickpeas and edible beans all up on the year in the latest acreage data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released June 30.
Edible peas were forecast to see the largest increase on the year, with total area up 9.6 per cent from 2024 at 1.070 million acres. That compares with the March forecast of 895,000 acres.
Lentil area was estimated at 1.010 million acres, which was down by 90,000 from the March estimate but still up 7.9 per cent on the year.
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An estimated 540,000 acres of chickpeas were planted in the U.S. in 2025, which compares with 502,000 the previous year.
Edible bean area, at 1.600 million acres, compares with the March forecast of 1.470 million acres and the 1.533 million acres of edible beans planted in 2024.
Stocks
Quarterly stocks of the major pulses were also up on the year, with 167,000 tonnes of peas on hand as of June 1 compared to 130,600 tonnes the same time the previous year.
Lentil stocks were roughly doubled from 2024, at 81,800 tonnes. Chickpeas were up 36.1 per cent at 97,200 tonnes. Edible bean stocks data was not included in the latest report.
