Red lentil supply depends on Canada, Australia

Australia hopes its crop will recover from last year’s drought and frost, while Canada’s production is expected to be down

The 2025-26 red lentil market hinges on what happens with Australia and Canada, say analysts.

If those two countries have average yields, supply and demand will be well balanced, Chuck Penner, an analyst with LeftField Commodity Research, recently told delegates attending the Global Pulse Confederation’s Pulses 25 conference in Singapore.

Last year, there was a concern that the market would be over-supplied, but drought and frost slashed Australia’s production.

Australian farmers are expected to plant the same number of acres as 2024.

“If we pencil in an average yield at this point in time, what we would see is that production would bounce back considerably,” said