U.S. dry pea, lentil production plummets

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP)--Dry pea and lentil production has plummeted in Montana and North Dakota, the nation's top producing states. Drought is getting the blame.

The most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows U.S. pea production down 24 percent from last year and lentils down 30 percent.

Average yields nationwide for the commodities were only about three-fourths of what they were in 2007. U.S. production of dry peas this year totaled about 12 million hundred-pound bags. Lentil production was about 2.4 million hundredweight.

Dry peas and lentils are known as pulse crops because they have pods and seeds.

11/24/08
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Date: 11/20/08

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