Global Peas Market Trends and Insights
Rising Demand from Plant-Based Protein Processors
Pea-protein isolate capacity is expanding faster than field-pea output, underpinning sustained premiums in the peas market. In November 2021, Roquette invested over CAD 600 million (approximately USD 450-600 million) to establish the world's largest pea protein plant in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. The facility has the capacity to process 125,000 metric tons of yellow peas annually. The United States International Trade Commission's ruling insulating domestic processors from offshore isolates has funneled Canadian yellow peas into value-added channels, lifting spot prices in 2025. Collectively, these moves keep farm-gate prices upward and reinforce the growth trajectory of the peas market.Feed Industry Reformulations Favoring Field Peas
Aquaculture and pet-food companies are displacing soybean meal with field peas to align with non-genetically modified labeling mandates. Salmon diets now include pea concentrate without compromising growth, cutting phosphorus discharge in Norway and Chile, where effluent caps tightened in 2024. Grain-free pet food formulas continue to drive steady demand for pea starch, even following regulatory clarifications by the Food and Drug Administration. These formulas are particularly popular among pet owners seeking alternatives to traditional grain-based diets, further bolstering the market for pea starch. In the European Union, livestock integrators incorporate peas to meet protein-autonomy targets, supporting stable returns for Canadian and French growers, despite a reduction in acreage between 2021 and 2023. This reformulation trend redirects pea production into premium feed, strengthening the demand base for the peas market. Additionally, the use of peas in premium feed aligns with the growing focus on sustainable, high-quality livestock nutrition, thereby contributing to the long-term stability of the market.Pest and Disease Pressure
Ascochyta blight slashed Saskatchewan yields by 18% in 2024 despite two fungicide passes, while aphanomyces root rot can persist for 10-15 years in infested soils. Pea weevil infestations can reduce germination rates by up to 40% and may void export contracts requiring zero-tolerance thresholds. These infestations pose significant challenges for pea producers, impacting both domestic and international trade. Implementing eight-year rotation intervals and using resistant cultivars help mitigate these risks but increase opportunity costs, limiting short-term acreage expansion in the pea market. Additionally, adopting these measures requires careful planning and resource allocation, further influencing market dynamics.Other drivers and restraints analyzed in the detailed report include:
- Government Support Programs for Pulse Crops
- Soil-Health Benefits Driving Crop-Rotation Adoption
- High Farm-Gate Price Volatility
Segment Analysis
Complete Report Scope:
- By Geography
- North America
- United States
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Canada
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Mexico
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- United States
- Europe
- United Kingdom
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- France
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Germany
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Russia
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Ukraine
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- United Kingdom
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- India
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Australia
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- China
- South America
- Brazil
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Argentina
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Brazil
- Middle East
- United Arab Emirates
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Saudi Arabia
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- United Arab Emirates
- Africa
- South Africa
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Tanzania
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Ethiopia
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- Kenya
- Production Analysis (Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Volume)
- Consumption Analysis (Consumption Value and Volume)
- Import Market Analysis (Import Value, Volume, and Key Supplying Markets)
- Export Market Analysis (Export Value, Volume, and Key Destination Markets)
- Wholesale Price Trend Analysis and Forecast
- Regulatory Framework
- List of Key Players
- Logistics and Infrastructure
- Seasonality Analysis
- South Africa
- North America
Geography Analysis
In 2025, North America accounted for 31.7% of the pea market share, driven by Canada's position as the world's second-largest exporter and the United States' increasing focus on domestic pea-protein processing. The construction of pea-protein facilities by Louis Dreyfus Company in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, during 2024-2025 highlights a strategic move toward value-added processing within production regions rather than exporting raw commodities. This development challenges Canada's traditional dominance and shifts trade flows toward Black Sea ports. Exporters face higher compliance costs due to maximum residue limits, which require discontinuing glyphosate pre-harvest desiccation. However, this also strengthens the premium positioning of traceable supply chains. The region's growth has been constrained by crop diseases such as ascochyta blight and aphanomyces root rot, which negatively impacted yields in Saskatchewan in 2024.Asia-Pacific is the fastest-growing geography, with a 7.4% CAGR through 2031, propelled by aquaculture feed reformulation in China and India's drive to rebuild domestic pulse production. South America plays a modest role in global trade flows. In Brazil, farmers in Rio Grande do Sul are incorporating peas into wheat rotations but face challenges due to limited access to certified seeds. The integration of peas into crop rotations aims to improve soil health and diversify agricultural production. Argentina exports small volumes to the Middle East but experiences production losses due to inefficiencies in post-harvest handling, including inadequate storage facilities and outdated processing techniques.
Europe held a moderate share in the pea market. The Middle East and Africa remain net importers. United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia trans-ship Canadian and Australian peas to South Asia and East Africa. South Africa’s stable production feeds domestic processors, while Ethiopia and Kenya suffer post-harvest losses due to cold-chain deficits. Accelerated investment in logistics is critical for unlocking the potential of the peas market across these deficit regions. Additionally, the lack of refrigerated transport reduces processing incentives, hindering the growth of the regional peas market and limiting its competitiveness in international markets.
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