India jumps bulk consumer wheat quota

Reuters – India will provide three million tonnes of wheat to bulk consumers such as flour millers. The move is part of efforts to bring down prices, which jumped to a record high Jan. 25, a government official told Reuters. The allocation is more than traders’ expectations of around two million tonnes. The market waited


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Pulse weekly outlook: India looking for lentils, large Australian crop in play

India extends zero-rate tariff

MarketsFarm — An extension of zero-rate tariffs on lentils moving into India for another year should be a clear sign that the country is in the market for imports. However, Canadian lentil sales to India face stiff competition, with a large Australian crop likely to limit movement going forward. India announced at the end of

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices up ahead of India harvest

Early outlook calls for more Canadian acres in 2023

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian chickpea prices are still on the rise while prices for other pulse crops are coming down as supply increases. High-delivered bids for Kabuli and B-90 types of chickpeas rose four cents per pound over the past week, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire on Jan. 23. As a result, the nine- and





Ninety-five percent of all the population growth until then, says the UN, will occur in the relatively young, relatively poor sub-Saharan nations of Africa.

Comment: Mother Nature has a population plan, too

China is about to shrink, Africa to grow, and the environment to strike back

A scientist friend recently noted that at today’s rate of consumption, the world is environmentally and economically sustainable for roughly one billion people. “That means with the world’s population of eight billion,” he half-joked, “you’re a goner.” Right, just not right now. Let nature take its course, eh? Recent population trends, however, show that nature

India gives environmental approval for gene-modified mustard

India gives environmental approval for gene-modified mustard

Reuters – India has granted environmental clearance for genetically modified (GM) mustard seeds, experts said Oct. 27. It paves the way for commercial use of the country’s first GM food crop.  The world’s biggest importer of edible oils, on which it spends tens of billions of dollars a year, India fills more than 70 per



CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rally ahead of USDA report next week

Fresh uncertainty about Ukrainian grain exports raises concerns

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rallied on Friday, lifted by technical buying and short covering along with spillover support from higher equities and energy markets. Wheat and corn drew additional support from a weaker dollar and concerns about continued grain shipments from Ukraine amid Russian criticism of a U.N.-brokered export