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Pulse weekly outlook: India likely in need of more lentils

MarketsFarm — A recent webinar co-hosted by the India Pulses and Grains Association and Pulse Australia focused on lentil production in the two countries, with tighter Indian supplies likely leading to increased import demand going forward. “The share of Australian lentils in India’s import has been 10 to 15 per cent over the last seven-eight

Crops, Other

India’s federal police probe bosses of two fertilizer companies

Large-scale nutrient purchases often known to sway spot prices

By GFM Network News, Rajendra Jadhav May 20, 2021

Mumbai | Reuters — Indian authorities have opened an investigation into the heads of two leading fertilizer importing companies, alleging they secured commissions from overseas suppliers for inflating the prices of crop nutrient purchases. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s top crimefighting agency, said late Wednesday it was investigating U.S. Awasthi, managing director of

File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Harvest shortcomings could open doors to India

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 5, 2021

MarketsFarm — As India’s pulse harvest continues, indications have been that initial projections might not be met — which could lead the world’s largest producer and consumer of pulses to allow more imports, MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville says. The Indian government expected about 11.5 million tonnes of chickpeas, but the harvest might bring in

News, Other, Weather

India likely to get average monsoon rains

By Reuters April 19, 2021

India is likely to get average monsoon rains this year, a private weather forecasting agency said April 13, raising prospects of higher farm and economic growth in Asia’s third-biggest economy. Monsoon rains are expected to be 103 per cent of a long-term average, and there is a 60 per cent chance that India will get

Chickpeas. (Grigorenko/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Seeding numbers may exceed USDA expectations

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 15, 2021

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) prospective plantings report, delivered March 31, provided a mixed bag for pulse growers in that country as far as the numbers are concerned. Some analysts, however, believe the actual acres seeded will top USDA’s projections. Increasing demand from China, India and a recovering domestic market have raised

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Turkey’s record-level lentil imports expected to decrease

Country's domestic acreage expected up in 2021

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 3, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canadian lentil exports to Turkey reached unprecedented numbers in 2020. According to Statistics Canada data, Turkey imported 534,160 tonnes worth $355 million during the calendar year, making it the second-largest buyer of Canadian lentils behind India. Last year’s total nearly equalled the amount of lentils Canada exported to Turkey over the previous three

Farmers arrive with blankets and mattresses for others at the site of a protest against farm laws at Ghaziabad, India on Jan. 29, 2021.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Why Indian farmers are so angry

The Modi government’s agricultural reforms are causing widespread uncertainty

By Bhavani Shankar February 16, 2021

India’s farmers have been protesting since the autumn, with a growing intensity that culminated in a violent breaching of barriers in the Red Fort in Delhi during India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26. The protests were spurred by the passing of a set of agricultural reform bills in parliament in September 2020 that aimed

Farmers arrive with blankets and mattresses for others at the site of a protest against farm laws at Ghaziabad, India on Jan. 29, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)

Crops

UN urges ‘maximum restraint’ as India farm protesters widen blockade

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 6, 2021

Mumbai | Reuters — The United Nations human rights office called on Indian authorities and protesting farmers to exercise “maximum restraint” hours before the growers impose a nationwide road blockade on Saturday seeking a repeal of new agricultural laws. Tens of thousands of farmers have camped out on the outskirts of New Delhi for more

Crops, Markets

Indian farm protesters reinforce after standoff with police

By GFM Network News, Mayank Bhardwaj January 29, 2021

New Delhi | Reuters — Thousands of Indian farmers marched overnight to reinforce protesting colleagues camping out on the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, to press the government to withdraw three new farm laws that they say will hurt their livelihoods. In a standoff between riot police and the farmers, authorities tried to clear

Farmers participate in a tractor rally to protest against the newly passed farm bills, on a highway on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, January 7, 2021.

News, Other

Indian farmers to step up protests

Move comes after rejecting offer to defer controversial new laws

By Manoj Kumar, Nigam Prusty January 28, 2021

Indian farmers have rejected an offer by the government to defer three farm reform laws for 1-1/2 years, warning they would step up protests as they seek a repeal of the laws and a guarantee on minimum crop prices. Farm leaders said hundreds of thousands of farmers from neighbouring states including Haryana, Punjab and western

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower

ICE Weekly: Trade progress, new data threaten to break canola’s price range

CBOT Weekly: Trade awaits USDA S/D report

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