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India to launch new crop insurance scheme

By GFM Network News, Krishna N. Das December 23, 2015

New Delhi | Reuters — India will launch a new farm crop insurance scheme early next year and use drones and other technologies to assess crop damage, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, in what could be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first major move to address rural hardship. The impact of unseasonal rains and two straight

Crops, Markets

Lentil prices just keep rising

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 9, 2015

CNS Canada — Lentil prices just keep moving up in Western Canada, with no end in sight to the rising market as end users work to book coverage. However, the high prices may prove unsustainable, especially in the long run, as values are already expensive for international buyers and strong new-crop prices should lead to

Crops, Markets

PULSES: India throws cold water on US inspection proposal

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 29, 2015

Winnipeg, Oct 29. – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Thursday morning, October 29. – Prices for chickpeas in Northwestern India have risen to such high levels that they are starting to cut into planting areas traditionally reserved for rapeseed, according to reports out of the country. Temperatures

Crops

Scorching heat delays India’s rapeseed sowing

By GFM Network News, Rajendra Jadhav October 28, 2015

Mumbai / Reuters – Above-normal temperatures have delayed rapeseed sowing in India’s top producing region by more than a fortnight and restricted acreage expansion, even though prices are trading near record highs, industry officials said. The delays are helping support rapeseed prices and could force the world’s biggest edible oil importer to increase overseas purchases of

Crops, Markets, Pulses

India still rules pulse market, despite potential diet shifts

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus October 27, 2015

CNS Canada –– Based on how its high pulse prices and stockpiling regulations have held the market’s undivided attention in recent weeks, India’s place in the driver’s seat of the pulse trade appears safe. While new data from the World Health Organization on the carcinogenicity of processed and red meat is driving attention to alternative

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulses: India’s high pulse prices show signs of easing

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 21, 2015

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Wednesday morning, Oct. 21. • Shortages and resulting high local prices in India remain at the forefront of the global pulse market. The government recently imposed restrictions on how many tonnes companies can store in an effort to curb

Cattle drink from the Yamuna River near Agra in northern India. (CIA.gov)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Villagers in India kill Muslim accused of smuggling cows

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 17, 2015

Dharamsala, India | Reuters –– Villagers in northern India have killed a Muslim man for allegedly smuggling cattle, police said Saturday, in violence critics say is fuelled by the Hindu nationalist government seeking a nationwide ban of cow slaughter and beef trade. India is the world’s largest exporter of beef and its fifth biggest consumer,

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Canada’s pulses seen too pricey for India

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 15, 2015

CNS Canada –– Problems with India’s own pulse crop production are lending some support to lentil and pea prices in Canada, as India is a major buyer. However, the firm Canadian prices may have more to do with domestic competition between exporters than with any increase in offshore movement, according to a pulse dealer. David

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulses: Festivals, supply issues to keep India’s prices high

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 15, 2015

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Thursday morning, Oct. 15. • Analysts say pulse prices will likely remain high in India as the market there faces a potent mix of lowered output, steady demand from festivals and slow imports that already fall short of demand.

Crops, Markets, Pulses

India’s drought a bonanza for Canadian pulse growers

By GFM Network News, Rajendra Jadhav, Rod Nickel October 14, 2015

Winnipeg/Mumbai | Reuters — Prices for Canadian pulses typically ease toward the end of the year but a recent dry spell in distant India, the world’s top producer and consumer, is driving them up. Back-to-back drought years for the first time in three decades has eroded India’s output of pulses and boosted imports. Global prices

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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India to launch new crop insurance scheme

Lentil prices just keep rising

PULSES: India throws cold water on US inspection proposal

Scorching heat delays India’s rapeseed sowing

India still rules pulse market, despite potential diet shifts

Pulses: India’s high pulse prices show signs of easing

Villagers in India kill Muslim accused of smuggling cows

Canada’s pulses seen too pricey for India

Pulses: Festivals, supply issues to keep India’s prices high

India’s drought a bonanza for Canadian pulse growers

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