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India raises chickpea import duty to 40 per cent

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team February 7, 2018

The Indian government has raised its import tariff for chickpeas from 30 per cent to 40 per cent. The government said Tuesday in the Gazette of India the increased tariff is to be imposed immediately, with existing circumstances making it necessary. Chickpea prices have continued to fall over the last six months, according to reports

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Pulse weekly outlook: Farmers selling ahead of road bans

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News February 6, 2018

CNS Canada –– Pulse crop producers in Western Canada are looking to sell what’s left of last year’s crop before spring. Farmers “need to get some cash flow going. They’ve got payments probably in February and March and then they want to beat the road bans,” said Allan Johnston with Johnston’s Grain at Welwyn, Sask.

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Pulse acres on downswing

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News January 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Pulse prices in Western Canada showed some movement during the week ended Tuesday, but mostly hung rangebound as India’s import restrictions on Canadian pulses continued to hold the market in check. Yellow peas fell 25 cents to a range of $5.75 to $7 a bushel. Green peas held steady at $7.50-$8.50 a

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Australia makes progress with India, Canada waits

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News January 23, 2018

CNS Canada –– Pulse crop prices in Western Canada are holding steady while questions remain about the future of trade with India. India in November imposed a 50 per cent import tariff on peas and in December a 30 per cent tariff was placed on chickpeas and lentils. The tariffs were imposed overnight and left

Red lentils. (Photo courtesy U.S. Dry Pea and Lentil Council)

Crops, Pulses

India imposes duties on chickpeas, lentils

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team December 21, 2017

CNS Canada — India is introducing immediate 30 per cent tariffs on imports of chickpeas and lentils, the country’s government announced Thursday. The import duties follow the 50 per cent tariff on yellow peas India introduced in November, and come as part of ongoing efforts by India to support farmers. “Production of chana (chickpeas) and

Crops, Markets

Lentils back at square one heading into 2018

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News December 15, 2017

CNS Canada — Lentil prices in Western Canada have dropped significantly over the past year as India’s policy changes and militant actions elsewhere affected markets, according to traders. Green lentil prices in Western Canada lost anywhere from 20 to 36 cents per pound over the course of 2017, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. Prices are

Crops, Markets

India pea tariffs part of broader self-sufficiency goal

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 16, 2017

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — India’s surprise move to impose 50 per cent tariffs on pea imports was a shock to Canadian exporters, but the tariffs were introduced to help India’s own farmers as the country works toward self-sufficiency in pulse production. That’s according to Anurag Tulshan, director of pulse brokerage Esarco Exim Pvt. Ltd.

Crop scientists Kirstin Bett and Bert Vandenberg examine lentil plants. Photo: Derek Wright for the University of Saskatchewan

Crops, Pulses

Crop research partnership maps two lentil genomes

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 9, 2017

A partnership between University of Saskatchewan (U of S) crop scientists and genomic big data company NRGene of Israel has successfully sequenced two wild lentil genomes—the largest legume genomes ever assembled. In a Nov. 8 news release, the U of S said the research was part of the $7.9-million Genome Canada-funded “Application of Genomics to

Crops, Pulses

Pulse industry’s future remains uncertain with India

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News October 30, 2017

CNS Canada — As worries mount in regards to Canada’s pulse exports to India, reports from the country point toward a precarious future. India’s agriculture minister, Radha Mohan Singh, last week announced his country wouldn’t need to import any pulses within two years’ time as it would be able to grow enough for domestic demand.

Canola south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Year-ago Canadian canola crop revised higher

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 31, 2017

CNS Canada — Canada’s 2016 canola crop has been revised higher in Statistics Canada’s first production estimates for 2017, released Thursday. StatsCan raised the 2016-17 production number from 18.4 million tonnes to 19.6 million, and pegged the 2017 crop at 18.2 million tonnes, which was somewhere in the middle of trade estimates. “I think there’s

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India raises chickpea import duty to 40 per cent

Pulse weekly outlook: Farmers selling ahead of road bans

Pulse weekly outlook: Pulse acres on downswing

Pulse weekly outlook: Australia makes progress with India, Canada waits

India imposes duties on chickpeas, lentils

Lentils back at square one heading into 2018

India pea tariffs part of broader self-sufficiency goal

Crop research partnership maps two lentil genomes

Pulse industry’s future remains uncertain with India

Year-ago Canadian canola crop revised higher

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