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Surprise Indian duty on peas leaves Canada scrambling

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News November 8, 2017

Winnipeg | CNS – The Canadian pea industry was shocked Wednesday morning to wake up to a notice from India declaring a 50 per cent tax on pea imports to the country. “This sort of moves us beyond even where India has been before in pulse import duties … more than a decade ago we

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.

Crops, Pulses

Pulse industry still awaits answers from India

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News October 20, 2017

CNS Canada — Almost three weeks since Canada’s pulse fumigation exemption expired in India, the Canadian pulse industry is still in the dark. “We’re just looking to have some clarity as to how Canada/India pulse trade’s going to play out in the long term and with a long-term policy solution,” Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse

Crops, Pulses

Lack of notice a worry on India fumigation exemption

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries October 12, 2017

CNS Canada — The CEO of Canada’s pulse industry association says he’s starting to become concerned because a fumigation exemption granted to Canadian pulses exported to India remains expired after 12 days. Normally this exemption is renewed within three or four days, said Gord Bacon of Pulse Canada. Bacon said he checks his email every

Comment, Crops

Two simple spray tips can make or break Canadian crops

Before spraying your in-crop application, ‘keep it clean’ with these best practices

By Cam Dahl, Gordon Bacon, Jim Everson August 22, 2017

Farmers have a lot on their plates as they head into the spraying season. The Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada and Pulse Canada are reminding growers of best practices that can have a major impact on marketing grain. Proper pesticide use is a critical factor in growing export-quality grain. As a world leader in

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Strings seen attached to India’s extended fumigation deadline

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries June 29, 2017

CNS Canada –– India has extended its Friday deadline on a requirement that all pulse shipments to that country be fumigated with methyl bromide — but it wasn’t quite the good news the Canadian pulse industry had hoped to hear. “India has basically extended the ability for exporters around the world to ship to India

Indiana-based Enjoy Life Foods in 2012 launched Plentils, a high-protein snack product made with lentil powder and billed as “chips with benefits.” (EnjoyLifeFoods.com)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse crop strategy aims to broaden pulse demand

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 22, 2017

A new market development goal for Canada’s pulse crop industry hopes to create demand in use categories where pulses aren’t yet a major player. Pulse Canada’s board on Wednesday released a new target dubbed “25 by 2025,” under which the Canadian pulse crop grower/processor industry “will marshal its resources to create new demand in new

News, Pulses

Growing Forward 3 a chance to think big

Pulse Canada’s COO calls for an ambitious agenda  as the next agriculture policy framework looms

By Alex Binkley November 29, 2016

Canada needs to quit fiddling around the edges of its agri-food policies and start thinking big. That’s the message Greg Cherewyk, Pulse Canada’s chief operating officer, brought to a recent meeting of the Commons agriculture committee. He used the occasion to call for a new focus on continuous improvement and transformational innovation in the upcoming

News, Pulses

Another fumigation derogation granted

After years of six-month-long port-of-origin fumigation reprieves, Pulse Canada wants certainty

By Shannon VanRaes October 12, 2016

The Canadian pulse industry has been granted another stop-gap extension for a key fumigation requirement, but nobody is mistaking this development for a permanent solution. India, a key market for the crops, fears shipments could be contaminated with nematodes, something they say could put their domestic crops at risk. Therefore they require shipments to be

The Glenora area has outstanding pea fields. The numerous recent rainfalls in this area has worked in their favour.

News, Pulses

Pulse popularity portends bright future

Record attendance at this year’s Pulse and Special Crops Convention wasn’t a coincidence,  says Pulse Canada president Gordon Bacon

By Allan Dawson July 22, 2016

It’s no coincidence that the popularity of pulse crops is rising as consumers become more interested in healthy eating, says Murad Al-Katib, president and CEO of Saskatchewan-based AGT Food and Ingredients. “As a food industry I think we have to be prepared for what could be a transformational earthquake that is coming with consumers where

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Surprise Indian duty on peas leaves Canada scrambling

Pulse industry’s future remains uncertain with India

Pulse industry still awaits answers from India

Lack of notice a worry on India fumigation exemption

Two simple spray tips can make or break Canadian crops

Strings seen attached to India’s extended fumigation deadline

Pulse crop strategy aims to broaden pulse demand

Growing Forward 3 a chance to think big

Another fumigation derogation granted

Pulse popularity portends bright future

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