The demand for lentils has backed off lately due to high prices, said trader Marcos Mosnaim of Prairie IX in Toronto. He said the direction lentils take will largely depends on India.
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Pulse Weekly: Lentil prices poised for drop, depends on India
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Brazil fines meat packers $64 million for buying cattle from deforested Amazon land
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