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Pulse weekly outlook: 2018 a challenging year

By GFM Network News December 18, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s been a year of challenges for the Canadian pulse industry, as it struggled to survive after its largest customer all but vanished overnight — but the industry has started to grow in new ways. “It was challenging for farmers who saw a real shift in pulse prices, challenging for processors and […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Market depends on India’s fortunes

By GFM Network News December 12, 2018

CNS Canada — When it comes to Canadian pulse crops, David Newman of Commodious Trading says producers, speculators and processors are long — and that has been of great concern to him. “You have everybody wanting to sell and you better hope that there’s someone there to take all of it,” he said. The wildcard […] Read more

Farmer Brian Derksen seeds wheat on May 2, 2017 near Miami, Man., about 80 km south of Portage la Prairie. (Screengrab from Allan Dawson video)

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Trade, weather top of mind for 2019 acres

By GFM Network News December 4, 2018

CNS Canada — As Canadian farmers start thinking about what to plant next spring, global trade patterns and weather will play into decision making. “It’s very difficult to decide where this all is going. That obviously also has implications on where the futures prices go and what signals the farmers are taking from that,” said […] Read more

Wheat being loaded onto a cargo ship in Vancouver in 2011. (File photo: Reuters/Ben Nelms)

Crops, Markets

Total Canadian grain exports running well ahead of average

By GFM Network News November 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Canadian canola exports may be slightly behind the year-ago pace, but wheat movement is very strong and total crop exports to-date are running well ahead of average for this time of year, according to the latest statistics from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). Canada exported 219,800 tonnes of canola during the week […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: India seen becoming a pulse buyer again

By GFM Network News November 15, 2018

CNS Canada — After a year that saw India drop off the map as a pulse importer, some industry officials expect we could soon see India re-enter the market. “Seeding is going down, the monsoons are weak. So definitely they will need to import. I see that in the next few months we will start […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Some optimism for peas, lentils not invited for the ride

By GFM Network News October 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Lentil growers hoping to see a light at the end of the current tunnel of low prices and restricted markets will likely be disappointed for some time. However, farmers with peas might see better market conditions over the course of the shipping year because of the United States-China trade war. “For our […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s sales a day-to-day business

By GFM Network News October 10, 2018

CNS Canada — Canada’s pulse crop trade hasn’t stopped, even though its biggest customer, India, isn’t taking large amounts anymore. Instead, buyers are finding themselves having to take business one day at a time and become a bit more creative. “I think everyone is in the same boat; it’s not that the market has stopped. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: India extends pea, lentil tariffs

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 2, 2018

CNS Canada — The Indian government has again extended its import restrictions on peas, this time until Dec. 31. India late last year initiated duties of 50 per cent on imported peas and 30 per cent on lentils and desi chickpeas. It has since raised the lentil tariff to 60 per cent. In effect, the […] Read more

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World Crop Briefs: Australia reaches trade deal with Indonesia

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News September 12, 2018

Australia has agreed to a trade agreement that could see it export as much as 500,000 tonnes of feed grains into Indonesia tariff free in the first year. The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) includes provisions for a five per cent increase in allowable tariff-free feed grains into Indonesia each year. The agreement is […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Lower lentil yields predicted

By GFM Network News August 28, 2018

CNS Canada — After a year of market woes for lentils, it looks as though the Saskatchewan lentil yield won’t be the best either. “I think overall we would be expecting lentil yields lower than average this year, but it’s hard at this point to put a figure or a number on that,” said Carl […] Read more

U.S. grains: Grains off highs with fed in focus, soyoil down more than two per cent

Health Canada proposes new restrictions for dicamba on soybeans

ICE Canada Weekly: More declines on horizon for canola

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