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Surprise Indian duty on peas leaves Canada scrambling

By 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 […] Read more

Cereals, Pulses, Reuters

India doubles wheat import tax, imposes 50 per cent tax on peas

By GFM Network News November 8, 2017

New Delhi | Reuters – India has doubled its import tax on wheat to 20 per cent, according to a government order made on Wednesday, as the world’s second biggest producer tries to rein in imports to support local prices. In the last two years India has been importing wheat after local production fell due […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Pulse industry’s future remains uncertain with India

By 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. […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

PotashCorp Q3 profit disappoints ahead of merger

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News October 26, 2017

Reuters — Canada’s PotashCorp, set to merge with rival Agrium to withstand a fertilizer slump, reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit Thursday and narrowed its full-year forecast, pressuring its stock. Prices of crop nutrient potash have leveled off this year after hitting eight-year lows late last year due to low crop prices and excessive production capacity. […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Pulse industry still awaits answers from India

By 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 […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Lack of notice a worry on India fumigation exemption

By GFM Network News 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 […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Lentil market quiet heading into new year

By GFM Network News October 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Heading into the New Year, Canadian lentil markets will be quiet, according to an analyst. “It’s not exactly what farmers expected. They have had three years of very brisk intake and it will take a little bit of an adjustment to realize that the market is not coming to them as readily […] Read more

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

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

India’s top court suspends ban on trade in cattle for slaughter

By GFM Network News July 11, 2017

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s Supreme Court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a boost for the multi-billion dollar beef and leather industries mostly run by members of the Muslim minority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government in May decreed that markets could only trade cattle […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Pulse exporters get India exemption, no penalties attached

By GFM Network News July 5, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadian pulse exports to India have been given the green light, at least for the short term, temporarily heading off fears of higher fumigation charges or being shut out of the country completely. The federal government announced Wednesday that India has granted another exemption to allow Canadian pulse exporters to access that […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Strings seen attached to India’s extended fumigation deadline

By GFM Network News 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 […] Read more

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Surprise Indian duty on peas leaves Canada scrambling

India doubles wheat import tax, imposes 50 per cent tax on peas

Pulse industry’s future remains uncertain with India

PotashCorp Q3 profit disappoints ahead of merger

Pulse industry still awaits answers from India

Lack of notice a worry on India fumigation exemption

Lentil market quiet heading into new year

India’s top court suspends ban on trade in cattle for slaughter

Pulse exporters get India exemption, no penalties attached

Strings seen attached to India’s extended fumigation deadline

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