Insights and Stories on India

Pulse weekly outlook: Canadian exports face market changes

Jun. 26, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a year in which Canada’s largest pulse buyer, India, imposed import tariffs, Canadian pulse crops are seeing a shift in export dynamics. Lentil and pea exports in Canada are down this year compared to last. According to data from the Canadian Grain Commission, as of June […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil crop prospects look good, market down

Jun. 19, 2018 at 7:30 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

With deal to close this week, Bayer to retire Monsanto name

Jun. 4, 2018 at 1:35 pm CDT

By Ludwig Burger

Pulse weekly outlook: Large U.S. crop possible, despite reduced acres

May. 23, 2018 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Some Indian trader, farmer groups decry Walmart’s Flipkart deal

May. 10, 2018 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Aditi Shah Manoj Kumar

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan acreage ideas hold firm

May. 2, 2018 at 2:50 am CDT

CNS Canada — Disruptions in marketing to India may have cut into prices for peas and lentils over the past year, but farmers in Saskatchewan did not shift their pulse acreage intentions for 2018 all that much according to the results of Statistics Canada’s latest survey, released Friday. Saskatchewan farmers […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Confusion surrounds India’s latest pea import curb

Apr. 27, 2018 at 5:19 pm CDT

The fine detail in the announcement of a new cap on pea imports into India has led to new uncertainty over whether the cap applies to yellow peas, or all peas. India’s commerce and industry ministry announced Wednesday that pea imports between April 1 and June 30 this year are […]

By Lisa Guenther

India further restricts yellow pea imports

Apr. 25, 2018 at 1:06 pm CDT

India has restricted yellow pea imports until the end of June, according to an official statement from the Indian government. In a release to be published Wednesday in the Gazette of India, the Indian government restricted yellow pea imports from April 1 to June 30. In that time only one […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Pulse weekly outlook: Prairie lentils look for spark

Apr. 24, 2018 at 4:34 pm CDT

CNS Canada — It’s not exactly a banner time for the lentil market. Prices have been steady to slightly lower over the past month as lacklustre interest and Indian tariffs on peas and chickpeas have largely dissuaded farmers from planting pulses in general. “I think the impact and extension of […]

By Dave Sims

Pulse weekly outlook: Monsoon outlook bearish for Canadian crop

Apr. 17, 2018 at 7:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — India is forecasting an average monsoon rainfall this year, making the chance of India importing Canadian pulse crops slim. “Given the tariff scheme and the protectionist attitudes India has displayed this year, I think it will take a major weather influence to hurry up the correction to […]