Insights and Stories on India

India keeps Canadian lentil market at standstill

May. 9, 2017 at 1:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Lentil prices are largely stagnant, one market participant says, as key buyer India sits on the sidelines. And from the outside, stocks appear ample, but new-crop production could shift the dynamic of Canada’s lentil market. Statistics Canada stocks data as of March 31, 2017 pegged lentil supplies […]

Reprieve granted in India pulse fumigation dispute

Mar. 30, 2017 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Staff

Indian regulator warns on Agrium-PotashCorp merger

Mar. 29, 2017 at 11:01 am CDT

By Reuters

Pulse firm AGT sees resolution of India-Canada trade snag

Mar. 28, 2017 at 3:31 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

India considering reinstating wheat import tax

Mar. 1, 2017 at 2:07 pm CST

By Mayank Bhardwaj

Pulse crop sales to India dry up over pest-control plan

Feb. 23, 2017 at 7:40 pm CST

Winnipeg/Mumbai | Reuters –– Canadian exporters are slowing sales of peas and lentils to India, threatening $1.1 billion in annual trade of the food staples, over risk that New Delhi may reject shipments under its tougher approach to pest control. India requires shippers to fumigate crops with methyl bromide, an […]

By rajendra-jadhav Rod Nickel

Lack of buyer interest leaves lentil market without pulse

Feb. 8, 2017 at 5:21 pm CST

CNS Canada — Lentil buyers are keeping to the sidelines as mixed weather reports from India bring an element of turbulence into the market. Crop conditions in India are generally favourable, keeping Canada’s old- and new-crop lentil markets quiet, said Bobby Leavins of Rayglen Commodities in Saskatoon. New-crop buyers are […]

By Jade Markus

Canada keen to boost ties, seal trade pact with India

Jan. 11, 2017 at 7:40 pm CST

Gandhinagar, India | Reuters –– Canada is keen to boost its business ties with India and is moving forward with attempts to seal a trade pact, Canada’s minister of infrastructure and communities told Reuters. “There is an emphasis on signing a trade agreement with India,” Amarjeet Sohi said in an […]

By Euan Rocha

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on profit-taking before USDA data

Dec. 8, 2016 at 5:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped two per cent on Thursday, the steepest decline in 2-1/2 months, on profit-taking tied to lower veg oil prices and extended weather outlooks for rainfall in Argentina, traders and analysts said. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt […]

By Michael Hirtzer

India acts to help farmers hit by black money crackdown

Nov. 17, 2016 at 2:00 am CST

New Delhi | Reuters –– India’s government on Thursday announced immediate steps to ease a cash crunch for farmers amid widespread criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock decision to withdraw high-value bills in the middle of the sowing and wedding season. Farmers have been left stranded as traders have […]