Insights and Stories on India

U.S. grains: Soy futures follow cash market lower

Sep. 23, 2016 at 11:00 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.9 per cent to a one-week low Friday morning on reports of big harvest yields and heavy farmer sales on the cash market, traders said. Wheat futures weakened as traders said ample global supplies were likely to blunt the impact of India’s […]

Unpredictable lentil crops could unsettle market

Sep. 8, 2016 at 1:28 pm CDT

By Erin DeBooy

India inactive in Canadian chickpeas ahead of harvest

Sep. 2, 2016 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Wet wheat weather watched worldwide

Jul. 6, 2016 at 1:51 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Flax industry fighting to regain lost acres

May. 13, 2016 at 1:16 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

India might extend wheat import tax beyond March

Mar. 21, 2016 at 3:31 pm CDT

New Delhi | Reuters — India is likely to extend a wheat import tax beyond March to shield its domestic farmers from cheap imports, particularly as wheat from the new-season harvest will become available by the end of this month, government sources said Monday. After consulting the food, farm and […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj

India, Middle East countries in talks on oil-for-food scheme

Mar. 11, 2016 at 1:49 pm CST

New Delhi | Reuters — India is in talks with some Gulf nations to buy oil to fill its strategic reserves and sell food in return, seeking to use its position as the world’s third-largest oil importer to both secure energy supplies and boost exports. Indian Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan […]

By Nidhi Verma

Monsanto threatens to exit India over GM royalty row

Mar. 6, 2016 at 1:55 am CST

New Delhi | Reuters –– Monsanto, the world’s biggest seed company, threatened to pull out of India on Friday if the government imposed a big cut in royalties that local firms pay for its genetically modified cotton seeds. Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India), a joint venture with India’s Mahyco, licenses a […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj

India to accept Canadian pork

Jan. 15, 2016 at 7:20 pm CST

Canadian pork and pork products may now be exported to India under a new agreement for market access announced Friday. Canada, whose overall agrifood exports to India are mainly in pulse crops such as lentils and peas but also include oilseeds, canola oil, cereal grains, dairy goods, apples and cattle, […]

By Staff

India’s pulses under stress, need well-timed rain

Jan. 13, 2016 at 8:17 pm CST

CNS Canada –– India, the world’s largest producer of pulses, needs moisture before crops hit the reproductive cycle at the end of January, or existing losses will become amplified, a weather analyst says. The driest areas in India are important pulse-producing regions in northeastern Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, […]

By Jade Markus