Insights and Stories on Lentils

India imposes duties on chickpeas, lentils

Dec. 21, 2017 at 11:53 am CST

CNS Canada — India is introducing immediate 30 per cent tariffs on imports of chickpeas and lentils, the country’s government announced Thursday. The import duties follow the 50 per cent tariff on yellow peas India introduced in November, and come as part of ongoing efforts by India to support farmers. […]

Lentils back at square one heading into 2018

Dec. 15, 2017 at 5:33 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Meet your farming neighbours

Dec. 8, 2017 at 2:00 pm CST

By Leeann Minogue

Organic Price Quotes: Late November

Nov. 30, 2017 at 3:31 pm CST

By OrganicBiz

India pea tariffs part of broader self-sufficiency goal

Nov. 15, 2017 at 6:47 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Crop research partnership maps two lentil genomes

Nov. 9, 2017 at 3:18 pm CST

A partnership between University of Saskatchewan (U of S) crop scientists and genomic big data company NRGene of Israel has successfully sequenced two wild lentil genomes—the largest legume genomes ever assembled. In a Nov. 8 news release, the U of S said the research was part of the $7.9-million Genome […]

By Staff

Organic Price Quotes: Late October

Oct. 31, 2017 at 4:42 pm CDT

Read more: Good quality harvest now looking for a market

By OrganicBiz

Good quality harvest now looking for a market

Oct. 31, 2017 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Commodity News Service Canada Another harvest is in the books across most of Western Canada and the winter marketing season is just getting underway. Organic prices were steady to higher for most of the major crops in October, with attention now focused on determining the quality of […]

By OrganicBiz

Pulse industry’s future remains uncertain with India

Oct. 30, 2017 at 8:16 pm CDT

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 […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm