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

Villagers in India kill Muslim accused of smuggling cows

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Dharamsala, India | Reuters –– Villagers in northern India have killed a Muslim man for allegedly smuggling cattle, police said Saturday, in violence critics say is fuelled by the Hindu nationalist government seeking a nationwide ban of cow slaughter and beef trade. India is the world’s largest exporter of beef and its fifth biggest consumer, […] Read more
Red lentils. (PulseCanada.com)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Canada’s pulses seen too pricey for India

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Problems with India’s own pulse crop production are lending some support to lentil and pea prices in Canada, as India is a major buyer. However, the firm Canadian prices may have more to do with domestic competition between exporters than with any increase in offshore movement, according to a pulse dealer. David […] Read more
Lentil dal. (PulseCanada.com)
Crops, Markets, Pulses, Reuters

India’s drought a bonanza for Canadian pulse growers

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg/Mumbai | Reuters — Prices for Canadian pulses typically ease toward the end of the year but a recent dry spell in distant India, the world’s top producer and consumer, is driving them up. Back-to-back drought years for the first time in three decades has eroded India’s output of pulses and boosted imports. Global prices […] Read more
Errol Anderson, grain market adviser
Guide Business, Markets

The China (economic) factor and Canadian agriculture

Does China’s economic slowdown have to be bad news for Canada’s farmers? We ask Errol Anderson, does he see hope in the year ahead?

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Reading Time: 6 minutes For the first instalment in our five-part series this fall and winter, we sat down with Calgary-based grain market adviser and regular Country Guide contributor Errol Anderson for his insights into what to look for in markets this year. The billion-dollar question, Anderson says, is what will happen in China. Other issues are important too, […] Read more
Kabuli chickpeas. (PulseCanada.com)
Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Chickpeas see strength in early harvest returns

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The chickpea harvest is slowly gathering steam across Western Canada with prices holding steady, despite the harvest pressure. In Saskatchewan, where the majority of the crop lies, one industry stakeholder estimated a fifth of the crop has been combined. “Chickpeas are 20 per cent complete or just nicely underway,” said Colin Young […] Read more
Traffic between Delhi and Agra. Prime Minister Narenda Modi is urging reforms to free up land for roads and other development. (CIA.gov)
Crops, Reuters

India’s Modi battles opposition to key land reform

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Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi | Reuters — India’s opposition parties boycotted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest attempt to build consensus around a business-friendly land bill Wednesday, boding badly for his ambitious agenda of economic reform in a parliament session that starts next week. Almost half of India’s 31 chief ministers spurned Modi’s invitation to meet him in […] Read more

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