Kabuli chickpeas. (PulseCanada.com)

India reportedly considering import tax on pulses

Reading Time: < 1 minute New Delhi | Reuters — India, the world’s biggest importer of pulses, is considering a 10 per cent tax on overseas purchases of pulses to support local farmers, a government official said Tuesday. The government is also considering to lift a ban on exports of pulses and edible oils, the official, who declined to be […] Read more

man harvesting a canola swath

The straight goods on straight cutting crops

Straight cutting has the potential to make canola harvest much more efficient, so we ask one of the West’s top researchers about the state of the art

Reading Time: 5 minutes Just 20 years ago, virtually every acre of Western Canada was swathed before it ever saw a combine. But then a few things started to fall into place — mainly cheaper off-patent glyphosate — that meant farmers could stop the growth of their crops and get them to dry them down more quickly and uniformly. […] Read more