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India’s controversial farm bills become law despite protests

By Neha Arora, Mayank Bhardwaj, GFM Network News September 27, 2020

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s president on Sunday approved three controversial agricultural bills amid nationwide protests by farmers who say the new laws will stunt their bargaining power and instead allow large retailers to have control over pricing. Farmers’ organizations say one of the three laws could lead to the government stopping buying grain […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Indian cabinet minister quits over farm legislation

By Mayank Bhardwaj, GFM Network News September 17, 2020

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s minister for food processing resigned on Thursday over her opposition to planned laws to allow farmers to sell produce directly to bulk buyers and make contract farming easier, saying the legislation will hurt millions of the country’s farmers. “Proud to stand with farmers as their daughter and sister,” Harsimrat […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

India’s levy cut on lentils part of balancing act

Global markets had zero or little forewarning of decision

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 13, 2020

MarketsFarm — To Pulse Canada, the recent move by the Indian government to temporarily reduce the import levy on lentils from 30 to 10 per cent is part of a balancing act between competing interests. Greg Cherewyk, president of Pulse Canada, explained that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “looking after the needs of a politically […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

India offers U.S. dairy, chicken access in bid for elusive trade deal

By Aditya Kalra, David Lawder, Neha Dasgupta, Sanjeev Miglani, GFM Network News February 14, 2020

New Delhi/Washington | Reuters — India has offered to partially open up its poultry and dairy markets in a bid for a limited trade deal during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first official visit to the country this month, people familiar with the protracted talks say. India, the world’s largest milk-producing nation, has traditionally restricted dairy […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Indian court acquits six in cow vigilante case

By Mayank Bhardwaj August 14, 2019

New Delhi | Reuters — An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted six men of the killing of a 55-year-old Muslim dairy farmer, citing lack of evidence, raising questions over the prosecution’s failure to make its case despite videos of a crowd beating him in the street. The 2017 attack on Pehlu Khan and his two […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

By Tom Miles June 17, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinized by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed on Monday. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep a close watch for any […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils stable after recent price increases

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 28, 2019

MarketsFarm — Prices for red and green lentils have stabilized after they increased, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Globeways Canada in Mississauga. Red lentil prices began to rise about two to three weeks ago, he said, as shipments were made to India with the exporter increasing the price. “I would love to see a firm […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Trump moves to scrap trade privilege for India

By Eric Beech, Neha Dasgupta March 5, 2019

Washington/New Delhi | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump looked set to open a new front in his trade wars with a plan to end preferential trade treatment for India that allows duty-free entry for up to US$5.6 billion worth of its exports to the United States. Monday’s move comes as trade tensions between the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Eyes on India as North America’s prices firm

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 4, 2019

CNS Canada — From where Prairie pulse market analysts sit, India’s politics and current weather situation remain important to watch. India’s national election will be called in the next three to five months. “There’s so many hundreds of thousands of farmers in India and they have political clout,” said Allan Johnston of Johnston Grains at […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Some Indian trader, farmer groups decry Walmart’s Flipkart deal

By Aditi Shah, Manoj Kumar May 10, 2018

New Delhi | Reuters — A day after U.S. retail giant Walmart struck its largest deal with a big ticket investment in Indian online marketplace Flipkart, a right-wing Hindu group that fears small traders will suffer staged a protest in New Delhi calling for the deal to be scrapped. Walmart said on Wednesday it would […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat hit two-week lows on COVID-19 fears

U.S. lifts federal protections for gray wolf

Feed weekly outlook: Prices plateauing

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