India No Longer a Guaranteed Market for Canadian Pulses! No Shit Sherlock.

[SASKFARMER3]

India has typically been the largest buyer of Canadian pulses, but growers here ought to not rely on that country as much, the chief executive officer of Pulse Canada is warning, says a story from Syngenta.

“India is not the market that it was eight months ago and it emphasizes the need to find alternate markets,” Gordon Bacon said this week. “If we just keep pushing the same production into the markets that were already there, all we're going to do is lower the price on a global basis, not just in India.”

Canadian pulse exports to India have plummeted so far in the 2017-18 marketing year, the results of heavy global supplies and new import tariffs implemented by the Indian government late last year.

Thanks all to a idiot in charge of Canada who does nothing and lets industries die.

We have big problems in canada and its all in our leadership. nothing else.

[bucket]

Pulse canada has been getting millions from our checkoffs for years. Their job is to find new markets as the umbrella organization of the provincial counterparts.


They haven't been doing their job. I have been doing mine by growing pulses as the market says its a good bet and along with that the mandatory checkoffs have been paid to ensure pulse canada does theirs.


Not so...but lets keep the faith that growing all these news high yielding varieties will solve the problem...make it up on volume you know!!!!!

Grow more ...make less.


50% movement X 50% price of 2016 is only 25% of the revenue generated from just a year ago.

Better go take care of steel tariffs that haven't been imposed yet and pat themselves on the back.

[SASKFARMER3]

Simply were is a tour to cry and talk to pulse producers. oh yea we dont mean jack shit to the liberals as we represent no votes.

ah politics and liberals

[SASKFARMER3]

Maybe its the fact im getting close to home and see how real governments work. But farmers its time to wake up and call out these groups. The pulse are the worst we cant even punish them and take our money out.

its a total scam and load of bullshit.

[sumdumguy]

What happened to all the food aid tenders? Lower grade lentils always had a home either in India or in food aid tenders. Has all aid money been funneled into fiction at the Clinton Foundation? We don't hear much about the starving people in Africa anymore.

[bucket]

If western farmers were treated like bombardier the cheques would have been written already in the name of keeping an industry....

They sell jets for 18 million instead of 60 and the government back stops the loss....

We are told 18 cents is what lentils are worth when it should be 30 and we are on our own....

[bobofthenorth]

Maybe its the fact im getting close to home and see how real governments work. But farmers its time to wake up and call out these groups. The pulse are the worst we cant even punish them and take our money out.

its a total scam and load of bullshit.

What he said ^^^^^

You guys need to add up all the checkoffs and levies you pay annually and then ask yourself "What am I really getting for this?" Suits in offices with glass walls and thick carpets don't put your kids through school or put food on the table. Fancy trade missions don't make land payments unless they actually result in profitable sales. There's too many organizations leeching off a decreasing number of producers. Farmers have consolidated. Chemical companies have consolidated. Fertilizer companies have consolidated. Retailers have consolidated. Producer groups have proliferated.

[Oliver88]

If western farmers were treated like bombardier the cheques would have been written already in the name of keeping an industry....

They sell jets for 18 million instead of 60 and the government back stops the loss....

We are told 18 cents is what lentils are worth when it should be 30 and we are on our own....

Apparently Justin Trudeau and his 2 nannies jetted off to another vacation. Because he worked for A WHOLE WEEK after his India vacation.

I’m sure the India tariff fiasco will solve itself.

[iceman]

What he said ^^^^^

You guys need to add up all the checkoffs and levies you pay annually and then ask yourself "What am I really getting for this?" Suits in offices with glass walls and thick carpets don't put your kids through school or put food on the table. Fancy trade missions don't make land payments unless they actually result in profitable sales. There's too many organizations leeching off a decreasing number of producers. Farmers have consolidated. Chemical companies have consolidated. Fertilizer companies have consolidated. Retailers have consolidated. Producer groups have proliferated.

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The tide maybe turning on the input side of things with the tech companies coming into to space.

Iceman Out

[consuelo]

problem is not with government here. what tipped india govt off was collusion between a few global based grain cos that hoarded product and caused a massive price increase inside India. Once the indian govt looked at the books of these companies they realized how much they were getting screwed. so their policies changed and with a few good monsoons they have record crop. rest is history. greed is good ha

[shtferbrains]

Just to continue on the greed is good theme, look at the names of those consolidated chem/seed companies.

That's big Pharma. I think maybe they have spent a little money lobbying. Know how it all works no matter who is in.

You have heard the story. If we don't have long term protection we won't be able to do all that impotant research.

Big Pharma doesn't operate operate on commodity margins.

[binthere]

Ahem. Once the Indian government looked at the grain Co,s books. Wild.