Its just noise,..carry on - India bans all wheat exports over food security risk

[shtferbrains]

Suggest it is agronomic practice involving crop rotation. Ascochyta blight, anthracnose, botrytis grey mould, sclerotina white mould, etc. problematic from flowering to maturity. How many times could you run lentils before your fungicide bill, or doesn't work, put you out of business?

Saw pics from a Punjabi freind of lentils growing that looked knee high.
Surprised they even podded. Heat must stress them?
Rotation seemed to be wheat, lentils, and paddy rice. Maybe some potatoes to sell farmgate.
Also sold water buffalo milk to locals probably warm. Easy sell because good reputation for unadulterated.
Sounded like about 40 acres supported 2 families +grandparents+farm labor and house servants.

[sawfly1]

The explanation I got in why India grows wheat over peas was ,is that , here in the prairies is about the only place on the planet that peas would yield about the same as wheat.
Supposedly every where else it is about 50% less for the peas VS the wheat.
Considering what disease has done to peas yields here , maybe it was just a temporary benefit.

[WiltonRanch]

India has a population of 1.4 billion and 600 million of which are farmers. Talked to a cab driver in Edmonton once. He had burns on his back from hand spreading urea. Still owned his land and would probably pass it on to his kids. Said if they sold it they couldn’t take all the money out of the country. The economy is controlled and manipulated enough to keep food affordable. Imagine if they didn’t revolution would be immediate. Thought it was odd when they announced initially they would backfill Ukraine and Russias export deficiencies. Them and China are the world’s largest wheat producers but they consume everything they grow and import some to boot.

[helmsdale]

Short of a miracle, I don't see any way that close to a billion people don't enter serious caloric deficiency this fall/winter. That is bullish alot of things, but peace and stability aren't on the list...

Print all the money you want, but unless you can walk on water the odds that you can make loaves of bread appear out of thin air is nil.

[furrowtickler]

Short of a miracle, I don't see any way that close to a billion people don't enter serious caloric deficiency this fall/winter. That is bullish alot of things, but peace and stability aren't on the list...

Print all the money you want, but unless you can walk on water the odds that you can make loaves of bread appear out of thin air is nil.

Very well said

[sumdumguy]

Do you remember the 50% tariffs that India put on Canadian pulses last year?

[WiltonRanch]

Do you remember the 50% tariffs that India put on Canadian pulses last year?

This is just it. Feast or famine, hand to mouth describes India. Amazes me with how chaotic and tumultuous it can be there they keep a democracy functioning.

[agstar77]

All H breaking loose tonight HRS at 16.70.

[errolanderson]

Heads-up . . . India is still exporting wheat. Traders suggest 4 to 5 million MT minimum despite export ban. Also, recent wheat price rally this week may have already priced this in. Egypt reportedly just booked 500,000MT deal with Delhi. This suggests futures volatility. Black Sea news right now is seen neutral.

[furrowtickler]

Mother Nature trying her damdest to ban wheat exports from western Canada lol