More bad news for lentils and peas

[Ache4Acres]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/business/india-rejects-extension-on-pulse-imports-in-blow-to-canada-s-largest-market-1.3298895

India has not renewed an exemption on requiring fumigation before export.

[wmoebis]

Where else does India buy pulses from? This should knock out every Northern Hemisphere grower's market Canada is not alone in cold winters where fumigation doesn't work.

[bucket]

As usual ....let our checkoff dollars wait until it's a crisis.....management of farmer's checkoff or advocate money have dropped the ball...and the guys that buy and load our product. ...


But as usual it comes back to farmers financially.....

The ****ing middleman lives well off us and still sends us the bill for their incompetence....

Rather than renaming varieties or selling varieties to processors for a pittance .....how about seeking a permanent solution rather than 6 month reprieves. ....

[wmoebis]

Does this ban include processed and packaged product? Maybe more proof we should be marketing finished product instead of raw.

[bucket]

Wmoebis


Excellent question and point. .....

Although the importing country would find another way to lower prices while our farmer advocates and so called representatives twiddle their thumbs under their ass ( their heads are there too)....or continue to argue about whether checkoffs should be refundable or how little they charge processors for private label varieties developed by farmers money.....

People taking on these positions have to start paying attention and start looking after those that voted them in.....

[wmoebis]

Like our beef industry. USA can buy Canadian beef, finish and process it then sell as USA product.

What is stopping a company like AGT from buying from us and shipping them to be processed at their plants in Turkey then selling them to India as Turkish products?

Just wondering I really don't know.

[Klause]

It affects 40kg bags.



Have a container of them sitting in limbo because they arrived after the order ran out.


Now what.... dump them in the ocean?

[LWeber]

It affects 40kg bags.



Have a container of them sitting in limbo because they arrived after the order ran out.


Now what.... dump them in the ocean?

1) the order expires March 31...
2) the price in india has puked...that's why they are in limbo...if the l/c is opened they lose. Hopefully you took 25% upfront before loading.

[wmoebis]

If there is no infestation detected and guaranteed by the CGC in shipment at time of loading, why is fumigation even needed?

[farmaholic]

What's wiseguy's mantra?

.......any excuse! Anyone for a "game" of Scruples?