Canadian farmers plant lentils and dry peas with an eye on India

Farmers in Canada intend to plant a record amount of land to lentils and dry peas, a combined 9.4 million acres this year, “betting that strong demand from drought-stricken India will soften the blow of low prices for wheat, corn and other field crops,” said the Toronto Globe and Mail. Plantings of lentils and dry… » Read More

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