OTTAWA—Canadian pulse farmers are in the midst of deciding if it is even worth planting peas and lentils this spring, as steep tariffs from their No. 1 customer cut deep into their profit margins.
However, Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada, says there is some hope that an end is in sight to a long-standing irritant between India and Canada which requires Canadian farmers to treat their pulses with chemicals for pests that don’t actually exist here.
