Indian tariff hope, price rise, research boon: chickpea glee

John Ellicott
Updated October 30 2020 - 10:53am, first published 10:27am
Trini MacCallum and Ruby, in a chickpea crop at Bowra, Coonamble, with Seamer chickpeas on left and HatTrick on right, that appear to have similar pods. The crops have needed just one application of fungicide and pesticide.
Trini MacCallum and Ruby, in a chickpea crop at Bowra, Coonamble, with Seamer chickpeas on left and HatTrick on right, that appear to have similar pods. The crops have needed just one application of fungicide and pesticide.

It's a great spring for chickpea growers with prices rising, yields high and hope that India might relax its high 60 per cent tariff in the near future.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

senior journalist

journalist and author

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