USDA Buys 10,080 MT of pulses
KANSAS CITY - Dec 3/08 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 10,080 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid.
Under terms of USDA PL-480 food aid tender invitation 128, the pulses packed in 50 kg bags for shipment from interior plants between January 1 to January 22 and between January 23 to February 13 for plants located at port.
Average prices paid for pinto beans, lentils, split yellow and green peas were lower on this tender than those paid on November 6, while prices paid for whole yellow peas were higher.
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