Pulse and Specialty Crop Market News

Pea Movement Slows As Farmers Seed Crops

VANCOUVER - May 17/13 - SNS -- North American field pea markets finished the week little changed in relatively light trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Lentil Seeding Progress Better Than Expected

VANCOUVER - May 17/13 - SNS -- International lentil markets finished the week little changed under relatively light trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - May 17/13 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets were little changed in light trade on the week, with worries about seeding progress in the United States and problems with Argentina's crops on the minds of buyers and sellers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Birdseeds Unchanged To Firmer

VANCOUVER - May 17/13 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets were little changed during the past week, reflecting tight stocks of some seeds and a minor shift in emphasis from old crop supply concerns to new crop prospects. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 177,100 MT

WINNIPEG - May 17/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 177,100 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2012-13 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Seeding Pushes Forward

REGINA - May 16/13 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's crops made excellent progress in some of Saskatchewan's key lentil growing areas, though farmers in other parts of the province struggled to plant much of this year's intended acreage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Seeding Progress for Week Ending May 13, 2013

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USDA Buys 3,550 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - May 15/13 - SNS -- The USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 3,550 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Adequate Kharif Planting Seed

NEW DELHI - May 14/13 - SNS -- India's agriculture department reports that the country has enough certified and quality seed available to meet forecast needs for this year's monsoon or kharif season crop cycle. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Seeding Pulses Inches Forward in U.S.

VANCOUVER - May 13/13 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's pulse crops made some progress in some of the key producing areas of the United States during the past week, but the overall pace remains behind last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

French Pea Exports Improve

VANCOUVER - May 13/13 - SNS -- The pace of field pea export movement from France continued to accelerate in March, rising above month-earlier, but falling below year-earlier levels, according to data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada - Marketing Year Bulk Clearance Summary - Apr 2013

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Canada's Bulk Pea Exports Slow

VANCOUVER - May 13/13 - SNS -- The pace of field pea exports from Canada has slowed after peaking in March, but remains the average monthly pace set between November and February. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India Working On Expanding Chickpea Output

VANCOUVER - May 11/13 - SNS -- India is the world's largest producer and consumer of chickpeas, but the country continues to expend effort into expanding production in an effort to limit growth in pulse imports and to rteduce the nutrition gap for its pioorest citizens, . . . Continue or visitors click here

Limited Grower Selling Supports Lentils

VANCOUVER - May 10/13 - SNS -- North American lentil markets maintained their firm tone through the past week as offers from growers were closely aligned with the short terms needs of the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Larger White Beans Strengthen

VANCOUVER - May 10/13 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week;s trading on a relatively firm note, helped by growing interest in white bean markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Birdseed Packers Re-Enter Markets

VANCOUVER - May 10/13 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets maintained their firm tone through the past week, helped by strength in sunflower seed markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Short Covering Firms Yellow peas

VANCOUVER - May 10/13 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week trading little changed, with Canadian yellow peas helped by short covering in both grower and inter-dealer markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 196,800 MT

WINNIPEG - May 10/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 196,800 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2012-13 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Limited Seeding in Saskatchewan

REGINA - May 9/13 - SNS -- Virtually no progress was made seeding crops in Saskatchewan during the past week, compared to 5% progress by this time last year, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's first crop progress report of the growing season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Seeding Progress For Week Ending May 5, 2013

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United Kingdom - Pulses Used in Feed - Mar 2013

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USDA Buys 1,570 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - May 8/13 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 1,570 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India 2012-13 Crop Production Update and Outlook

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