VANCOUVER - Feb 1/08 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets maintained their firm tone against relatively good demand from Brazil and Argentina and tightening stocks in North America and Argentina. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/08 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets continued to strengthen during the past week, though at a much slower pace than is being seen in North American field peas and lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 14/08 - USDA -- In late 2007 and early 2008, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA, approved two new per-container fees; one will be used to reduce truck emissions and the other to improve transportation infrastructure for the ports. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Average 2007 Prices Paid to U.S. Edible Bean Growers . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Feb 15/08 - SNS -- North American pulse markets have entered the last half of the 2007-08 marketing campaign on an unusually bullish note, with grower and inter-dealer markets for a wide range of products continually setting new record highprice levels. Competition for acreage this year has combined with excellent international demand to pull prices higher. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 15/08 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets maintained their firm tone through the past week, against high trading levels for both South and North American product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 19/08 - SNS -- India's MMTC Ltd. will tender February 26 to buy 22,000 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment in March and April. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 20/08 - STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 16,880 MT, compared to 13,790 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 22/08 - SNS -- The acreage outlook for dry edible beans in the United States remains fluid, believes the USDA's Gary Lucier. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 22/08 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets continued to strengthen during the past week on tightening domestic stocks and relatively strong demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 26/08 - SNS -- Pulse production levels in South Africa should be up significantly over last season, but will remain at levels which will make imports necessary and compromise the country's ability to expand regional exports from its local harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Special Crop Bid Summary - Feb 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Feb 29/08 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the weeks trading on a firm note as many of the world's exporters withdrew from markets over worries about current crop supplies and new crop production prospects. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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