Birdseed Ingredient Market News for June 2011

CGC Ending Canaryseed Analysis Service

WINNIPEG - Jun 1/11 - SNS -- When the 2011-12 marketing year gets underway, the Canadian Grain Commission will no longer provide any grading or analysis services for canaryseed and any other grain which is not regulated (non-designated grain) under the Canada Grain Act. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Birdseeds Helped by Outside Markets

VANCOUVER - Jun 4/11 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading on a firm note in sympathy with major grains and oilseeds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canaryseed Fundamentals Lift Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Jun 10/11 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets maintained their firm tone through the past week, helped by tightening available supplies of old crop product and worries about the impact falling area could have on new crop markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mixed Week For Birdseeds

VANCOUVER- Jun 17/11 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient market posted a mixed performance during the past week as markets respond to general weakness in major grains and oilseeds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada - Intended Canaryseed Area by Class - June 2011

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Seeding Worries Keep Birdseeds Firm

VANCOUVER - Jun 25/11 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading on a relatively firm note, helped by worries about whether farmers in Canada will finish planting their canaryseed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Millet Area Sinks 18%

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/11 - SNS -- Area planted to proso millet in the United States this year is estimated at 320,000 acres, down 18% or 70,000 acres from 2010, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2011. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Sunflower Plantings Drop 5%

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/11 - SNS -- Area planted to sunflower in the United States this year totals 1.86 million acres, down 5% from 2010, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2011. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saffflower Plantings Sink 21%

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/11 - SNS -- The United States' planted area of safflower decreased 21% from 2010, to 137,500 acres in 2011, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2011. . . . Continue or visitors click here