Birdseed Ingredient Market News for June 2013

Canaryseed Crisis Helps Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Jun 8/13 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading unchanged to firmer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Domestic Demand Helps Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Jun 14/13 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets were unchanged to firmer against ongoing coverage by North American domestic birdseed packagers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Celiac Disease Patients Can Eat Canaryseed

VANCOUVER - Jun 21/13 - SNS -- Efforts by the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan (CDCS) to get canaryseed recognized as a food will be helped by recent research which found that glabrous canaryseed could serve as an alternative source of gluten-free cereal grain that would be ideal for people with celiac disease. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mixed Week in Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Jun 22/13 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading on a mixed note despite ongoing buying by domestic birdseed mixers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada Canaryseed Seeded Area Summary - Jun 2013

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Canaryseed Collapse

VANCOUVER - Jun 25/13 - SNS -- If Statistics Canada's seeded area estimate is correct, interest in growing canaryseed has collapsed in Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Millet Plantings Recover

WASHINGTON - Jun 28/13 - SNS -- Area planted to proso millet in 2013 is estimated at 530,000 acres, up 195,000 acres from 2012, according to the USDA seeded area estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Oil Sunflower Area Down, Confection Up

WASHINGTON - Jun 28/13 - SNS -- Area planted to sunflower in 2013 totals 1.57 million acres, down 18% from 2012, according to the USDA seeded area estimates for 2013, with oil-type sunflower falling even as confectionary sunflower seedings rose. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Safflower Plantings Drop 11%

WASHINGTON - Jun 28/13 - SNS -- Planted area of safflower decreased 11% from 2012, to 151,000 acres in 2013, according to the USDA seeded area estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here