Pulse and Specialty Crop Market News for April 2011

United States -- Minor Oilseed Production Summary - Mar 2011

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 269,100 MT

WINNIPEG - Apr 2/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 269,100 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mixed Finish For Lentils

VANCOUVER - Apr 2/11 - SNS -- North American lentils markets finished the week's trading on a mixed note as grower selling interest remains ahead of the short term needs of the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Indian Policy Changes Unsettle Peas

VANCOIUVER - Apr 2/11 - SNS -- International field pea markets finished the week's trading on an unsettled note against confirmation the Indian government will no longer subsidize all pulse purchases by state trading companies. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Falling Acreage Firms Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 2/11 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week on a firm note, with many market participants seeing the seeding intentions in the United States as bullish. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Chickpeas Remain Strong

VANCOUVER - Apr 2/11 - SNS -- International chickpea markets maintained their strong tone through week's end, helped by the realization record world trading values may not be enough to boost seeded area in North America. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Acreage Worries Firm Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Apr 2/11 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading on a mainly firm note against worries land in crops used by the industry will fall more than expected this spring. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pulses Need To Find Price To Boost Area in 2012

VANCOUVER - Apr 2/11 - SNS -- The USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2011 were not significantly different from what was farmers were thought to be thinking heading into the report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Exports Falter in March

VANCOUVER - Apr 4/11 - SNS -- Bulk conventional exports of field peas from Canada did not live up to expectations in March, with a large number of nominated vessels rolling over in April. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Chocolate Spot in UK Broad Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 6/11 - SNS -- There have been further reports of chocolate spot symptoms in winter broad bean crops in the United Kingdom, according to ProMED-mail, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases, is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India -- Pulse Supply-Demand Forecast - April 2011

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India -- Pulse Supply-Demand Forecast - April 2011

VANCOUVER - Apr 6/11 - SNS -- The Indian government's third advance estimate for this season's rabi and kharif season crops confirms that total foodgrain production across the 2010-11 season will set a new record, as will output of pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India -- Pulse Supply-Demand Forecast - April 2011

VANCOUVER - Apr 6/11 - SNS -- The Indian government's third advance estimate for this season's rabi and kharif season crops confirms that total foodgrain production across the 2010-11 season will set a new record, as will output of pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Buys 11,570 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Apr 8/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 11,570 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Brazil Forecasts Bigger Bean Crop

VANCOUVER - Apr 8/11 - SNS -- Total field crop and dry edible bean production in Brazil is expected to increase significantly this year, according to the third production estimate for 2011 from the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

France May Harvest Fewer Peas in 2012

VANCOUVER - Apr 8/11 - SNS -- Field pea and feed bean seedings in France are thought to be down from last year as farmers in the country respond to stronger returns from grain and oilseeds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 281,400 MT

WINNIPEG - Apr 9/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 281,400 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Weaker Undertone in Lentils

VANCOUVER - Apr 9/11 - SNS -- International lentil markets finished the week's trading with a weaker undertone as grower selling interest stepped ahead of the short term needs of processors and exporters. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Firming Tone in Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 9/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading with a relatively firm undertone against ongoing demand and concerns about the depth of acreage decreases in North America. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Chickpeas Bright Spot in Pulse Sector

VANCOUVER - Apr 9/11 - SNS -- Chickpea markets ended the week's trading on a firm note around the world, making it the one bright spot in the pulse complex. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mixed Week For Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Apr 9/11 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets posted a mixed finish during the past week as markets in the face of volatility in outside markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Unsettled Finish For Peas

VANCOUVER - Apr 9/11 - SNS -- International field pea markets finished the week's trading on unsettled note against confirmation that the 2010-11 pulse harvest in India set a new record as well as the expectation state trading companies would dramatically reduce their tender activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Indian Pulse Imports Should Decline

VANCOUVER - Apr 9/11 - SNS -- The Indian government's third advance estimate for this season's rabi and kharif season crops confirms the 2010-11 pulses harvest was a record 17.29 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

French Pea Exports Improve in February

VANCOUVER - Apr 11/11 - SNS -- Field pea exports from France picked up in February against strong regional demand for peas for use in livestock feed, judging from the latest data available from the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Myanmar's March Exports Hold Steady

VANCOUVER - Apr 14/11 - SNS -- Pulse exports from Myanmar were steady through March, with total shipments hitting 87,129 metric tons (MT) during the month, down almost 46,000 MT from the same month last year, and similar to the 87,418 MT shipped in February. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 5,460 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Apr 15/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 5,460 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 293,800 MT

WINNIPEG - Apr 15/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 293,800 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Chickpeas Maintain Strong Tone

VANCOUVER - Apr 15/11 - SNS -- Chickpea markets maintained their strong tone against expectations of a drastic reduction in the size of this year's harvest in Mexico and ideas seedings in Canada and the United States will not rise in response to higher market returns for the crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mixed Week in Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 15/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets posted a mixed finish on the week, with some classes of beans showing a weaker undertone on international markets, while others were firmer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Road Closures Impairs Canaryseed Supply

VANCOUVER - Apr 15/11 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets ended the week's trading on a generally firmer note as growers started to become more concerned with spring field work in drier areas and flood control in wetter areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Glyphosate Dominates Lentil Conversation

VANCOUVER - Apr 15/11 - SNS -- "You know nothing is going on in markets when everyone is talking about herbicide residues. Print that," quipped one Canadian pulse exporter just before departing for an early weekend. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Firm Finish For Field Peas

VANCOUVER - Apr 15/11 - SNS -- Field pea markets ended the week's trading on a relatively firm note, helped by tender activity in the United States and India. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Farmers Cautioned Over Glyphosate

SASKATOON - Apr 20/11 - SNS -- Canadian lentil growers need to be especially careful about using glyphosate on lentil crops this year because even following the label directions could result in residues which exceed the maximum limits in Europe. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Further Decline in S African Bean Crop

VANCOUVER - Apr 20/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean production in South Africa will be smaller than initially expected on account of worsening yield forecasts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Bean Market Outlook Taking Shape

VANCOUVER - Apr 21/11 - SNS -- The situation facing dry edible bean markets in the coming marketing year is starting to take shape, with markets having a better idea of what to expect from North American farmers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 260,000 MT

WINNIPEG - Apr 21/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 260,000 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 18,320 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Apr 22/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 18,360 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Quiet Week In Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 22/11 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading little changed under relatively quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Tender Activity Support Peas

VANCOUVER - Apr 22/11 - SNS -- North American field pea markets continue to be supported by strong export movement on ongoing tender activity from India and the U.S. government. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Chickpeas

VANCOUVER - Apr 22/11 - SNS -- International chickpea markets finished the week's trading unchanged to firmer against limited availability of current or new crop production from Mexico. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Apr 22/11 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets were little changed under relatively quiet trading condition because of the holiday shortened week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in lentils

VANCOUVER - Apr 22/11 - SNS -- Lentil markets finished the week's trading mostly unchanged with neither end users nor growers pressing markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada -- Specialty Crop Production Summary

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Canada - Seeding Intentions Versus Actual Area

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North American Edible Bean Summary - Apr 2011

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Massive Drop in Canadian Pulse Acreage

VANCOUVER - Apr 26/11 - SNS -- Canadian farmers intend to slash land in specialty crops an unprecedented amount as they massively increase land in cereal grains and seed a record amount of canola, according to this year's Statistics Canada seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 232,500 MT

WINNIPEG - Apr 30/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 232,500 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Seeding Underway in Saskatchewan

REGINA - Apr 29/11 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's crops is just getting underway in Saskatchewan, with almost 1% of all crops expected to be planted already in the ground, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's first Weekly Crop Report of the year. The 10-year average for seeding progress by this time is just under 2%. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Bean Consumption Rose 19% in 2010

WASHINGTON - Apr 30/11 - SNS -- Per capita dry edible bean consumption rose in the United States in 2010, but could slip this year, according to preliminary date compiled by the USDA's Economic Research Service. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Peas Maintain Firm Tone

VANCOUVER - Apr 30/11 - SNS -- Field pea markets maintained their firm tone through the past week, helped by good demand for product by processors completing food aid business in the United States and export sales in Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Lentils

VANCOUVER - Apr 30/11 - SNS -- International lentil markets finished the week's trading mostly unchanged in light current and new crop trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Limited Trading in Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Apr 30/11 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets were mostly unchanged in limited trading activity during the past week. Markets were unaffected by news Canadian farmers intend to maintain planted area at 320,000 acres this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Beans Mostly Unchanged

VANCOUVER - Apr 30/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets were mostly unchanged under relatively light trading interest during the past week, with many traders attending this year's CICILS convention in Barcelona, Spain. . . . Continue or visitors click here