Pulse and Specialty Crop Market News for April 2013

USDA Buys 13,280 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Apr 3/13 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 13,280 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

STAT -- Our 25th Year

STAT was created 25 years ago, with the first edition of the our first newsletter mailed to subscribers on August 5, 1988. We delivered the newspaper through the Post Office for a long time before we started to deliver the newsletter by fax. In the early 1990s we created a dial-in bulletin board and started delivering market information by email. The first email subscribers were farmers in Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 227,300 MT

WINNIPEG - Apr 5/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 227,300 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

Millet Sets Another New Record High

VANCOUVER - Apr 6/13 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading on a relatively firm tone. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Movement Pressure Eases in Peas

VANCOUVER - Apr 6/13 - SNS -- International field pea markets finished the week's trading unchanged to slightly easier against a modest slowdown in demand from exporters to cover pending shipments. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Strong Movement Support Lentils

VANCOUVER - Apr 6/13 - SNS -- International lentil markets finished the week's trading on a firm note against strong export movement of red and lower grade green lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Weather Worries Stall Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 6/13 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets remained relatively quiet during the past week, with exporters in Argentina withdrawn, while Chinese and North American shippers remaining slightly defensive in their pricing. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada - Calendar Year to date Bulk Clearances - Mar 2013

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Canada - Marketing Year to date Bulk Clearances - Mar 2013

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Canada's Bulk Pea Exports Quicken

VANCOUVER - Apr 9/13 - SNS -- The pace of field pea exports from Canada has quickened since the start of the calendar year, with March having a chance to emerge as the busiest month of the 2012-13 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

United Kingdom Pulses Used to Manufacture Feed - Feb 2013

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French Pea Exports Improve

VANCOUVER - Apr 11/13 - SNS -- The pace of field pea export movement from France jumped in February, rising above both month and year-earlier levels, according to data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Dramatic Shift in U.S. Food Aid Policy

JOHANNESBURG - Apr 11/13 - IRIN -- The Obama administration is proposing a major change in the way the United States delivers food aid, which could have a significant impact on the quantity of peas, lentils, and dry edible beans bought in the future. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 267,300 MT

WINNIPEG - Apr 12/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 267,300 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

Beans Locked in Trading Range

VANCOUVER - Apr 13/13 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets are occupying a trading range, with neither buyers nor sellers aggressively pursuing one another. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Ongoing Demand Supports Lentils

VANCOUVER - Apr 13/13 - SNS -- Lentil markets finished the week on a relatively strong note against ongoing demand from the Indian subcontinent and reluctance among Canadian exporters to add to existing positions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Millet Still Setting New Record Highs

VANCOUVER - Apr 13/13 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets maintained their firm tone through the past week, with white proso millet continuing to set new record high trading levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Tight Supplies Support Peas

VANCOUVER - Apr 13/13 - SNS -- North American field pea markets finished the week's trading on a generally strong note, with available supplies of both green and yellow peas rapidly tightening. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 274,600 MT

WINNIPEG - Apr 19/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 274,600 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

World Pulses Generally Tight

SINGAPORE - Apr 21/13 - SNS -- The big story of the 2012 CICILS convention was the failure of winter pulse crops in Pakistan and problems with India's rabi season kabuli chickpea and red lentil crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Argentine Woes Firm Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 21/13 - SNS -- The world's dry edible bean markets maintained their firm tone through the past week, helped by reports from Argentina's delegation at this year's CICILS conference in Singapore. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada -- Specialty Crop Production Summary

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Seeding Intentions Catch Trade Off-Guard

VANCOUVER - Apr 24/13 - SNS -- Statistics Canada's seeding intentions report caught many market participants by off-guard. Not because the numbers were surprising, but because most of the numbers were not. . . . Continue or visitors click here

International Year of Pulses Step Closer

ROME - Apr 24/13 - SNS -- Efforts to have 2-16 declared the International Year of Pulses moved a step closer today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 1,570 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Apr 26/13 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 1,570 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 266,900 MT

WINNIPEG - Apr 27/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 266,900 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

Markets Worry About Yellow Peas

VANCOUVER - Apr 27/13 - SNS -- International field pea markets were not entirely happy with Canada’s seeding intentions for 2013, because of the risk yellow pea production could fall too far. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canadian Intentions Deemed Low For Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 27/13 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets were surprised by Statistics Canada’s seeding intentions estimates for 2013 because acreage was expected to be somewhat higher. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Easier Tone in Lentils

VANCOUVER - Apr 27/13 - SNS -- International lentil markets finished a quiet week on a generally easier note because of a sharp reduction in end user demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Proso Millet Sets New Record High

VANCOUVER - Apr 27/13 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets remain firm in light trading throughout the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan -- Historic Seeding Progress

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Acreage, Yield Risks Jump With Snow Storm

VANCOUVER Apr 30/13 - SNS -- April finished with a hammer, with what may be the last snow storm of the season blanketing much of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here