WASHINGTON - Feb 2/04 - SNS -- American and Russian researchers are working on a two-pronged approach to boosting the nitrogen fixation rates of field peas with the aim of boosting crops yields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Feb 3/04 - SNS -- Britain's pulse industry continues to struggle with shortages of good quality product to meet the sales opportunities opening up in the Pacific Rim and Middle East, reports the British Edible Pulse Association (BEPA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Feb 4/04 - STAT -- The avian flu outbreak in south Asia is having a direct impact on lupin markets because building stocks of soybean meal are competing for those niche feed markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 4/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 12,640 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid during March, with processors seeing higher prices than on previous tenders. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 4/04 - SNS -- Overseas Express Consolidators is warning its customers of a shortage of rail freight for cargo destined to the Canadian port of Vancouver. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Feb 4/04 - SNS -- South America's ancient, mutabilis lupin could hold the key to creating new opportunities for the Australian industry, believes Dr Jon Clements, a researcher from the University of Western Australia-based Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Canada's December 31 Special Crop Stocks Report . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Feb 5/04 - STAT -- Canada's grain stocks in all positions report reveal there have been substantial increases in the quantities of specialty crops on hand as of December 31 when compared to last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 6/04 - SNS -- India's Ministry of Agriculture reports that planting of this year's rabi or winter season pulses is advancing at a better than normal pace and final seeded areas should end up posting major advances over what it considered normal. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 6/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 186,700 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2003-04 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 6/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 8,800 metric tons (MT) of field peas and lentils for shipment as food aid during last March, first half April. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 6/04 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets were little changed on the week despite a noticeable improvement in buying interest for some classes of beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 6/04 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets again found it hard to maintain value in the face of limited end user buying interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 6/04 - STAT -- Chickpea markets finished the week's trading on a firm note against worries about crop production levels in Mexico and other parts of North America this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 6/04 - SNS -- International lentil markets ended the week on a firm note, with demand remaining slightly ahead of supplies available from growers and processors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 6/04 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week under mixed conditions, with Canadian traders reporting relatively good demand while their Australian counterparts lamented the quiet. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/04 - SNS -- Government production targets for rabi season pulses appear to have declined at least a million metric tons (MT) to 9 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 9/04 - SNS - Agriculture Canada expects specialty crop plantings in Canada to drop 4.2% this year as Canadian farmers boost oilseeds plantings 545,000 hectares or 1.37 million acres to 7.077 million hectares or 17.5 million acres. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 9/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) has come up with a way to deal with the problem of thresher run or farmers dressed field peas under the U.S. Farm Program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 13/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 207,000 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2003-04 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 13/04 - SNS -- Rabi or winter season pulse seedings have so far reached 14 million hectares, according to India's agriculture department, a substantial improvement on the 10.7 million hectares normally sown at this time of year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Average Grower Prices For Minor Oilseeds . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Feb 13/04 - SNS -- The degree of uncertainty in new crop lentil markets, especially for Canadian origin product, increased during the week in the face of a growing list of transportation concerns. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 13/04 - SNS -- International dry edible bean prices hid the underlying volatility created by deepening worries about the quantity of beans which will be produced in North and South America this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 13/04 - SNS -- International birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's activity strongly mixed on both current and new crop markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 13/04 - SNS -- Chickpea posted a mixed performance during a week, which saw pressure on desi and small caliber markets; while larger kabuli chickpeas logged solid weekly gains. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 13/04 - SNS -- American lentil markets finished the week's trading on a mostly firmer note against expectations of relatively tight ending stocks for many classes of lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 13/04 - SNS -- International field pea and chickpea markets remain relatively quiet because of limited demand from the Indian subcontinent and little fresh news in feed pea markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 16/04 - SNS -- The Indian government will continue pursuing policies which will drive land from grain production into oilseeds and pulses, said the country's agriculture minister in his inaugural speech to the National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Feb 16/04 - SNS -- Australian pulse production continued to slip, with the latest crop production estimates from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) pegging total output at 2.08 million metric tons (MT), down from December's 2.18 million MT forecast. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SEOUL - Feb 18/04 - SNS -- South Korea has boosted its import quota for feed peas from 160,000 to 450,000 metric tons (MT) under changes to its import regime intended to ease costs for the country's livestock industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS - Feb 18/04 - STAT -- French field pea exports maintained their modest pace through December, with monthly shipments totalling just 33,760 metric tons (MT) to other European destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 18/04 - STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 tenders bring actual and potential purchases of pulses for shipment as food aid during the 2003-04 shipping season to 159,850 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 18/04 - STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 72,120 MT, compared to 22,370 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 18/04 - STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 87,730 MT, compared to 70,800 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 18/04 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) office here is looking for offers of 13,810 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid during April. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 19/04 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 7,260 metric tons (MT) of peas and lentils for shipment as food aid between March 16 and April 15. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 20/04 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here boosted the quantity of whole peas included in its latest PL-480 food aid tender from 3,360 metric tons to 4,900 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 20/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 150,500 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2003-04 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 20/04 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading mostly unchanged against relatively light international trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 20/04 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week little changed in seasonally light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 20/04 - STAT -- Kabuli chickpea markets finished the week on a strong note even though international trading activity was deemed light by many market participants. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 20/04 - STAT -- North American lentil markets finished the week's trading on a generally firm tone. USDA food aid purchase activity provided good support to markets in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 20/04 - STAT -- International field pea markets finished the week mixed, against relatively light commercial demand, but continued government food aid buying. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Feb 24/04 - STAT -- Pulse exports for the 2004 calendar year got off to a good start in Myanmar, with shipments totalling 59,450 metric tons (MT), up from 38,493 MT in December and 43,885 in January of 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 25/04 - SNS -- Pulse production in India is expected to total at least 15 million metric tons (MT) across the 2003-04 marketing year, compared to just 11.3 million the previous season, reckons the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 26/04 - SNS -- Researchers at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) have developed a variety of chickpeas intended to be sown immediately after the kharif season harvest ends and before rabi season planting normally gets underway. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 26/04 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here amended PL-480 food aid tender invitation 034 to allow processors to offer green and/or yellow splits peas on the split pea portion of the request. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Feb 26/04 - SNS -- Dry edible bean producers in Michigan are not voting on whether to continue the activities of the Michigan Bean Commission. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 26/04 - STAT -- The USDA's Economic Research Service is looking for pulse area to uniformly increase in the United States this year, with dry edible bean area rising around 10% and pea, lentil and chickpea plantings rising at a moremodest pace. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- Recent National Dry Bean Council (NDBC) position statements on Vinclozolin and letters to the FDA attempt to convey the impression that it is banned in the United States. This is not factually correct. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 137,200 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2003-04 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Summary of Canadian Bean Exports to US . . . Subscribers Only

A table about United States Edible Bean Import Summary . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- North America's dry edible bean industry participants spent much of the past week caught up in a anti-trade lobbying effort sparked by an anonymous email message about Vinclozolin residues in a shipment of Canadian dry edible beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading mixed as offers from sellers remained slightly ahead of demand and because of currency fluctuations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- International kabuli chickpea markets finished the week on a strong note, maintaining the recent upward trend in prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- Lentil markers finished the week's trading on a firmer note, with Canadian markets helped by ongoing commercial disappearance and the U.S. by government buying. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- Field pea markets ended the week under mixed conditions, with those in the United States supported by continued government buying, while markets elsewhere were tentative. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- Markets for other specialty crops finished the week under mixed conditions, with spreads between asking prices and actual trading levels appearing to widen for several products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- The British Edible Pulse Association (BEPA) says grower interest in planting lupins in 2004 is strong because of firm international markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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