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Specialty Crop market news for Feb 2006


Canada -- Special Crop Stocks Summary - Dec 31, 2005

A table about Canada -- Special Crop Stocks Summary - Dec 31, 2005 . . . Subscribers Only


Canada - Dec 31 Special Crop Stocks in All Positions

A table about Canada - Dec 31 Special Crop Stocks in All Positions . . . Subscribers Only


Record Special Crop Stocks on Hand

VANCOUVER - Feb 1/06 - SNS -- Canadian specialty crop stocks continue to build, with the quantity on hand as of December 31 rising for the third year in a row to set a new record of 3.859 million metric tons (MT) of peas, lentils, canaryseed, mustard and sunflower in all positions. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 236,700 MT

WINNIPEG - Feb 3/06 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 236,700 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2005-06 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Pulse Crop Virus Disease Incidents

VANCOUVER - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- Three virus diseases were reported in leguminous food crops such as peas, beans, chickpeas and lentils during the last half of 2005, according to Pro-MED, a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Weaker Tendency in Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets revealed a weaker tendency during the past week, with more buyers content to wait for the arrival of new crop product before entering markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Export Birdseed Soft, Domestic Steady

VANCOUVER - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- Domestic markets for Canadian canaryseed markets were little changed during a week which saw export asking prices ease. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Food Grade Peas Face Burgeoning Supply

VANCOUVER - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- World supplies of field peas will be up in 2006-07, predicts Agriculture Canada, in the face of bigger harvests in the United States and Europe. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Lentils Struggle to Hold Value

VANCOUVER - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- Seasonally light demand is making it hard for lentil markets to maintain values, resulting in a generally easier close in Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Better Long Term Feed Pea Picture?

VANCOUVER - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- Feed pea markets finished the week with most change relating to currency fluctuations than fundamental shifts in demand. Markets Remain relatively quiet, with limited Spanish buying and intra-European trade noted. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Solid Rise in Mexican Chickpea Crop

VANCOUVER - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- North American chickpea markets attracted more media attention during the past week, as several companies publicly declared it was the crop to grow in 2006. . . . Continue or visitors click here


India Planted More Pulses

VANCOUVER - Feb 6/06 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's rabi season pulses in India has pulled ahead of last year, according to the latest information available from the country's agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Buys 6,950 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Feb 8/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 6,950 metric tons (MT) of wheat for shipment March. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Tenders for 500 MT Lentils

KANSAS CITY - Feb 8/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 500 metric tons (MT) of lentils for shipment to Angola. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Pulse Usage by UK Feeders Down in 2005

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/06 - SNS -- The quantity of pulses used by compound feed manufacturers in the United Kingdom was down 5% in 2005 at an estimated 120,440 metric tons (MT), according to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canadian Quarterly Pea Exports to India - Nov 2005

A table about Canadian Quarterly Pea Exports to India - Nov 2005 . . . Subscribers Only


Limiting Bean Growth Potential

VANCOUVER - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The quantity of dry edible beans consumed by American households in 2006 will increase if usage rates for the various classes of beans are at least at their recent five-year average. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 207,000 MT

WINNIPEG - Feb 10/06 - 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 2005-06 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Bean Production Estimates By State

A table about U.S. Bean Production Estimates By State . . . Subscribers Only


Yellow Peas Helped by Demand

VANCOUVER - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- Few changes were noted in international feed pea markets, with market participants concerned about the potential impact massive intervention in commodity futures markets may have price relationships between cash and futures. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Grower Holding Props Canaryseed

VANCOUVER - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- Limited grower participation in canaryseed markets lent some support to values during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Chickpeas Remain Firm

VANCOUVER - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- Chickpeas continued to hold their value in light trade during the past week as markets wait for concrete news from Mexico about the size of this year's crop and its impact on values. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Lentils Easier on Light Demand

VANCOUVER - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- North American lentil markets were generally easier in both grower and inter-dealer markets during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Edible Beans in Middle of Trading Range

VANCOUVER - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets managed to inch up to the middle of their recent trading range during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Yellow Peas Helped by Demand

VANCOUVER - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- Processors and exporters report steady trading interest and movement of food grade peas through Canadian West Coast ports. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Australia Pulse Production Summary -- Feb 2006

Australia Pulse Production Summary -- Feb 2006 . . . Continue or visitors click here


ABARE Lifts Aussie Pulses 11%

VANCOUVER - Feb 13/06 - SNS -- Australia's pulse crop is bigger than initially expected, with output rising 222,700 metric tons (MT) to an estimated 2.226 million since the early December forecasts were released. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Pulse Crop Values 2005

A table about U.S. Pulse Crop Values 2005 . . . Subscribers Only


U.S. Lentil Returns by State For 2005

A table about U.S. Lentil Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only


U.S. Millet Returns by State For 2005

A table about U.S. Millet Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only


U.S. Sunflower Returns by State For 2005

A table about U.S. Sunflower Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only


U.S. Chickpea Returns by State For 2005

A table about U.S. Chickpea Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only


U.S. Field Pea Returns by State For 2005

A table about U.S. Field Pea Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only


U.S. Minor Oilseed Returns by State For 2005

A table about U.S. Minor Oilseed Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only


U.S. Edible Bean Returns by State For 2005

A table about U.S. Edible Bean Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only


In Booming Market, Growers Ignore Disease Risk

BOZEMAN - Feb 16/06 - SNS -- This year's high prices are attracting growers in Montana, North Dakota and western Canada Prairie provinces to large caliber kabuli chickpeas like bees to sugar. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 216,100 MT

WINNIPEG - Feb 17/06 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 216,100 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2005-06 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Chickpeas Finish on Firm Note

VANCOUVER - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- North American chickpea markets ended the week on a firm note, with improved trading interest show in both desi and kabuli chickpeas. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Birdseeds Cautious Over H5N1 Spread

VANCOUVER - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- International birdseed ingredient markets finished the week on a mixed note, amid alarming news about the quickening pace with which the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza is spreading. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Seasonal Slow Down in Lentils

VANCOUVER - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- Lentil markets continue to suffer from a seasonal slow down in buying demand because European importers have already covered the bulk of their needs and South American buyers are assessing their's. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Little Change in Feed Pea Values

VANCOUVER - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- European fed pea markets ended the week unchanged to slightly firmer, while North American markets were nominally unchanged. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Ag Canada Cuts if Field Pea Projection

VANCOUVER - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- In its latest monthly review of Canadian field peas Agriculture Canada's market analysis branch in Winnipeg predicted production in Canada in 2006 will fall from 3.1 million metric tons (MT) to 2.95 million. . . . Continue or visitors click here


International Beans Steady to Firmer

VANCOUVER - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean markets continued to improve over the past week, even as world markets were mainly flat in light trade. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Mustards Faces Over Supply Problem

VANCOUVER - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- North American mustard remain in a state of over supply and acreage reductions forecast for the coming season do not appear to be enough to change the outlook. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Myanmar Bean Exports Down in 2005

BANGKOK - Feb 18/06 - SNS -- Dry edible bean exports from Myanmar were down sharply in 2005, ending the calendar year at their lowest level in recent years, judging from data available from the country's Ministry of Commerce. . . . Continue or visitors click here


French Field Pea Exports Sinking

VANCOUVER - Feb 20/06 - SNS -- Field pea exports from France are better than initially expected, following upward revisions to most of the monthly data since July, but clearances remain well below last year's levels, according to data assembled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Tenders for 32,720 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Feb 23/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 32,720 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment in April. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Monthly Bean Invitations Totals 560 MT

KANSAS CITY - Feb 23/06 - STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 29,050 MT, compared to 30,990 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Apr Tenders Reach 32,800 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Feb 23/06 - 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 164,200 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Pea and Lentil Tenders Reach 32,240 MT

KANSAS CITY - Feb 23/06 - STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 135,150 MT, compared to 95,630 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Buys for 500 MT Lentils

KANSAS CITY - Feb 23/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 500 metric tons (MT) of lentils for shipment to the Angola. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Sets Regional Loan Rates for Peas, Lentils

WASHINGTON - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The USDA is establishing regional loan rates for field peas and lentils for the 2006-07 marketing year, but will stick with a national rate for small caliber chickpeas. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 227,900 MT

WINNIPEG - Feb 24/06 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 227,900 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2005-06 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Birdseed Little Changed in Light Trade

VANCOUVER - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredients were unchanged to slightly easier in seasonally light trade. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Chickpeas Transitioning to Mexican New Crop

VANCOUVER - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- International chickpea markets are starting the transition into the 2006 new crop markets, with the bulk of Mexico's harvest expected within the next couple of weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Field Peas Seeing Demand

VANCOUVER - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week on a relatively quiet note, though exporters are looking for demand to remain relatively good through the balance of the marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


World's Feed Pea Market Eases

VANCOUVER - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- International feed pea markets ended the week on a slightly easier note in response to weakness in major feed ingredient markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Tender Boosts Lentil Spirits

VANCOUVER - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- Lentil processors in the United States finished the week on a high note following the latest USDA PL-480 food aid tender. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Few Changes in Beans

VANCOUVER - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week with virtually no changes recorded in North America. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Expects Modest Change in Bean Area

WASHINGTON - Feb 27/06 - SNS -- There will be little change in dry edible bean seedings in the United States in 2006, predicts the USDA's Gary Lucier of the Economic Research Services February Vegetables and Melons Outlook. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Pea and Lentil Are Growing

WASHINGTON - Feb 27/06 - SNS -- Field pea and lentil area will continue expanding in 2006 in response to minimum payment guarantees offered by the U.S. Farm Program, says USDA's Gary Lucier of the Economic Research Services February Vegetables and Melons Outlook. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Indian Pulse Import Demand Strong

VANCOUVER - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- India's pulse crops are up over last year, but the supply situation has not improved in the country and imports will remain relatively strong for the balance of the 2005-06 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Special Pulse Crop Prices Received - Feb 2006

A table about U.S. Special Pulse Crop Prices Received - Feb 2006 . . . Subscribers Only



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