Pulse and Specialty Crop Market News for June 2012

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 70,200 MT

WINNIPEG - Jun 1/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 70,200 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Rain Slowed Saskatchewan Seeding Pace

VANCOUVER - Jun 1/12 - SNS -- After an excellent start, seeding progress has slowed in Saskatchewan, with markets beginning to worry about forecasts for additional rain in the coming week across much of southern Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Chickpea Production Trending Upward

VANCOUVER - Jun 1/12 - SNS -- International chickpea markets maintained their firm tone in limited trading activity during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Steady Tone in Field Peas

VANCOUVER - Jun 2/12 - SNS -- The slowing pace of seeding this year's field pea crops in Canada helped international field pea markets maintain a relatively steady tone in light trading activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Firm Undertown in Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Jun 2/12 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets finished the week with a firm undertone, helped by general strength in U.S. markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Lentils

VANCOUVER - Jun 2/12 - SNS -- International lentil markets finished the week mostly unchanged against relatively light trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Modest Strength in Beans

VANCOUVER - Jun 2/12 - SNS -- The world's dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading with a slightly firmer undertone against expectations of improved demand from Brazil and other Latin American destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Lower Per Capita Bean Consumption in 2011

VANCOUVER - Jun 4/12 - SNS -- Per capita dry edible bean consumption dropped in the United States in 2011, reflecting both a tighter domestic supply situation and higher average prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Export Movement Rose in May

VANCOUVER - Jun 4/12 - SNS -- Bulk conventional exports of pulses and other specialty crops from Canada declined in May, dropping below year earlier levels but rising above the quantity shipped in April. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 90 MT Beans

KANSAS CITY - Jun 8/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 90 metric tons (MT) of pinto beans for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Seeding Nearly Complete

VANCOUVER - Jun 8/12 - SNS -- Seeding is entering its final stages in much of Saskatchewan, though it seems less likely that farmers will be able to finish seeding all crops because soils in some areas remain too wet to support machinery. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 89,200 MT

WINNIPEG - Jun 8/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 89,200 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Export Movement Supports Peas

VANCOUVER - Jun 9/12 - SNS -- Field pea markets were little changed during the past week, with spot markets supported by ongoing movement of old crop product from Canada and the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Birdseed Trade Remains Light

VANCOUVER - Jun 9/12 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets maintained their firm tone in seasonally light trading interest during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Beans Manage to Hold Firm Tone

VANCOUVER - Jun 9/12 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets maintained their firm tone against worries about the quality of this year’s harvest in Argentina and the crop outlook in Mexico. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Lentils

VANCOUVER - Jun 9/12 - SNS -- Lentil markets finished the week's trading little changed against relatively light end user buying interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India Sales Boost French Exports

VANCOUVER - Jun 13/12 - SNS -- Field pea movements to India continued to lift France's export clearances above month and year earlier levels, according to the latest data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Australia 2012-13 Pulse Production Forecast

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India -- Minimum Support Prices for 2012-13

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Saskatchewan Seeding Proress to June 11, 2012

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Saskatchewan Special Crop Conditions to June 11, 2012

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 114,500 MT

WINNIPEG - Jun 15/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 114,500 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

United Kingdom - Pulse Usage in Feed - Apr 2012

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No Bullish Weather News in Beans

VANCOUVER - Jun 16/12 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets maintained their firm tone under relatively light trading interest despite the absence of bullish weather events in some of the key production areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Outside Markets Support Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Jun 16/12 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading on a mostly firmer note, helped by outside market influences. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Ongoing Demand Helps Lentils

VANCOUVER - Jun 16/12 - SNS -- International lentil markets finished the week's trading on a generally firm note, helped by ongoing demand from the Indian subcontinent. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Ongoing Demand Helps Lentils

VANCOUVER - Jun 16/12 - SNS -- International chickpea markets finished the week's trading little changed as demand remains slightly ahead of available supplies from exporters. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Uneasy Finish in Peas

VANCOUVER - Jun 16/12 - SNS -- North American field pea markets finished the week's trading on an uneasy footing, with new crop values dropping in the face of optimism over this year's production prospects. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 19,970 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Jun 19/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 19,970 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Special Crop Conditions to June 18, 2012

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 110,800 MT

WINNIPEG - Jun 22/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 110,800 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Lentils Steady Before Area Reports

VANCOUVER - Jun 22/12 - SNS -- North American lentil markets maintained their firm tone heading into a week which will see both Statistics Canada and the USDA release their first seeded area estimates for 2012. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Tight Stocks Help Peas

VANCOUVER - Jun 22/12 - SNS -- International field pea markets maintained their firm tone during the past week, helped by tight old crop stocks and expectations of good demand for new crop product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Bean Seeding Done, Markets on Hold

VANCOUVER - Jun 22/12 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets were generally unchanged under relatively light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Birdseeds Unchanged to Stronger

VANCOUVER - Jun 22/12 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week unchanged to firmer amid relatively light trading activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EU Raises Glyphosate MRL

SASKATOON - Jun 25/12 - SNS -- The European Union has boosted the new maximum residue limit (MRL) for glyphosate in lentil from 0.1 to 10 parts per million (PPM), the same level as for field peas. This compares to an MRL of 4 PPM in Canada and 8 PPM in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

South African Bean Crop Unchanged

PRETORIA - Jun 26/12 - SNS -- South Africa's dry edible bean crop estimate was left unchanged in the country's latest summer crop forecast for the 2011-12 season, while this year's soybean, groundnut and sorghum harvests are expected to be smaller than first thought. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada - Pulse and Special Crop Production Summary - Jun 2012

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Canada Dry Edible Bean Seeded Area Summary - Jun 2012

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Canada Chickpea Seeded Area Summary - Jun 2012

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Canada Lentil Seeded Area Summary - Jun 2012

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Canada Canaryseed Seeded Area Summary - Jun 2012

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Canada Mustard Seed Seeded Area Summary - Jun 2012

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Canada Field Pea Seeded Area Summary - Jun 2012

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Canada - June Area Estimate Versus Actual Planted

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Canada - Annual Evolution of Seeded Area Estimates

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Bearish Lentil Number Surprises Market

VANCOUVER - Jun 27/12 - SNS -- Canada's pulse and specialty crop trade was in shock following the release of this year's seeded area estimates by Statistics Canada, which revealed farmers planted more of all types of specialty crops than last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Special Crop Conditions to June 25, 2012

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 81,400 MT

WINNIPEG - Jun 28/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 81,400 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CGC Reports Slower May Pea Export

WINNIPEG - Jun 28/12 - SNS -- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reports 123,900 metric tons (MT) field pea were exported through licensed terminal facilities which are required to report to it all grain movement in May. The CGC data does not include exports in containers or from non-reporting terminals. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Second Lowest Safflower Area

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/12 - SNS -- Planted area of safflower increased 13% from 2011, to 147,500 acres in 2012, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2012. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Mustard Area More Than Doubles

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/12 - SNS -- Planted area of mustard seed is estimated at 55,500 acres, up 139% from 2011, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2012. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Millet Plantings Drop 15%

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/12 - SNS -- Area planted to proso millet in 2012 is estimated at 315,000 acres, down 55,000 acres from 2011, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2012. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Solid Increase in Sunseed Acreage

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/12 - SNS -- Sunflower plantings in the United States were pegged at 1.80 million acres, up 17% from 2011, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2012. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Edible Bean Seedings Jump 35%

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/12 - SNS -- Dry edible bean growers in the United States did not completely follow through on this year's seeding intentions, boosting seeded area 35% to 1.63 million acres, down 40,000 from what they had hoped to plant. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Chickpea Stocks in All Positions - June 2012

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Pulse Inventory Down As of June 1

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/12 - SNS -- The amount of pulses on hand on farms and in commercial storage was down sharply from last year because of smaller harvest in 2011, according to the latest stocks in all positions report from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA NASS Bean Production Estimates By State

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USDA NASS Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety

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U.S. Minor Oilseed Production Forecast - June 2012

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NAFTA Region Remains Tight on Beans

VANCOUVER - Jun 29/12 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean production could be up 40% over last year at around 1.46 million metric tons (MT) if yields are their recent five-year average and there are no substantial differences between this week's seeded area estimates for Canada and the United States and the final acreage numbers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Beans Unchanged Before Holidays

VANCOUVER - Jun 30/12 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week mainly unchanged in relatively quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Lentil Market Winds Soften

VANCOUVER - Jun 30/12 - SNS -- A bigger than expected seeded area for lentils took some of the wind out of current and new markets during the past week, resulting in lower trading levels for most classes of North American lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mixed Finish in Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Jun 30/12 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets finished the week on a mixed note in response to seeded area estimates form the USDA and Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Field Peas Weaken

VANCOUVER - Jun 30/12 - SNS -- International field pea markets finished the week on a weaker note as markets began the transition into a new crop trading. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Buys for 14,960 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Jun 30/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 14,960 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Strong Chickpea Outlook Not Guaranteed

VANCOUVER - Jun 30/12 - SNS -- Chickpea markets found some support from seeded area estimates issued by the USDA and Statistics Canada during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here