VANCOUVER - Mar 2/05 - SNS -- The pet food potential for field peas and fababeans has been explored by Alberta Agriculture, which believes these pulses can find a role in that industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Mar 2/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 18,060 metric tons (MT) of pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Mar 3/05 - MFB -- Approximately 70% of popcorn sold is eaten in the home and about 30% outside the home, according to the Popcorn Board. Unpopped popcorn accounts for about 90% of sales for home consumption. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 4/05 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 189,900 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 - Mar 4/05 - SNS -- Relatively slow commercial demand continued to weigh on international lentil markets during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 4/05 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets continued to flounder during the past week, with exporters and processors quick to sell any material purchased from growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 4/05 - SNS -- Chickpea markets finished the week's trading little changed, with neither sellers nor buyers pressing for new business. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 4/05 - SNS -- Markets for food peas finished the week on a relatively quiet note, with relatively slow, but steady export demand absorbing product offered by growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 4/05 - SNS -- Feed peas markets ended the week with strength in European markets, where traders are responding to escalating international soybean meal and corn values. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 4/05 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets in the United States are showing the stress of slack demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 7/05 - SNS -- On June 1, CN Rail will begin assessing surcharges on containers which exceed its allowable weight limits. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Turkey -- Chick Pea Supply-Demand Estimates . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Turkey -- Red Lentil Supply-Demand Estimates . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Mar 8/05 - SNS -- Pulse production levels in Turkey stand a good chance of increasing this year as the country's farmers respond to higher average trading levels for chickpeas and lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Turkey -- Green Lentil Supply-Demand Estimates . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Mar 9/05 - SNS -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) urged the U.S. Congress to provide legal clarity cash contracts used in agricultural trade because at the moment there is a risk "that either the CFTC or the courts may review a particular contract and declare it to be illegal and unenforceable, even after it has been duly executed by a willing buyer and seller." . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- Loan rates for 2005 crop small chickpeas, dry peas, and lentils were announced by the USDA as required by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- Confectionary sunflower usage will be a modest, unexpected boost during the 2005 baseball season with Yankee's shortstop Derek Jeter teaming up with David Seeds to donate product to organizations helping children in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 11/05 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 192,700 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

VANCOUVER - Mar 11/05 - SNS -- International lentil markets continued to struggle during the past week as demand continued to lag product available from processors and growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 11/05 - SNS -- North American field pea markets managed a mixed performance during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 11/05 - SNS -- International feed peas markets continued to be influenced by stronger feed ingredient markets, with asking prices finishing the week at levels which are generating strong buy signals to feed mills. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 11/05 - SNS -- International chickpea markets finished the week's unchanged to firmer against tightening supplies. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 11/05 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean markets finished the week mostly unchanged to slightly easier in relatively light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 11/05 - SNS -- Canadian canaryseed markets were sharply during the past week as processors and some growers became concerned with the prospective size of this season's ending stock. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 15/05 - SNS -- Little change is expected in dry edible bean production levels in Japan this year, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Japanese Pulse Import Summary . . . Subscribers Only

French field pea exports remain ahead of year earlier levels, with shippers continuing to target European compound feed manufacturers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 18/05 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 197,200 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

VANCOUVER - Mar 18/05 - SNS -- International chickpea markets held their value in light trading during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 18/05 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets recorded a mixed performance during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 18/05 - SNS -- North American field pea markets maintained their recent mixed performance during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 18/05 - SNS -- Lentil markets finished the week on a slightly firmer note despite the absence of significant fresh demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 18/05 - SNS -- Weaker feed ingredient markets during the past week had little impact on trading levels in international feed peas markets, with prices remaining at levels which generating buy signals to feed mills. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 18/05 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean markets continued to soften as efforts to move old crop stocks kept available supplies just ahead of the needs of the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 18/05 - SNS -- Agriculture Canada reduced its forecast for mustard seed exports in the 2005-06 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- The Canadian national Railway, CN Rail, will ease the transition from old to new weight restrictions on export containers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- Even though the canario type of canaryseed has been in commercial development since 1997 and has so far failed to transform the industry, parts of the industry remain confident this variety will transform the industry fromrelying solely on birdseed markets to competing on human food markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 16,130 metric tons of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Mar 22/05 - STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 109,910 MT, compared to 96,510 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Mar 22/05 - 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 142,750 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Mar 22/05 - STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 32,840 MT, compared to 73,690 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- Canadian mustard seed harvested in 2004 contained more oil and less protein on average than the previous crop, according to the Canadian Grain Commission's (CGC) final report on the quality of last year's crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 23/05 - SNS -- The USDA has two new varieties of blackeye cowpeas available for growers in the southeastern United States, including one that resists a troublesome nematode. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PRETORIA - Mar 23/05 - SNS -- South African dry edible bean crops are doing marginally better than initially expected, with this year's summer bean harvest now expected to total 68,820 metric tons (MT), up 80 MT from initial estimates, but down sharplyfrom last year's 80,000 MT result. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 24/05 - SNS -- Projected increase in dry edible bean production in Argentina will be more than offset by forecast declines in the size of this year's bean crop in Brazil, resulting in a net decline in bean output in the two primary producing nations in Latin America. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 25/05 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week mixed under relatively light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 25/05 - SNS -- International field pea markets finished the week mostly unchanged in relatively trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 25/05 - SNS -- International chickpeas markets were steady in light trading interest by both producers and end users. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 25/05 - SNS -- International lentil markets finished an uneventful week mainly unchanged to slightly easier. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 25/05 - SNS -- Weakness in corn, soybean and soymeal markets was reflected on international feed pea markets, which ended the week lower in U.S. dollar terms in most markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 25/05 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week under mixed conditions, though prices in North America showed an overall improvement. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/05 - SNS -- Dry edible bean production in Thailand is expected to slip slightly this year in response to expectations of drier weather conditions and relatively unattractive returns versus crops such as tapioca and sugar cane. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/05 - SNS -- Exports of pulses from Myanmar or Burma crashed in January, totalling just 35,728 metric tons (MT), according to official data available from the country's government. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ISLAMABAD - Mar 29/05 - SNS -- There is no change in this year's kharif season pulse production targets in Pakistan, according to a discussion paper developed by the country's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 29/05 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 241,200 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 U.S. Farm Prices for Pulses - Mar 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/05 - SNS -- Dry edible bean area in the United States will jump 23% above last year and 18% above 2003 if growers follow through on this year's seeding intentions, says the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/05 - SNS -- Sunflower seed growers in the United States expect to plant a total of 2.75 million acres in 2005, up 47% from last year and the first acreage increase since 1998, according to this year's seeding intentions estimates from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/05 - SNS -- Sunflower stocks in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2005 totaled 861 million pounds, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about United States -- Minor Oilseed Production Summary . . . Subscribers Only

WINNIPEG - Mar 31/05 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 250,400 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2004-05 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 31/05 - SNS -- The Brazilian Census Bureau (IBGE) reduced the forecast size and seeded area for this year's dry edible bean crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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

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

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