Pulse and Specialty Crop Market News for March 2013

Getting Food Aid Right

JOHANNESBURG - Mar 1/13 - IRIN -- Despite early warning information about the Horn of Africa's impending drought crisis in 2011, humanitarian responses were slow to mobilize, leading to tens of thousands of deaths in the region and famine in parts of Somalia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 362,000 MT

WINNIPEG - Mar 1/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 362,000 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

Indian Demand Supports Red Lentils

VANCOUVER - Mar 1/13 - SNS -- North American lentil markets finished the week's trading on a firmer note against improved export demand, especially for red lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mixed Week in Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Mar 1/13 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading on a mixed note, with sunflower easing, millet rising and canaryseed unchanged. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Firm Undertone in Dry Beans

VANCOUVER - Mar 1/13 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week with a firmer undertone against concern about seeding progress in Argentina and improving demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India's Budget Leaves Pulses Alone

VANCOUVER - Mar 1/13 - SNS -- International pulse markets were relieved to see that the proposed budget for India's 2013-14 fiscal year did not contain any changes which might impact trade in pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Buys 12,560 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Mar 7/13 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 15,120 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 352,800 MT

WINNIPEG - Mar 8/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 352,800 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

Canada Marketing Year Bulk Export Summary - Feb 2013

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Modest Improvement in China's Pulse Crops

WASHINGTON - Mar 9/13 - SNS -- Pulse production in China increased for the 2012-13 marketing year despite growing interest in planting corn and other grains, believes the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Firm Tone in Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Mar 9/13 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets maintained their firm tone through the past week, despite evidence export demand has been disappointing for some commodities in the sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Demand Supports Lentils

VANCOUVER - Mar 9/13 - SNS -- International lentil markets continued to firm through the past week against ongoing demand from the Indian subcontinent and other destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Beans

VANCOUVER - Mar 9/13 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading little changed against relatively light trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Peas Strengthen on Tightening Stocks

VANCOUVER - Mar 9/13 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week's trading on a firm note against tightening stocks in the major exporting countries and continued demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 40 MT Peas

KANSAS CITY - Mar 12/13 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 40 metric tons (MT) of peas for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

French Pea Exports Falter

VANCOUVER - Mar 13/13 - SNS -- The pace of field pea export movement from France faltered in January, rising above the same month last year, but plunging from the quantiy exported in December, according to data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

United Kingdom - Pulses Used in Feed - Jan 2013

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 296,200 MT

WINNIPEG - Mar 15/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 296,200 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 New Record Highs

VANCOUVER - Mar 15/13 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient marketing finished the week's trading on a generally firmer tone as grower selling remained behind the short term needs of the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Edible Beans Mainly Unchanged

VANCOUVER - Mar 15/13 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets were mostly unchanged with neither buyers nor sellers pressing hard for business. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Lentils Strength on Demand

VANCOUVER - Mar 15/13 - SNS -- Lentil markets continued to strengthen during the past week against ongoing demand from the Indian subcontinent and other destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Firm Tone In Field Peas

VANCOUVER - Mar 15/13 - SNS -- Field pea markets maintained their firm tone through the past week, helped by the realization bulk exports from Canada have pulled ahead of last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

World Pea Supply and Demand Situation

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NASS Suspends Some Reports

WASHINGTON - Mar 18/13 - SNS -- Sequestration will have an impact on information available to pea, lentil and chickpea markets, according to a recent statement from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mexican Bean Crop Remains Up, Imports Falling

WASHINGTON - Mar 21/13 - SNS -- Mexican bean production is not expected to change much this year as government efforts to improve food self-sufficiency include support for dry edible bean producers, believe the U.S. agricultural attache for the country, which should result in reduced imports. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 13,280 MT Peas

KANSAS CITY - Mar 21/13 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 13,280 metric tons (MT) of peas for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Food Aid Tender Summary - May 2013

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 312,800 MT

WINNIPEG - Mar 22/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 312,800 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

Myanmar Pulse Exports Falter

WASHINGTON - Mar 22/13 - SNS -- Dry edible bean exports from Myanmar faltered in January, dropping below month earlier levels, though remaining above the quantity exported during the same month last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Improved Export Movement in Peas

VANCOUVER - Mar 23/13 - SNS -- Field pea markets maintained their firm tone through the past week, supported by strength in green peas and improved export movement for whole yellow peas from Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

World Bean Markets Firm

VANCOUVER - Mar 23/13 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading on a firmer note against tightening supplies from major exporters such as China. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Reds Support Lentil Complex

VANCOUVER - Mar 23/13 - SNS -- International lentil markets maintained their firmer tone through the past week, supported by ongoing strength in red lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Birdseeds Hold in Trading Range

VANCOUVER - Mar 23/13 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredients were mainly unchanged, supported by the fact grower selling remains behind the quantities markets would like to see offered. . . . Continue or visitors click here

South Africa Slashes Yield Forecasts

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Oriental Mustard Origins Traced Back 7000 Years

VANCOUVER - Mar 28/13 - SNS -- A genetic study by researchers at the University of Western Australia (UWA), The University of Melbourne, Department of Primary Industries Victoria, and institutes in India and China has generated more clues about the origins and diversity of oriental or Indian mustard seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

3% Gain in U.S. Chickpea Area

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS -- A solid price performance by chickpeas during the past season has boosted interest in the commodity, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Major Drop in Lentil Area

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS -- The failure of lentil markets to meet the expectations of growers in the United States could result in a major decline in seeded area this year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Edible Bean Area Off 15%

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS --Dry edible bean plantings in the United States is expected to drop 14% this year to 1.5 million acres, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Pea Plantings To Surge

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS -- Unusually strong markets for green peas so far this season has attracted the interest of growers in the major producing regions in the United States, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Sunflower Interest Collapsing

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS --Sunflower growers in the U.S. intend to plant a total of 1.68 million acres in 2013, down 12% from last year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here

No Change in Austrian Winter Peas

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS -- Austrian winter pea area is estimated at 19,000 acres, the same as last year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Sunflower Inventory Soars 31%

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS -- U.S. sunflower stocks in all positions on March 1, 2013 totaled 1.19 billion pounds, up 31% from March 1, 2012, according to the latest stocks in all positions report form the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Minor Oilseed Area Summary and Forecasts - Mar 2013

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USDA NASS Bean Production Estimates By State - Mar 2013

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USDA NASS Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety - Mar 2013

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United States - Minor Oilseed Supply Outlook - Mar 2013

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 287,800 MT

WINNIPEG - Mar 29/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 287,800 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

North American Edible Bean Situation - Mar 2013

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Larger N.A. Dry Bean Supply

VANCOUVER - Mar 29/13 - SNS -- The North American dry edible bean supply outlook for the balance of the 2013 and the first half of 2014 became much clearer with the release on the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Tighter Stocks Underpin Lentils

VANCOUVER - Mar 30/13 - SNS -- Lentil markets finished the week's trading on a firmer note, helped by tightening stocks of red lentils and ongoing demand from the Indian subcontinent and other destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Underlying Worry About 2013 Acreage

VANCOUVER - Mar 30/13 - SNS -- North American field pea markets were not surprised by the USDA's seeding intentions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

World Bean Market Steady, Quiet

VANCOUVER - Mar 30/13 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading on a relatively quit note because of the Eastern weekend observances in several key countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Birdseeds Surprised by Sunflower Intentions

VANCOUVER - Mar 30/13 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets were somewhat surprised by the sunflower seeding intentions for the United States, which foresee a net drop in plantings. . . . Continue or visitors click here