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Specialty Crop market news for Nov 2004


USDA Cuts Small Red bean Tender

KANSAS CITY - Nov 1/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here cancelled its request for offers of small red beans from USDA PL-480 food aid tender invitation 114. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Special Crop Harvest Nearing End

VANCOUVER - Nov 1/04 - SNS -- Specialty crop producers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan continued to struggle to bring this harvest to completion during the past week. But a growing number do not believe they will harvest all the chickpeas, dry edible beans, canaryseed and sunflower they grew. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Harvest May Not Finish

WASHINGTON - Nov 1/04 - SNS -- The 2004 dry edible bean harvest is virtually complete or in the final stages in most of the United States; but poor weather is putting the last 10% to 15% of North Dakota's harvest at considerable risk, with some fraction unlikely to be harvested. . . . Continue or visitors click here


India Raises MSP

NEW DELHI - Nov 4/04 - SNS -- The Indian government approved a modest increase in minimum support prices (MSP) for rabi season pulses and other crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Buys 17,690 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Nov 4/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 17,690 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid during December. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 281,100 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 5/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 281,100 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


Birdseeds Retain Firm Tone

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/04 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets retained their firm tone during the past week, leaving some market participants mystified. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Steady Demand Supports Lentils

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/04 - SNS -- North American lentil markets finished the week's trading on a firmer note, helped by ongoing commercial demand and food aid buying in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here


NA Beans Strongest in 14 Years

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/04 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading with the overall North American market at its highest levels since the summer of 1990. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Chickpeas Remain Firm

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/04 - SNS -- Chickpea markets continued to strengthen on both inter-dealer and grower markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Field Pea Finish on Quiet Note

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/04 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week's trading on a relatively quiet note, with offerings from growers and processors keeping pace with the needs of exporters. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Bean Harvest 95% Complete

WASHINGTON - Nov 8/04 - SNS -- The 2004 dry edible bean harvest continues to drag on in North Dakota and Colorado, though around 95% of the U.S. crop has now been harvested. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Specialty Harvest Almost Done

REGINA - Nov 9/04 - SNS -- This year's specialty crop harvest is almost done in western Canada, with more progress reported in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Thunder Bay Port Clearance Summary

A table about Thunder Bay Port Clearance Summary . . . Subscribers Only


EC -- Feed Pea Production Summary

A table about EC -- Feed Pea Production Summary . . . Subscribers Only


AWP Output Rises 56%

WASHINGTON - Nov 12/04 - SNS -- Austrian Winter Pea production in Idaho, Montana, and Oregon in 2004 is forecast at 272,000 cwt (100 pound units) or 12,338 metric tons (MT), up 56% from 2003, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here


North Dakota Grows 64% of U.S. Pea Crop

WASHINGTON - Nov 12/04 - SNS -- This year's U.S. harvest of green and yellow dry edible peas is forecast at 10.8 million cwt (100 pound units) or 491,290 metric tons (MT), more than double the 2003 estimate, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here


67% Jump in U.S. Lentil Harvest

WASHINGTON - Nov 12/04 - SNS -- Lentil production in the United States is estimated at 4.08 million cwt (100 pound units) or 185,249 metric tons (MT), up 67% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here


United States -- Pea and Lentil Production Summary

United States -- Pea and Lentil Production Summary . . . Continue or visitors click here


Chick Pea Production Summary in Selected Countries

Chick Pea Production Summary in Selected Countries . . . Continue or visitors click here


Lentil Production Summary in Selected Countries

Lentil Production Summary in Selected Countries . . . Continue or visitors click here


Field Pea Production Summary in Selected Countries

Field Pea Production Summary in Selected Countries . . . Continue or visitors click here


World Ignores North American Prices

VANCOUVER - Nov 12/04 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets continued to pursue a different path from North American bean markets during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Light Grower Selling Support Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Nov 12/04 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets remained firm under relatively light trading conditions, with grower selling remaining just behind the needs of the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Chickpea Supply Lags Demand

VANCOUVER - Nov 12/04 - SNS -- North American chickpea markets finished the week's trading with few changes as available supplies of good quality product remain behind the needs of the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canadian Special Crop Output 5.15 MMT

VANCOUVER - Nov 12/04 - SNS -- Total Canadian specialty crop output in 2004-05 is now expected to reach 5.15 million metric tons (MT), according to Agriculture Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Gloomier Undertone in Field Peas

VANCOUVER - Nov 12/04 - SNS -- Field pea markets are starting to show signs of a gloomier undertone because of disappointment with the size of Canada's opening season export program. Market attitudes were not helped by reports of a record field pea crop in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Steady Demand Helps Lentil Market

VANCOUVER - Nov 12/04 - SNS -- Lentil markets finished the week's trading mixed against relatively good demand for Latin American buyers. . . . Continue or visitors click here


WA Expects Field Pea Boom

SYDNEY - Nov 14/03 - SNS -- Agriculture department officials in the state of Western Australian are optimistic there will be significant in field pea plantings in the state on account of the availability of improved varieties. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 261,300 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 15/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 261,300 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


Specialty Crop Harvest Winding Down

REGINA - Nov 15/04 - SNS -- Relatively good progress was made bringing in the tail end of this year's specialty crop harvest in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, judging from the latest crop progress reports from agriculture departments in the two provinces. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Bean Harvest Virtually Complete

WASHINGTON - Nov 15/04 - SNS -- The 2004 dry edible bean harvest is virtually complete, with growers in North Dakota working to bring in the final 3% of the crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canadians Ship 3,000 MT YSPs to Sudan

WINNIPEG - Nov 17/04 - SNS -- A shipment of 3,000 metric tons (MT) of split yellow peas will be shipped to the Darfur region of Sudan by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. . . . Continue or visitors click here


India -- Pulse Supply-Demand Forecast

A table about India -- Pulse Supply-Demand Forecast . . . Subscribers Only


Indian Pulse Import Potential Diminishing

VANCOUVER - Nov 18/04 - SNS -- Expectations about India's pulse import potential are diminishing with initial reports of better than usual progress seeding this year's rabi season crops and good rains in the post monsoon period. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 205,500 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 19/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 205,500 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


Field Peas Mostly Unchanged

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/04 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week's trading mostly unchanged amid seasonal trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here


North American Beans Relax

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/04 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean markets finished the week on a slightly easier note as values for some classes of beans retreated from their highs. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Good Export Enquiry -- Little Business

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/04 - SNS -- Exporters report a good increase in the general level of import enquiry during the past week, but say this has not translated into a significant increase in sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Chickpeas Continue to Firm

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/04 - SNS -- North American chickpea markets continue to firm during the past week, with supply remaining well behind the interest of importers around the world. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Birdseeds Maintain Firm Tone

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/04 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets maintained their recent firm tone during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


South African Bean Area Under Pressure

PRETORIA - Nov 22/04 - SNS -- Pulse production remains under significant pressure for the 2004-05 season, judging from the latest summer seeding intention and winter crop production estimates from the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS). . . . Continue or visitors click here


Myanmar's Bean Exports Slow

VANCOUVER - Nov 22/04 - SNS -- The pace of dry edible bean and other pulse exports has slowed considerably in Myanmar, with shipment in October roughly one third of year earlier levels, judging from the latest export trade data from Myanmar's Ministry of Commerce. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Does Not Tender for Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Nov 23/04 - SNS -- For the first time in several years, the USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here did not tender for any pulses on the regularly scheduled PL-480 food aid tenders. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 174,400 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 25/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 174,400 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


Few Changes in Pea Markets

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/04 - SNS -- Field pea markets ended the week's trading with few changes under seasonal demand conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Few Changes in Pea Markets

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/04 - SNS -- North American chickpea markets were mostly unchanged during the past week as available supplies on spot markets remaining behind the interest of importers around the world. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Lentils Finish on Quiet Note

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/04 - SNS -- Lentil markets outside North America finished the week's trading on a relatively quiet note. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Edible Beans Continue to Ease

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/04 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets continued to ease under seasonally light trading activity and a shift in North American attitudes toward this year's harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Birdseeds Mixed in Holiday Shortened Week

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/04 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets were mixed in a holiday shortened trading week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Australian Crop Production Summary - Dec 2004

A table about Australian Crop Production Summary - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only


Pulse Harvest Cut 15% in Australia

SYDNEY - Nov 30/04 - SNS -- Australia's pulse harvest is expected to end up 15.6% smaller than initially thought, according to the latest crop production estimates form the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Average Specialty Crop Prices Received

A table about U.S. Average Specialty Crop Prices Received . . . Subscribers Only



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