Pulse and Specialty Crop Market News for November 2011

USDA Tenders for 2,000 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Nov 1/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 2,000 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Export Movement Eases in October

VANCOUVER - Nov 1/11 - SNS -- Bulk conventional exports of pulses and other specialty crops from Canada slowed In October, with total shipments falling almost 25% behind last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India's Rabi Season Planting Starts

DELHI - Nov 4/11 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's rabi or winter season crops is getting underway in India, with some progress reported in parts of the country during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 271,400 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 4/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 271,400 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Lentils

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/11 - SNS -- International lentil markets were little changed with product available from origin sellers closely matching the short term needs of consumer buyers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Tightening Stocks Keep Peas Firm

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/11 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week little changed against relatively light trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Outside Markets Keep Birdseeds on Toes

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/11 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading mostly unchanged to firmer as some products respond to price movements in grains and oilseeds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Chickpeas Maintain Get Mixed

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/11 - SNS -- International chickpea markets finished the week on a mixed note, with a growing number of market participants believing markets have lost their bullish lustre. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Currency Worries Limit Bean Business

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/11 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week on a mixed note, with the need of some exporters to resell goods making it easier for buyers to ignore origin sellers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Lentil Crop Sinks 46%

WASHINGTON - Nov 9/11 - SNS -- This year's lentil crop in the United States was pegged at 4.72 million cwt (100 pound units) or 213,871 metric tons (MT), down 46% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Winter Pea Harvest Drops 16%

WASHINGTON - Nov 9/11 - SNS -- Austrian winter pea production in the United States dropped 16% from last year to 19.9 million pounds or 9,027 metric tons (MT), according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

62% Plunge in U.S. Pea Harvest

WASHINGTON - Nov 9/11 - SNS -- Field pea production in the United States collapsed 62% from last year to just 5.39 million cwt (100 pound units) or 244,625 metric tons (MT), according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

United States -- Pea and Lentil Production Summary - Nov 2011

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French Pea Exports Maintain Normal Pace

VANCOUVER - Nov 9/11 - SNS -- French field pea export movement maintained its seasonal strength through September, rising above year earlier levels, though falling short of the quantity shipped in August, according to the latest data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

United Kingdom - Pulses Used in Livestock Feed - Sep 2011

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Myanmar Pulse Exports Remain Strong

WASHINGTON - Nov 10/11 - SNS -- Pulse exports from Myanmar maintained this season's solid pace through September, with shipments inching ahead of the previous month but remaining well above year earlier levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Buys 2,000 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Nov 10/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,000 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 245,300 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 11/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 245,300 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India's Winter Pulse Seedings Leap Forward

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/11 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's rabi or winter season pulses is making excellent progress, with pulse plantings jumping 22.3% above last year to 4.5 million hectares so far this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Markets Ease

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/11 - SNS -- North American field pea markets finished the week's trading on a slightly easier note against slowing export movement of human consumption product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Edible Beans Unchanged to Easier

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week unchanged to easier in limited trading interest for origins with higher asking prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

World Chickpea Markets Easing

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/11 - SNS -- Chickpea markets finished the week with a generally weaker undertone, with more exporters looking for rather than waiting for business. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Generally Firmer Finish in Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/11 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets finished the week on a generally firmer note as grower selling slipped behind the short term needs of the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Lentil Markets Relax

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/11 - SNS -- North American lentil markets finished the week's trading on a slightly easier tone, mainly due to another volatile week on international currency markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 1,420 MT Beans

KANSAS CITY - Nov 16/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 1,420 metric tons (MT) of dry edible beans for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Rabi Seeding Pace Slower in Past Week

DELHI - Nov 18/11 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's rabi or winter season crops has fallen behind last year, judging from the latest data available from India's agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 234,200 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 18/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 234,200 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada -- Specialty Crop Acreage Forecast for 2012

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General Increase in Canadian Pulses in 2012

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/11 - SNS -- Barring another year of extreme flooding in the spring, land in all crops in Canada will be up sharply over the previous two years as farmers bring land that was unintentionally left fallow back into production. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Easier Tone in Peas

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/11 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week on a generally easier note as supplies available for sale moved ahead of the short term needs of consumer buyers and exporters. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Chinks in Chickpea Armor

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/11 - SNS -- International chickpea markets continue to show more signs of weakness, with exporters in India and Argentina becoming more aggressive in their search for customers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

World Bean Prices Advancing

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/11 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading on a generally firmer note, with most exporters maintaining or raising asking prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Lentils Seasonally Slower

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/11 - SNS -- Volatility on international currency markets and regional economic weakness combined with a seasonal slowing in importer demand to leave lentil markets little changed in light trade. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Firmer Week in Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/11 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading on a generally firmer note despite relatively light consumer buying interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 5,750 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Nov 22/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 5,750 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

European Union Sunflower Output Jumps

WASHINGTON - Nov 23/11 - SNS - Sunflower production rebounded in the European Union this year, helped by good weather throughout the growing season and expanded plantings in several key areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Exports Falter in October

WINNIPEG - Nov 24/11 - SNS -- Canadian field pea exports via licensed bulk terminals dropped in October, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 217,400 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 25/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 217,400 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Rabi Seeding Pace Quickens

DELHI - Nov 26/11 - SNS -- The pace at which farmers are planting this year's rabi or winter season crops has picked up, asserts India's agriculture department, though overall seeding progress is only up 0.4% from this point last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mixed Week for Beans

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading on a mixed note, though with a firm undertone on account of limited export selling interest for some classes of beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

All's Quiet on lentil Front

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/11 - SNS -- North American lentil markets finished the week on a quiet note, in part because of the holiday shortened trading week in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Generally Easier Finish For Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/11 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredients markets finished the week's trading on a generally easier note on account of weakness in grains and oilseeds and last week's sharp rise in the value of the U.S. dollar. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Weak Canadian Dollar Nudges Peas Lower

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/11 - SNS -- Some of last week's sharp drop in the value of the Canadian dollar was shared with buyers, with asking prices for green and yellow peas slipping on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Chickpea Tone Improves

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/11 - SNS -- International chickpea markets finished the week's trading on a firmer tone against reduced availability of good quality product for shipment through the end of January. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Buys 1,420 MT Beans

KANSAS CITY - Nov 30/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 1,420 metric tons (MT) of pinto beans for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here