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Dry Pea Market News for April 2014


USDA Buys 10,610 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Apr 2/14 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 10,610 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue

Drought Now Hurting in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO - Apr 4/14 - IRIN -- Sri Lanka has had six months of drought and could face severe crop losses and electricity shortages if the coming monsoon is as weak as forecasts predict, experts say. . . . Continue

Peas Helped by Fresh Demand

VANCOUVER - Apr 5/14 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week's trading little changed as fresh buying from the Indian subcontinent restored optimism about overall demand from that region. . . . Continue

Overall Drop in French Pulse Area

PARIS - Apr 8/14 - SNS -- Field pea seedings in France have managed a modest increase this year, rising from 119,000 to an estimated 122,000 hectares, according to the country's agriculture ministry. . . . Continue

France Export Pace Slowing

VANCOUVER - Apr 9/14 - SNS -- Field pea exports from France continued to slow in February, dropping below the previous month but remaining above year earlier levels, according to data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue

Slow Rail Service Improvement Expected

WASHINGTON - Apr 10/14 - SNS -- The good news is rail service will improve in the United States. The bad news, according to the USDA, is this may not be until 2015 than railway movement fully recovers. . . . Continue

Transportation Blame Game

VANCOUVER - Apr 10/14 - SNS -- Rail transportation problems and an unusual severe winter were the two most significant events affecting North American pulse and specialty crop markets over the past few months. . . . Continue

USDA Tenders for 3,000 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Apr 10/14 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 3,000 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue

India's Election Slows Peas

VANCOUVER - Apr 11/14 - SNS -- The world's field pea markets were little changed against the backdrop of relatively light trading interest. . . . Continue

U.S. Food Aid Reform Underway

NEW YORK - Apr 14/14 - IRIN -- Efforts to change the way the US government distributes roughly US$2 billion in international food aid each year achieved some successes in the recently enacted Agriculture Act of 2014 -- commonly referred to as the Farm Bill -- but the food aid mechanism used by the world's largest donor continues to prioritize the needs of US commercial interests. . . . Continue

United Kingdom Pulses Used in Livestock Feed - Feb 2014

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Historical Seeding Progress in Saskatchewan

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Most of Canada's Pulses Sown in May

VANCOUVER - Apr 18/14 - SNS -- In recent years, Saskatchewan farmers have made little progress planting pulses and special crops during April, though there have been years in the past when a large part of the crop could be sown. . . . Continue

El Nino Forecasts Worry Peas

VANCOUVER - Apr 18/14 - SNS -- Field pea markets were little changed against relatively quiet market conditions, with some fill in trading reported by exporters in both Canada and the United States. . . . Continue

More Peas and Soybeans, Less Wheat and Canola

OTTAWA - Apr 24/14 - SNS -- Canadian farmers expect to plant less wheat than last year, while planting more field peas and their sixth consecutive record quantity of soybeans. . . . Continue

Canada -- Specialty Crop Production Summary

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Canada Seeding Intentions Versus Actual Area

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USDA Tenders for 10,480 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Apr 24/14 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 10,480 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue

U.S. Prospective Food Aid Purchases to June 2014

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Canadian Area Shifts From Grains, Canola

VANCOUVER - Apr 24/14 - SNS -- This year's seeding intentions estimates for Canada offered an unexpected look into the thinking of farmers, with less enthusiasm shown for lentils and more for peas than most market participants thought would be the case. . . . Continue

Some Surprise in Pea Intentions

VANCOUVER - Apr 26/14 - SNS -- Canadian field pea markets finished the week's trading on a mixed note, with market participants reported a modest improvement in export trading activity for green and yellow peas. . . . Continue

Canada's Bulk Pea Exports Trend Lower

VANCOUVER - Apr 28/14 - SNS -- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reports 31,800 metric tons (MT) field pea were exported through licensed terminal facilities which are required to report to it all grain movement in March. . . . Continue

U.S. Pea Seeding Makes Good Progress

VANCOUVER - Apr 28/14 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's field pea crops is making relatively good progress in the United States. . . . Continue



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