Field and Feed Pea Market News for August 2012

Green Pea Grower Price Review in Canada

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/12 - STAT -- Canadian Green Pea markets finished the 2011-12 marketing year with prices offered to growers rocketing 26% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Marrowfat Pea Grower Price Review in Canada

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/12 - STAT -- Canadian Marrowfat Pea markets finished the 2011-12 marketing year with prices offered to growers inching % above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Large Yellow Pea Grower Price Review in Canada

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/12 - STAT -- Canadian Large Yellow Pea markets finished the 2011-12 marketing year with prices offered to growers soaring 25% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Small Yellow Pea Grower Price Review in Canada

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/12 - STAT -- Canadian Small Yellow Pea markets finished the 2011-12 marketing year with prices offered to growers rocketing 26% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Maple Pea Grower Price Review in Canada

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/12 - STAT -- Canadian Maple Pea markets finished the 2011-12 marketing year with prices offered to growers advancing 6% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Feed Pea Grower Price Review in Canada

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/12 - STAT -- Canadian Feed Pea markets finished the 2011-12 marketing year with prices offered to growers soaring 21% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Green Pea Dealer Price Review in Canada

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/12 - STAT -- Canadian Green Pea markets finished the 2011-12 marketing year with prices soaring 20% above the recent three year average annual price on inter-dealer markets in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Yellow Peas Dealer Price Review in Canada

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/12 - STAT -- Canadian Yellow Peas markets finished the 2011-12 marketing year with prices soaring 22% above the recent three year average annual price on inter-dealer markets in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Feed Pea Dealer Price Review in Canada

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/12 - STAT -- Canadian Feed Pea markets finished the 2011-12 marketing year with prices offered to growers soaring 22% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Export Movement Sinks in July

VANCOUVER - Aug 2/12 - SNS -- Bulk conventional exports of pulses and other specialty crops from Canada fell in July, dropping below both year earlier levels and month earlier levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India - Minimum Support Prices for 2012-13

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India - Kharif Seeding Progress to Aug 3, 2012

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Kharif Pulse Area May Drop 900,000 HA

VANCOUVER - Aug 3/12 - SNS -- Seeding progress during the past week was "normal" for India's kharif or summer monsoon season pulse crops, judging from India's Agriculture Department's weekly seeding progress update. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Demand Supports Peas

VANCOUVER - Aug 4/12 - SNS -- Field pea markets continued to strengthen through the past week against short covering by exporters and occasional surges in demand from the Indian subcontinent. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India Fears "Drought"

VANCOUVER - NEW DELHI - Aug 4/12 - SNS -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has finally backed off its forecast of a near normal monsoon, now agreeing with earlier forecasts from Japan and other meteorologists that this year's rainfall would be at least 15% below normal. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Harvest Progress to August 6, 2012

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USDA Buys 12,930 MT Peas

KANSAS CITY - Aug 9/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 12,930 metric tons (MT) of peas for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India - Kharif Seeding Progress to Aug 10, 2012

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Kharif Seeding Progress Falters

VANCOUVER - Aug 10/12 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's kharif season pulse crops limped forward during the past week, with farmers only planting 170,000 hectares during the week, judging from India's Agriculture Department's weekly seeding progress update. Weekly seeding progress normally averages 285,000 hectares per week the first half of August. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Field Peas Remain Firm

VANCOUVER - Aug 11/12 - SNS -- Canadian field pea markets maintained their firm tone through the past week as the 2012-13 export campaign gets underway. . . . Continue or visitors click here

United Kingdom - Pulses Used to Make feed - Jun 2012

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Saskatchewan Harvest Progress to August 13, 2012

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India Re-emerges As France's Top Buyer

VANCOUVER - Aug 16/12 - SNS -- France's 2011-12 marketing campaign finished with India emerging as the most important destination for peas as it was able to take advantage of fundamental shortages of product in Canada and the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India - Kharif Seeding Progress to August 17, 2012

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Faster Kharif Seeding Progress in Past Week

VANCOUVER - Aug 17/12 - SNS -- India's farmers seeded more pulses than normal during the past week, in response to a significant improvement in monsoon rainfall levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 169,500 MT

WINNIPEG - Aug 17/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 169,500 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2012-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Little Harvest Selling Pressure

VANCOUVER - Aug 18/12 - SNS -- North American field pea markets maintained their firm tone through the past week, with grower bids holding steady despite improved availability of new crop product in western Canada and the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada - Special Crop Production Summary - Aug 2012

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Canada - August Estimates Versus Actual

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Canada's Farmers Plant Less Than Intended

VANCOUVER - Aug 22/12 - SNS -- Canadian farmers planted 535,000 fewer acres of pulses and specialty crops than expected, with the result total land in specialty crops and pulses will only advance from 5.78 to 6.83 million acres this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Number Smaller Than Hoped

VANCOUVER - Aug 22/12 - SNS -- Field pea plantings in western Canada did not rise as much as first thought, according to the first official crop estimate of the year from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 21,400 MT Peas

KANSAS CITY - Aug 23/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 21,400 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Harvest Progress to August 20, 2012

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India - Kharif Seeding Progress to Aug 24, 2012

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 284,500 MT

WINNIPEG - Aug 24/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 284,500 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2012-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India's Kharif Pulse Area Down 1.4M Hectares

VANCOUVER - Aug 24/12 - SNS -- Monsoon or kharif season pulse area is down sharply from last year and almost one million hectares below the recent five year average seeding rate for this time of year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Kharif Seeding Progress Down 1.4M Hectares

VANCOUVER - Aug 24/12 - SNS -- India's farmers made limited progress seeding this year's pulses during the past week, with the result area planted so far this year is now down almost 1.4 million hectares form this time last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India - Kharif Seeding Progress to August 24, 2012

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Strong Finish for Field Peas

VANCOUVER - Aug 24/12 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week on a strong note against continued demand from the Indian subcontinent. . . . Continue or visitors click here

China's Pea Needs Will Grow

TIANJIN - Aug 29/12 - SNS -- China's demand for peas may stall during the 2012-13 marketing campaign, but it should continue to expand through 2016, potentially reaching one million metric tons (MT) annually. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 392,400 MT

WINNIPEG - Aug 31/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 392,400 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2012-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Harvest Progress to August 27, 2012

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India - Kharif Season Seeding Progress to Aug 31, 3012

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India's Pulse Area Gap Narrows

VANCOUVER - Aug 31/12 - SNS -- India's farmers made excellent progress seeding this year's pulses during the past week, with the result area planted so far this year is only down 576,000 hectares from this time last year, compared to a 1.4 million deficit last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Export Movement Slowed in July

VANCOUVER - Aug 31/12 - SNS -- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reports 57,400 metric tons (MT) field pea were exported through licensed terminal facilities which are required to report to it all grain movement in July. The CGC data does not include exports in containers or from non-reporting terminals. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mixed Week For Field Peas

VANCOUVER - Aug 31/12 - SNS -- International field pea markets posted a mixed finish against ongoing movement of product to the Indian subcontinent and developed demand from feed buyers in Spain and western Europe. . . . Continue or visitors click here