Field and Feed Pea Market News for December 2010

Disappointing November For Pea Exports

VANCOUVER - Dec 1/10 - SNS -- Canadian field pea exporters recorded a disappointing November, with a large number of nominated vessels sliding over into December. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 8,850 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Dec 2/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 8,850 metric tons (MT) of pulses for prepositioning in U.S. Gulf ports for eventual shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada - 2010 Production Summary for Field Peas

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 264,700 MT

WINNIPEG - Dec 3/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 264,700 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Jaw Dropping Canadian Crop Estimates

VANCOUVER - Dec 3/10 - SNS -- Statistics Canada's final crop production estimates for 2010 contained jaw dropping changes from numbers released during the growing season, confirming the adage that "rain makes grain". . . . Continue or visitors click here

Toughening Pea Outlook

VANCOUVER - Dec 3/10 - SNS -- Field pea markets managed another firm finish on the week against a growing sense that while demand will slow in the new, Canada will experience a major reduction inventories by next summer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Australian Seeded Area Estimates - Dec 2010

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Australian Crop Production Estimates - Dec 2010

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Australian Pulse Crop Potential Shrinks

CANBERRA - Dec 6/10 - SNS -- This year's pulse harvest is falling far short of the potential see for the crop in September and October as unusually rainy weather has devastated crops in pats of the country and recent events in areas which had escaped recent downpours are generating concern about the remainder of the crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Buys 12,010 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Dec 8/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 12,010 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 258,000 MT

WINNIPEG - Dec 10/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 258,000 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 160 MT Peas

KANSAS CITY - Dec 10/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 160 metric tons (MT) of peas for shipment as food aid to Uganda. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Record Field Pea Exports in Canada

VANCOUVER - Dec 11/10 - SNS -- Export data for the first quarter of Canada's marketing year confirmed that product is leaving the country at a record pace. . . . Continue or visitors click here

French Pea Exports Maintain Brisker Pace

VANCOUVER - Dec 14/10 - SNS -- For the fourth month in a row, field pea exports from France were above year earlier levels, judging from data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 268,400 MT

WINNIPEG - Dec 17/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 268,400 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Feverish Exports Support Peas

VANCOUVER - Dec 17/10 - SNS -- North American field pea markets finished the week's trading on a strong note against feverish export activity in Canada and tight processing capacity in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Feb Tenders Reach 4,370 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Dec 22/10 - STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 tenders bring actual and potential purchases of pulses for shipment as food aid during the Sep-Feb shipping season to 81,050 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 160 MT Peas

KANSAS CITY - Dec 22/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 160 metric tons (MT) of peas for shipment as food aid to Uganda. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 4,210 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Dec 22/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 4,210 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea and Lentil Tenders Reach 4,050 MT

KANSAS CITY - Dec 22/10 - STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 69,610 MT, compared to 77,420 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 234,000 MT

WINNIPEG - Dec 28/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 234,000 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India Extending Pulse Trade Policies

NEW DELHI - Dec 29/10 - SNS -- India will extend its ban on pulse exports and allow pulses to be imported duty free after March 31, 2011, according to the country's agriculture minister Sharad Pawar. . . . Continue or visitors click here