WASHINGTON - Feb 2/04 - SNS -- American and Russian researchers are working on a two-pronged approach to boosting the nitrogen fixation rates of field peas with the aim of boosting crops yields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Feb 3/04 - SNS -- Britain's pulse industry continues to struggle with shortages of good quality product to meet the sales opportunities opening up in the Pacific Rim and Middle East, reports the British Edible Pulse Association (BEPA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Feb 4/04 - STAT -- The avian flu outbreak in south Asia is having a direct impact on lupin markets because building stocks of soybean meal are competing for those niche feed markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Feb 4/04 - SNS -- South America's ancient, mutabilis lupin could hold the key to creating new opportunities for the Australian industry, believes Dr Jon Clements, a researcher from the University of Western Australia-based Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 6/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 186,700 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

VANCOUVER - Feb 6/04 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week under mixed conditions, with Canadian traders reporting relatively good demand while their Australian counterparts lamented the quiet. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/04 - SNS -- Government production targets for rabi season pulses appear to have declined at least a million metric tons (MT) to 9 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 9/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) has come up with a way to deal with the problem of thresher run or farmers dressed field peas under the U.S. Farm Program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 13/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 207,000 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

VANCOUVER - Feb 13/04 - SNS -- International field pea and chickpea markets remain relatively quiet because of limited demand from the Indian subcontinent and little fresh news in feed pea markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SEOUL - Feb 18/04 - SNS -- South Korea has boosted its import quota for feed peas from 160,000 to 450,000 metric tons (MT) under changes to its import regime intended to ease costs for the country's livestock industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS - Feb 18/04 - STAT -- French field pea exports maintained their modest pace through December, with monthly shipments totalling just 33,760 metric tons (MT) to other European destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 18/04 - STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 tenders bring actual and potential purchases of pulses for shipment as food aid during the 2003-04 shipping season to 159,850 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 18/04 - STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 87,730 MT, compared to 70,800 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 20/04 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here boosted the quantity of whole peas included in its latest PL-480 food aid tender from 3,360 metric tons to 4,900 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 20/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 150,500 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

VANCOUVER - Feb 20/04 - STAT -- International field pea markets finished the week mixed, against relatively light commercial demand, but continued government food aid buying. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 26/04 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here amended PL-480 food aid tender invitation 034 to allow processors to offer green and/or yellow splits peas on the split pea portion of the request. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 137,200 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

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- Field pea markets ended the week under mixed conditions, with those in the United States supported by continued government buying, while markets elsewhere were tentative. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/04 - STAT -- The British Edible Pulse Association (BEPA) says grower interest in planting lupins in 2004 is strong because of firm international markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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