Field and Feed Pea Market News for January 2013

India's Rabi Pulse Area Near Average

VANCOUVER - Jan 4/13 - SNS -- Pulse area in India remains behind last year, but almost identical to the recent average for the first week of January. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Peas Start 2013 Unchanged to Firmer

VANCOUVER - Jan 4/13 - SNS -- International field pea markets unchanged to firmer as January got underway. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 219,800 MT

WINNIPEG - Jan 8/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 219,800 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2012-13 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

France Pea Export Pace Remains Slow

VANCOUVER - Jan 8/13 - SNS -- Field pea export movement from France managed a modest improvement in November, but total movement since the start of the country's marketing year are down 60.5% from the same five-month period last year, judging from data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada - Marketing Year Pea Export Clearance Summary

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USDA Buys 15,120 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Jan 10/13 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 15,120 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Wrinkled Pea Seed Output Plunges

WASHINGTON - Jan 11/13 - SNS -- Wrinkled seed peas production in the United States is estimated at 406,000 cwt (100 pound units) in 2012, down 20% from 2011, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2012 . . . Continue or visitors click here

AWP Production Declines

WASHINGTON - Jan 11/13 - SNS -- Austrian winter pea production in the United States contonued to decline in 2012, with production dropping 7% from the previous year, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2012. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Dry Pea Crop Smaller Than Hoped

WASHINGTON - Jan 11/13 - SNS -- Dry field pea production in the United States ended up smaller than expected, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2012. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 168,400 MT

WINNIPEG - Jan 11/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 168,400 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2012-13 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India - Rabi Seeding Progress to January 11,2013

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Few Changes in Lentils

VANCOUVER - Jan 13/13 - SNS -- North American field pea markets posted a mixed finish on the week, with prices nominally easier in the United States but unchanged in Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canadian Food Soybean Quality Analysis

WINNIPEG - Jan 15/13 - SNS -- Last year's food-type soybean harvest in Canada expeienced an average decrease in protein content and an average increase in oil content, according to and analysis of 183 generic food-type and 5 Natto-type soybean samples tested by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Crop, Chemical Rotation Criticial to Limiting Blight

BOZEMAN - Jan 17/13 - MSU -- Growers generally appreciate moisture, but wind-driven rain and hail have spread blight through Montana's lentil, chickpea and dry pea fields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India - Rabi Seeding Progress to January 18, 2013

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 174,000 MT

WINNIPEG - Jan 18/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 174,000 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2012-13 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Peas Maintain Strong Tone

VANCOUVER - Jan 18/13 - SNS -- International field pea markets finished the week;s trading on a relatively quiet note. . . . Continue or visitors click here

2012 Pea Harvest Cooks Quicker

WINNIPEG - Jan 25/13 - SNS -- Peas harvested in 2012 cook much faster than those harvested in 2011, according to tests conducted by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) on samples submitted for analysis by western Canadian farmers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 215,100 MT

WINNIPEG - Jan 25/13 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 215,100 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2012-13 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Green Peas Maintain Record Prices

VANCOUVER - Jan 25/13 - SNS -- International field pea markets finished the week’s trading on a relatively strong note, with whole and split green peas leading markets upward. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 14,720 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Jan 26/13 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 14,720 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA PL-480 Food Aid Tender Summary - Mar 2013

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Lower Special Crop Area in Canada

WINNIPEG - Jan 29/13 - SNS -- Agriculture Canada thinks farmers will reduce this year's pulse and specialty crop area by 7.6% to 6.55 million acres from last year's 7.09 million. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Pea Exports Improve in December

VANCOUVER - Jan 30/13 - SNS -- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reports 85,900 metric tons (MT) field pea were exported through licensed terminal facilities which are required to report to it all grain movement in December. The CGC data does not include exports in containers or from non-reporting terminals. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Molecular Breeding Expanding in Pulses

VANCOUVER - Jan 31/13 - SNS -- Molecular breeding technology is being brought to bear on pigeon peas and will be applied to chickpeas now that researchers have sequenced its genome. . . . Continue or visitors click here