Field and Feed Pea Market News for March 2012

USDA Tenders for 1,500 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Mar 1/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 1,500 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 156,700 MT

WINNIPEG - Mar 2/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 156,700 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Export Movement Slow in February

VANCOUVER - Mar 2/12 - SNS -- Bulk conventional exports of pulses and other specialty crops from Canada sank to their lowest level since April of 2010, with total shipments plunging 86% from both the previous month and the same month last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Light Trade in Peas

VANCOUVER - Mar 3/12 - SNS -- International field pea markets were little changed against relatively light trading interest during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Buys 6,290 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Mar 7/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office confirmed the purchase of 6,290 metric tons (MT) of peas and lentils for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Sets 2012-13 Loan Rates

WASHINGTON - Mar 9/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) set regional pulse crop loan rates for the 2012 crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 177,300 MT

WINNIPEG - Mar 9/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 177,300 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 900 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Mar 9/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 1,500 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

United Kingdom Pulse Use in Livestock Feed - Jan 2012

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Field Pea Markets Gain Ground

VANCOUVER - Mar 10/12 - SNS -- Limited grower selling interest helped push Canadian field pea markets higher on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

French Pea Exports Still Slowing

VANCOUVER - Mar 14/12 - SNS -- French field pea export movement continued to slow in January, dropping below both year and month earlier levels, according to the latest data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 155,600 MT

WINNIPEG - Mar 16/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 155,600 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Firm one in Field Peas

VANCOUVER - Mar 16/12 - SNS -- North American field pea prices maintained their firm tone throughout the past week, with supplies available from exporters closely matching the short term needs of the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 12,700 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Mar 21/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 12,700 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 184,100 MT

WINNIPEG - Mar 23/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 184,100 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Peas Firm Against Tight Inventories

VANCOUVER - Mar 24/12 - SNS - Field pea markets finished the week's trading mostly unchanged against the general belief that inventories are already depleted. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India Extends Pulse Export Ban

NEW DELHI - Mar 28/12 - SNS -- The Indian government will extend the ban on general pulse exports for another year, though the private trade can still export kabuli chickpeas and up to 10,000 metric tons (MT) of organic pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Massive Increase in U.S. Peas

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/12 - SNS -- Field pea growers in the United States want to massively increase land in the crop to a 619,000 acres, with most of the increase coming from North Dakota, where farmers could not finish seeding last year's crops, according to this year's seeding intentions report from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 207,200 MT

WINNIPEG - Mar 31/12 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 207,200 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-12 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Field Peas

VANCOUVER - Mar 31/12 - SNS -- International field pea markets finished the week little changed in relatively trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here