Dry Pea Market News for May 2014

Logistical Issues Support Spot Market

VANCOUVER - May 3/14 - SNS -- International field pea markets finished the week's trading on a relatively firm note, with spot markets helped by the remaining logistical problems in Canada. . . . Continue

Canada Field Pea Stocks in All Positions - March 31, 2014

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Net Drop in Canadian Pulse Inventories

VANCOUVER - May 5/14 - SNS -- Statistics Canada reported an overall increase in on-farm stocks of grains and oilseeds compared to March 31 last year, but reported a net decline in pulse and special crop inventories from last year. . . . Continue

U.S. Pea Seeding Makes Good Progress

VANCOUVER - May 6/14 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's field pea crops continues to make relatively good progress in the United States. . . . Continue

France Export Pace Improves

VANCOUVER - May 7/14 - SNS -- The pace of field pea exports from France improved in March, rising above the previous month but falling below year earlier levels, according to data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue

USDA Buys 10,400 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - May 7/14 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 10,400 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue

Initial Seeding Underway in Saskatchewan

REGINA - May 8/14 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's pulse and special crops is just getting underway in southwestern Saskatchewan, but seeding will not become general across the province until after the middle of May, according to the first crop report of the season from Saskatchewan Agriculture. . . . Continue

Field Pea Export Pace May Improve

VANCOUVER - May 10/14 - SNS -- North American field pea markets finished the week little changed, but with optimism the pace of exports will improve in the coming weeks. . . . Continue

Weather Slows N.D. Pea Seeding

VANCOUVER - May 12/14 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's field pea crops continues to make relatively good progress in the United States. . . . Continue

United Kingdom Pulses Used to Manufacture Livestock Feed

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Saskatchewan Seeding Progress to May 12, 2014

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Record Indian Pulse Crop Nears

NEW DELHI - May 16/14 - SNS -- India's Government forecasters are not backing down from forecasts of record food grain and pulse production across the 2013-14 production season, which includes last year's kharif season crop and the rabi season harvest now underway in the country. . . . Continue

Field Pea Export Pace Improving

VANCOUVER - May 16/14 - SNS -- Field pea markets were nominally unchanged to firmer against relatively light spot demand, but improving medium term demand from the Indian subcontinent and China. . . . Continue

U.S. Pea Seeding Making Good Progress

VANCOUVER - May 20/14 - SNS -- Field pea seeding in the United States continues to advance at a slower than normal pace because of North Dakota's slow start. . . . Continue

USDA Tenders for 3,070 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - May 22/14 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 3,070 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue

Saskatchewan Seeding Progress to May 19, 2014

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Saskatchewan Seeding Pushes Forward

REGINA - May 23/14 - SNS -- Seeding of all crops in Saskatchewan is now 22% complete, up from 7% last week, but behind the recent five year average of 29% sown by the third week of May. . . . Continue

More Normal Pea Movement Expected

VANCOUVER - May 24/14 - SNS -- Canadian field pea export movement is getting back to normal, with the Canadian Grain Commission data indicating 39,800 metric tons (MT) have been exported so far in May. . . . Continue