Field and Feed Pea Market News for November 2011

USDA Tenders for 2,000 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Nov 1/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 2,000 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Export Movement Eases in October

VANCOUVER - Nov 1/11 - SNS -- Bulk conventional exports of pulses and other specialty crops from Canada slowed In October, with total shipments falling almost 25% behind last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India's Rabi Season Planting Starts

DELHI - Nov 4/11 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's rabi or winter season crops is getting underway in India, with some progress reported in parts of the country during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 271,400 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 4/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 271,400 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Tightening Stocks Keep Peas Firm

VANCOUVER - Nov 5/11 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week little changed against relatively light trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Winter Pea Harvest Drops 16%

WASHINGTON - Nov 9/11 - SNS -- Austrian winter pea production in the United States dropped 16% from last year to 19.9 million pounds or 9,027 metric tons (MT), according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

62% Plunge in U.S. Pea Harvest

WASHINGTON - Nov 9/11 - SNS -- Field pea production in the United States collapsed 62% from last year to just 5.39 million cwt (100 pound units) or 244,625 metric tons (MT), according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

United States -- Pea and Lentil Production Summary - Nov 2011

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French Pea Exports Maintain Normal Pace

VANCOUVER - Nov 9/11 - SNS -- French field pea export movement maintained its seasonal strength through September, rising above year earlier levels, though falling short of the quantity shipped in August, according to the latest data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

United Kingdom - Pulses Used in Livestock Feed - Sep 2011

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USDA Buys 2,000 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Nov 10/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,000 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 245,300 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 11/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 245,300 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India's Winter Pulse Seedings Leap Forward

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/11 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's rabi or winter season pulses is making excellent progress, with pulse plantings jumping 22.3% above last year to 4.5 million hectares so far this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Markets Ease

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/11 - SNS -- North American field pea markets finished the week's trading on a slightly easier note against slowing export movement of human consumption product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Rabi Seeding Pace Slower in Past Week

DELHI - Nov 18/11 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's rabi or winter season crops has fallen behind last year, judging from the latest data available from India's agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 234,200 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 18/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 234,200 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada -- Specialty Crop Acreage Forecast for 2012

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General Increase in Canadian Pulses in 2012

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/11 - SNS -- Barring another year of extreme flooding in the spring, land in all crops in Canada will be up sharply over the previous two years as farmers bring land that was unintentionally left fallow back into production. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Easier Tone in Peas

VANCOUVER - Nov 19/11 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week on a generally easier note as supplies available for sale moved ahead of the short term needs of consumer buyers and exporters. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 5,750 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Nov 22/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 5,750 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Exports Falter in October

WINNIPEG - Nov 24/11 - SNS -- Canadian field pea exports via licensed bulk terminals dropped in October, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 217,400 MT

WINNIPEG - Nov 25/11 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 217,400 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2011-11 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Rabi Seeding Pace Quickens

DELHI - Nov 26/11 - SNS -- The pace at which farmers are planting this year's rabi or winter season crops has picked up, asserts India's agriculture department, though overall seeding progress is only up 0.4% from this point last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Weak Canadian Dollar Nudges Peas Lower

VANCOUVER - Nov 26/11 - SNS -- Some of last week's sharp drop in the value of the Canadian dollar was shared with buyers, with asking prices for green and yellow peas slipping on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here