Field and Feed Pea Market News for October 2010

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 373,200 MT

WINNIPEG - Oct 1/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 373,200 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Record Start For Pea Exports

VANCOUVER - Oct 1/10 - SNS -- Canadian field pea exporters maintained their record setting pace through September, with export clearances for the first quarter of the 2010-11 marketing year likely to set a new record for the August through October period. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Peas

VANCOUVER - Oct 1/10 - SNS -- Field pea markets were little changed during the past week, as solid progress with this year's harvest vastly improved the supply of peas available from growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Smaller Than Feared Pulse Estimates

VANCOUVER - Oct 4/10 - SNS -- Statistics Canada's crop production estimates will provide further ammunition to market bulls based on the idea that the survey could not fully account for yield losses because it was taken several weeks before the bulk of the crop be harvested. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Harvest Lurches Forward

VANCOUVER - Oct 8/10 - SNS -- Good harvest weather allowed Saskatchewan's farmers to make significant harvest progress, with 60% of all crops now in the bin as of October 4 and another 30% swathed or ready to straight-combine, according to the provincial agriculture department's weekly crop progress report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 336,000 MT

WINNIPEG - Oct 8/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 336,000 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Strong Finish For Field Peas

VANCOUVER - Oct 10/10 - SNS -- North American field pea markets finished the week's trading on a strong note despite forecasts of a record pulse harvest in India in 2010-11. . . . Continue or visitors click here

United Kingdom - Pulses Used in Feed - Aug 2010

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Biologists Isolate Pea Flower Color Gene

LONDON - Oct 13/10 - SNS -- Researchers at John Innes Centre have helped discover the key to one of biology's most well-known experiments – the gene that controls pea flower colour, used by Mendel in his initial studies of inheritance. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Harvest Progress to October 11, 2010

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Canada - 2010 Special Crop Production Potential

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Saskatchewan Harvest Leaps Forward

VANCOUVER - Oct 14/10 - SNS -- Saskatchewan's harvest leapt forward during the past week, with pea and lentil harvests now in their final stages, according to the latest crop progress report from the provincial agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

French Pea Exports Jump in August

VANCOUVER - Oct 14/10 - SNS -- Field pea exports from France during the first two months of the current marketing year are now more than double last year, according to data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 344,300 MT

WINNIPEG - Oct 15/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 344,300 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea Final Maybe Higher, Lentils Lower

VANCOUVER - Oct 15/10 - SNS -- Unofficial yield estimates from Saskatchewan Agriculture suggest this year's field pea and mustard seed harvests may end up bigger than expected, while lentil, canaryseed and chickpea production in Canada could be lower than Statistics Canada's October estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Record Export Pace Supports Peas

VANCOUVER - Oct 15/10 - SNS -- A record start to Canada's 2010-11 field pea export program continues to support asking prices for product from that origin. . . . Continue or visitors click here

India Tenders for 50,000 MT Peas

NEW DELHI - Oct 18/10 - The State Trading Corporation of India will tender October 25 to buy 53,000 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment during the closing quarter of the calendar year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Rabi Season MSPs Jump 20%

NEW DELHI - Oct 20/10 - SNS -- Minimum support prices (MSP) for pulse crops to be grown during the coming rabi or winter season are up sharply from last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

September Pea Shipments Surge

VANCOUVER - Oct 20/10 - SNS -- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reports 291,300 metric tons (MT) field pea were exported through licensed terminal facilities which are required to report to it all grain movement in September. The CGC data does not include exports in containers or from non-reporting terminals. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 17,050 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Oct 20/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 17,050 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Sep-Dec Tenders Reach 17,050 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Oct 20/10 - STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 tenders bring actual and potential purchases of pulses for shipment as food aid during the Sep-Dec shipping season to 70,290 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea and Lentil Tenders Reach 15,950 MT

KANSAS CITY - Oct 20/10 - STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 46,880 MT, compared to 44,020 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pea and Lentil Tenders Reach 15,950 MT

KANSAS CITY - Oct 20/10 - STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 46,880 MT, compared to 44,020 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Harvest Wrapping Up

VANCOUVER - Oct 21/10 - SNS -- Saskatchewan's lengthy harvest is finally wrapping up after another week of warm and sunny weather, according to the latest crop progress report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan Harvest Progress to October 18, 2010

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 340,500 MT

WINNIPEG - Oct 22/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 340,500 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Short Term Factors Pull Peas

VANCOUVER - Oct 23/10 - SNS -- Short term demand factors continued to dominate thinking in field pea markets through the past week, with the result potentially bearish developments in India had little impact. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Saskatchewan - Harvest Complete As Of October 25, 2010

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 282,300 MT

WINNIPEG - Oct 29/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 282,300 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2010-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Demand Props Peas

VANCOUVER - Oct 29/10 - SNS -- North American field pea markets maintained their firm tone against good export movement from Canada and ongoing PL-480 food aid demand from the U.S. government. . . . Continue or visitors click here