VANCOUVER - Oct 1/04 - SNS -- Canada's field pea harvest is around 90% complete, resulting in a change of attitude among Canadian processors toward marketing this year's crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Oct 1/04 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets in North America finished the week's trading on an easier note in the face of improved grower deliveries in Michigan and other key production areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 4/04 - SNS -- Large parts of the dry edible bean growing area in the United States received a strong frost late last week, but there were no immediate reports of significant damage to any fields which had not fully ripened. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Oct 7/04 - SNS -- Pulse exports from Burma slowed during July and August, with total shipments falling well below levels achieved during those two months in 2001, 2002 or 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Oct 8/04 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean markets rebounded slightly during the past week, ending at modestly higher overall trading levels on both grower and inter-dealer markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 12/04 - SNS -- This year's frosts in August and September in North Dakota and Minnesota caused irreversible damage to this year's dry edible bean crops, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Bean Production Estimates By State . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Oct 12/04 - SNS -- This year's dry edible bean harvest is quickly moving into the final stretch, with over half the entire U.S. bean crop now in the bin. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Pulse Imports by Class 2001-2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Domestic Dry Edible Bean Usage . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Dry Edible Bean Average Values 1997-2002 . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Oct 15/04 - SNS -- The United States is flirting with the possibility of being a net importer of dry edible beans for the first time in memory on account of this year's disastrous harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Oct 15/04 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean markets were supported by the latest USDA crop production estimates, which confirmed the extent of damage to crops in North Dakota and Minnesota. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 18/04 - SNS -- This year's dry edible bean harvest is in its final stages in the United States, with over 80% the entire U.S. bean crop now in the bin. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Oct 19/04 - STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 26,400 MT, compared to 46,650 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PRETORIA - Oct 20/04 - SNS -- The potential size of the 2004-05 pulse harvest in South Africa are down, following release of the latest winter crop estimates by the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 21/04 - SNS -- Smaller dry edible bean harvest in the United States will likely force the industry to reduce export shipments for the second year in a row, suggests the USDA's Economic Research Service Vegetables and Melons Outlook report by Gary Lucier and Alberto Jerardo. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Oct 22/04 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week under mixed conditions, with spread between North American and other origin beans seeming to widen. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Oct 25/04 - SNS -- A new mung bean variety is available to growers in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland, following development work by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales Department of PrimaryIndustries and Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 25/04 - SNS -- Dry edible bean harvest activity was slowed in much of the growing region in the United States, with some states complaining about the arrival of winter weather. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Oct 25/04 - SNS -- Western Canada's field pea and lentil harvest is virtually complete, but a significant portion of the chickpeas and dry edible beans planted this year in Saskatchewan and Manitoba may not be harvested. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 26/04 - SNS -- The United States will repeal the law which granted illegal export subsidies to U.S. firms through foreign sales corporation (FSC) scheme on January 1, 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 27/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers are now making seed available to researchers from a new pinto bean germplasm line, which is resistant to anthracnose. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Oct 29/04 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets registered a mixed performance during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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