WINNIPEG - Feb 1/07 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 204,100 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2006-07 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 2/07 - SNS -- Adoption of pigeon pea varieties introduced by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is advancing fairly rapidly in China, where it is being used for soil conservation and the seed for several food products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 2/07 - SNS -- International chickpea markets finished the week mostly unchanged against steady inquiry from the Indian subcontinent and limited supplies of all classes of product outside Australia, which recently completed its harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 2/07 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets recorded a mixed performance during the week, with Canadian markets easing and U.S. markets rising. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 2/07 - SNS -- Strong demand relative to the available supply of field peas is continuing to press current crop prices higher for all origins. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 2/07 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week on a strong note in the face of continuing demand for current crop product and improved demand for 2007 crop beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 2/07 - SNS -- International feed pea markets finished the week's trading on a steady to firmer note, even though trading volumes remain limited. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 2/07 - SNS -- Lentil markets finished the week with a relatively strong undertone against ongoing commercial and U.S. government demand for product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 6/07 - SNS -- Strong internal markets for pulses over the past year has resulted in a major increase in total pulse seedings in India and a prospective 8.4% jump in total production levels, despite worrying rabi season yields in key gram or chickpea production areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about India -- 2006-07 Pulse Supply-Demand Update . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Feb 6/07 - SNS -- Unofficial field pea clearances through Canadian ports during the first half of the 200-607 marketing year are down sharply from year earlier levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 7/07 - SNS -- Mexico's Agricultural Workers' Confederation (CNC) contends that dry edible bean producers in Mexico face difficult times if the current imports and 'technical smuggling' (using false information through Customs, claiminglower production costs or switching the product's origin to avoid duties) continue without a countervailing strategy, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 8/07 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 16,910 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 8/07 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 197,700 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2006-07 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/07 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets remain strong in the face of tightening stocks in major exporting regions and good demand from Middle eastern and North African destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/07 - SNS -- Canada's chickpea industry is certain there will be a significant increase in seeded are in 2007. The only question is by how much. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/07 - SNS -- Feed pea markets finished the week's trading mixed against light export trading interest and relatively steady domestic movement in Europe and western Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/07 - SNS -- International field pea markets were unchanged to firmer during the past week against good ongoing demand from the Indian subcontinent. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/07 - SNS -- Agriculture Canada thinks specialty crop acreage will decline in Canada this year as increases for chickpeas, mustard seed, canary seed and sunflower seed are more than offset by decreases for dry peas, lentils and dry beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/07 - SNS -- North American lentil markets remain firm against good underlying demand and movement and worries about how many will be planted this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/07 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets continued to register a mixed performance during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/07 - SNS -- Canada's federal government has had an epiphany over the environment, even though the current policy appears to be that the other guy's policy is not green enough. With the possible exception of the Green Party, all of Canada's federal political parties are jockeying to be viewed as the least least green. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 16/07 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 237,100 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2006-07 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/07 - SNS -- International feed pea markets ended the week little changed in local European markets, though rising in U.S. currency terms. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/07 - SNS -- Lentil markets finished the week's trading on a generally easier tone in quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/07 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets registered another mixed performance during the past week, with Canadian markets unchanged and U.S. ingredient markets firmer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/07 - SNS -- International chickpea markets ended the week's trading mostly unchanged in light activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/07 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets were little changed in quiet trading during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/07 - SNS -- North American field pea markets continued to strengthen during the past week in the face of steady export demand and increasingly reluctant grower participation in markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 17/07 - SNS -- French field pea export activity slumped in December, dropping below both month and year earlier levels, according to the latest data assembled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Feb 19/07 - SNS -- No changes were made to the forecast size of this year's pulse harvest in Australia in the latest crop production estimates from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 21/07 - SNS -- The Indian government eased its ban on pulse exports by allowing Dollar Gram or chana, which is mainly grown in Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 21/07 - STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 114,330 MT, compared to 149,820 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 21/07 - STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 13,030 MT, compared to 29,840 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 21/07 - STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 tenders bring actual and potential purchases of pulses for shipment as food aid during the Sep-Apr shipping season to 127,360 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 23/07 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 167,700 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2006-07 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 23/07 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 530 metric tons (MT) of buckwheat groats and light red kidney beans for shipment a food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 23/07 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading on a generally firmer note in both current and new crop shipping positions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 23/07 - SNS -- North American lentil markets finished the week's unchanged to firmer despite relatively light trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 23/07 - SNS -- International field pea markets maintained their upward momentum during the past week against relatively steady export demand and increasingly reluctant grower selling. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 23/07 - SNS -- International chick pea markets finished the week little change under relatively quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 23/07 - SNS -- The world's feed pea markets finished the week on a steady to firmer note in sympathy with continued strength in markets for corn, soybeans and other major agricultural commodities. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 23/07 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week on a generally firmer note against expectations of a smaller seeded area across North and South America this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 26/07 - SNS -- Nigerseed imports by the United States declined in 2006, according to data available from the U.S. Bureau of Census. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about United States 2006 Dry Edible Bean Import Summary . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Feb 26/07 - SNS -- Keen interest in growing crops for use by the bio-fuel sector is resulting in a more fluid acreage situation in the United States than has been the case for many years, says USDA's Gary Lucier of the Economic Research Services February Vegetables and Melons Outlook. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 26/07 - SNS -- Competition from corn, soybeans and wheat is expected to result in an across the board 10% drop in U.S. field pea and lentils seedings this year, says USDA's Gary Lucier of the Economic Research Services February Vegetables and Melons Outlook. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/07 - SNS -- Pulse production levels in South Africa are expected to down from last season on account of a smaller than expected dry edible bean seeded area, according to the latest crop estimates from the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 27/07 - SNS -- The USDA has set 2007 crop loan rates for small chickpeas, field peas and lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 27/07 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 720 metric tons (MT) of dry edible beans for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Special Crop Bid Summary - Feb 2007 . . . Subscribers Only

EDMONTON - Feb 28/07 - SNS -- Alberta Agriculture researchers have proven that zero-tannin (ZT) fababean can be safely offered to young pigs without negatively impacting feed intake or growth performance. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 28/07 - SNS -- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reports field exports in January totalled 96,400 metric tons (MT) through licensed terminal facilities, which are required to report to it all grain movement. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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