NEW DELHI - Jul 3/06 - SNS -- Seeding of pulse crops has surged forward in India even though this year's monsoon was 21% below normal during June. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 4/06 - SNS -- Canadian specialty crop port clearances maintained their recent downward trend in June, with field pea clearances down almost 22,000 metric tons (MT) from June and no other special crops shipped through terminals and Thunder or Vancouver which report to the Canadian Ports Clearance Association. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Jul 5/06 - SNS -- Specialty crop conditions in Saskatchewan were little changed on the week, with Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food rating crops in mainly good to excellent condition across the province. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Jul 5/06 - SNS -- The Indian government is lengthening its ban on pulse exports from December 26 to March 31, 2007 in an effort to dampen domestic prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 5/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here changed PL-480 food aid tender invitation 076 by switching the requirement for whole yellow peas to green and/or yellow peas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 5/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 180 metric tons (MT) of whole green peas for shipment to Bolivia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 6/06 - SNS -- News for this year's kharif or monsoon season crops in India is more uncertain than usual, with reports of increased seedings offset by news the country's monsoon is weaker than normal. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jul 7/06 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 162,200 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2005-06 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 7/06 - SNS -- Shipments of pulses and dry edible beans from Myanmar rose sharply in May, almost doubling to 124,795 metric tons (MT) when compared to last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 7/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 12,500 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment in August. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 7/06 - SNS -- Lentil markets managed a mixed performance under relatively trading interest during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 7/06 - SNS -- Chickpea markets were little changed in light trading during the past week, even though some processors in Canada expressed worries about the status of crops in southern crop districts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 7/06 - SNS -- European feed pea markets finished down on the week in local currency terms, reflecting the availability of new crop product from growers in France and other parts of the continent. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 7/06 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean markets were quiet during the past week, with many traders in Canada and the United States off work on Monday and Tuesday as both countries celebrated national holidays. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 7/06 - SNS -- International field pea markets ended the week's trading on a mixed note, with exporters keen to start selling into new crop shipping positions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 7/06 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets ended the holiday shortened trading week mostly unchanged. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Jul 10/06 - SNS -- The Indian government has issued three separate tenders to will tender July 17 to buy up to 110,500 metric tons (MT) of five kinds of pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 10/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration has established official grading standards for feed peas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Jul 11/06 - SNS -- Hot and dry weather durting the past week added stress to specialty crops being grown in Saskatchewan resulting in a general loss in crop dontiion, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food's weekly crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 12/06 - SNS -- Lentil markets were surprised to see the USDA report growers there planted 6.7% fewer lentils this year instead of boosting seeded area to take advantage of minimum price guarantees available under the U.S. Farm Program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 12/06 - SNS -- Field pea growers in the United States defied expectations this year, only increasing seeded area 10.8% to 895,000 acres, instead of seeding over a million acres, according to the latest USDA crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 12/06 - SNS -- Planted acreage of Austrian winter peas for Idaho, Montana, and Oregon is forecast at 41,000 acres, down 4% from 2005, according to the latest USDA crop report. Area harvested is forecast at 24,500 acres, the same as a year ago. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about United States -- Pea and Lentil Production Summary . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/06 - SNS -- Pulse growers in the United States are showing an unexpected lack of excitement over the product group this year, having cut dry edible bean seedings 9% from their March seeding intentions and 7% below last year to 1.56 million acres and now failing to increase field pea and lentil area as much as expected. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/06 - SNS -- Spot lentil markets remained under pressure during the past week as growers and processors in Canada worked to clear room for the coming harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/06 - SNS -- Feed pea managed a mixed finish during the past week, with North American export markets showing a weaker tone, while north European markets were firmer in local currency terms and weaker in U.S. dollar terms. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/06 - SNS -- Field pea markets were pleased with the latest USDA seeded area estimates for the crop in the United States because instead of jumping a third or more, acreage was only up 10.8%. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/06 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets maintained a generally easier undertone in the face of increased new crop selling pressure from Argentina. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/06 - SNS -- Chickpea markets were mostly unchanged during the past week, with markets closely watching the progress of crops in western Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/06 - SNS -- Markets for birdseed ingredients managed a mixed performance during the past week as overall demand remained behind quantities of merchandise available from growers and processors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Jul 17/06 - SNS -- Seeding of summer monsoon or kharif season pulses remains ahead of last year, according to the country's agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -Jul 17/06 - SNS -- Field pea exports from France continued their recent upward trend in May, managing their fifth month over month increase to total 49,595 metric tons (MT), compared to 43,870 MT the same month last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jul 17/06 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 132,600 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2005-06 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about India -- Pulse Supply-Demand Forecast - July 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

NEW DELHI - Jul 18/06 - SNS -- Spot markets for pulses and wheat in India have cooled considerably since the government took steps to encourage imports of the both commodities. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 18/06 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean crops are in mostly good condition as of the middle of July, though there are problems with crops in some parts of the growing region, according to Parrish & Heimbecker, Ltd.'s Steve Scholze. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CALGARY - Jul 19/06 - SNS -- Commercially viable levels of insulin were produced by a safflower plant genetically modified by the biotechnology firm, SemBioSys Genetics Inc., to produce the human form of the protein. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jul 19/06 - SNS -- Brazil is a steady, if not massive, buyer of Canadian specialty crops, notes Bobby Morgan, Coarse Grains Analyst with Agriculture Canada's Market Analysis Division office here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 7/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 6,740 . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 19/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 180 metric tons (MT) of green peas for shipment to Bolivia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jul 21/06 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 120,100 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2005-06 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 21/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 2,440 metric tons (MT) of lentils for shipment to Sri Lanka. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/06 - SNS -- Pulse exports from Myanmar continued to expand in June, maintaining this year's month by month record of posting increases over last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/06 - SNS -- Feed pea markets finished the week unchanged to firmer as countries such as India competed with domestic users for new crop product from France and the Ukraine, diverting peas from feed to food markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/06 - SNS -- Hot and dry conditions across much of the U.S. midwest and spreading into Canada is having an impact on birdseed ingredient markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/06 - SNS -- International lentil markets were relatively quiet during the past week as market participants in western Canada and the U.S. midwest worked hard to lose the crop to the heat wave which is blanketing the region. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/06 - SNS -- Chickpea markets remain little changed in light trading interest for North American product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/06 - SNS -- Canadian field pea markets dropped in value during the past week, even as complaints over the current heat wave grew louder. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/06 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean markets experienced a relatively quiet week. but managed a firmer close as processors and other market participants lifted asking prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Jul 24/06 - SNS -- The gap between the amount of summer monsoon or kharif season pulses sown narrowed considerably during the past week as seeding activity for this commodity group slowed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 24/06 - SNS -- The condition of dry edible bean crops in the United States was little changed during the past week, judging from the latest state level crop progress reports. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Jul 24/06 - SNS -- Hot and dry weather through the third week of July continued to stress specialty crops in that province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food's weekly crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 25/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here cancelled a tender seeking 2,440 metric tons (MT) of lentils for shipment to Sri Lanka. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 26/06 - SNS -- International pulse markets remain relatively busy at mid-week with the harvest advancing in the United States and Europe and hot and dry weather pushing Canadian crops towards maturity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Jul 28/06 - SNS -- Government controlled trading enterprises which were tendering to buy 191,500 metric tons (MT) of pulses have delayed the tenders indefinitely because they believe prices on world markets are at a premium to the country'sdomestic market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jul 28/06 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 108,800 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2005-06 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jul 28/06 - SNS -- Canadian mustard seed yield prospects may have been hurt by the recent hot and dry weather which has scorched much of western Canada, warns Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd. in a recent review of the commodity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER- Jul 28/06 - SNS -- North American lentil are in the midst of the transition from current to new crop pricing. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER- Jul 28/06 - SNS -- Dry edible beans finished the week's trading on a slightly firmer note in North America as processors worry more about the potential impact hot and dry weather will have on yields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER- Jul 28/06 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets continued to strength during the past week against fears about the impact recent weather conditions will have on yields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER- Jul 28/06 - SNS -- Chickpea markets were relatively steady during the past week, reflecting the fact that they started the summer growing season at high levels, making it hard for the evolving weather situation to propel them higher. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER- Jul 28/06 - SNS -- European feed pea markets continued to advance through the past week, helped by emerging worries about feed ingredient supplies on account of drought reduced yields in parts of Europe. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER- Jul 28/06 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week on a firmer note in both Canada and the United States against worries about the impact hot and dry conditions will have on yields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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