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Specialty Crop Market News for Jun 2010


Pea Movement Surged in May

VANCOUVER - Jun 1/10 - SNS -- The pace of bulk conventional loadings at Canadian ports improved dramatically in May, with shipments more than quadruple the previous month and well up on year earlier levels, judging from port clearances reported by the Canadian Ports Clearance Association. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Lupins Find Use in Making Tempe

SYDNEY - Jun 2/10 - SNS -- Australia's lupin industry is being given a significant boost from increased interest in using them as a partial replacement for soybeans in the manufacture of "Tempe" in Indonesia. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Good progress Seeding U.S. Bean Crops

WASHINGTON - Jun 2/10 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's dry edible bean crops is progressing at a faster rate than last year in the United States, with more beans planted in Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota and Washington. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Buys 2,020 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Jun 3/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,020 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Saskatchewan Mustard Crop Conditions to May 31, 2010

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Saskatchewan Field Pea Crop Conditions to May 31, 2010

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Saskatchewan Special Crop Conditions to May 31, 2010

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Saskatchewan Canaryseed Crop Conditions to May 31, 2010

A table about Saskatchewan Canaryseed Crop Conditions to May 31, 2010 . . . Subscribers Only


Saskatchewan Chickpea Crop Conditions to May 31, 2010

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Saskatchewan Lentil Crop Conditions to May 31, 2010

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Saskatchewan Seeding Crawls Forward

REGINA - Jun 4/10 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's crops is crawling forward in Saskatchewan because of the wet conditions across much of western Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 154,700 MT

WINNIPEG - Jun 4/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 154,700 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2009-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Quiet Week in Chickpea Markets

VANCOUVER - Jun 5/10 - SNS -- International chickpea markets finished the week's trading little changed amid generally light trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Signs of Strength in Lentils

VANCOUVER - Jun 5/10 - SNS -- North American lentil markets showed some signs of underlying strength during the past week in the face of cool and wet conditions in Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Beans See Little Trading Interest

VANCOUVER - Jun 5/10 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading with both buyers and sellers showing little interest in working on new business. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Few Changes in Peas

VANCOUVER - Jun 5/10 - SNS -- Field pea markets finished the week's trading little changed in seasonally quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Tension Building in Canaryseed

VANCOUVER - Jun 5/10 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading with increased tension in Canada on account of the slow pace of seeding this year' crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here


More Rust Resistance in Beans

WASHINGTYON - Jun 7/10 - SNS -- USDA plant breeders have developed new cultivars of common bean which could shore up the legume crop's defenses against the fungal disease common bean rust. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Myanmar Pulse Exports Sink in April

VANCOUVER - Jun 8/10 - SNS -- Pulse exports from Myanmar for the first four months of the 2010 calendar year are down 48.5% from the same period last year, with shipments in April recording the sixth consecutive month in which exports were down from year earlier levels on account of reduced demand from India. . . . Continue or visitors click here


French Pea Exports Improve in April

VANCOUVER - Jun 8/10 - SNS -- The pace of field pea exports from France continued to improve in April, according to data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here


Michigan State Gets $4M For Bean Research

LANSING - Jun 10/10 - SNS -- Michigan State University recived a four-year, $4 million grant from the USDA to work on genetic traits in dry edible beans with the hope of enhancing their economic and nutritional value. . . . Continue or visitors click here


India Fixes Kharif Season MSP

NEW DELHI - Jun 10/10 - SNS -- India boosted minimum support prices (MSP) for this summer's kharif or summer season crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Saskatchewan Estimated Seeding Progress by Crop - June 7, 20

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Saskatchewan Seeding Inches Forward
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India -- Kharif Seeding Progress to June 11, 2010

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 133,200 MT

WINNIPEG - Jun 11/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 133,200 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2009-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


United Kingdom - Pulses Use in Feed - April 2010

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Busy Week In Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - Jun 11/10 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading on a relatively busy note, with activity reported for new crop product from Argentina and spot shipment from the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Seeding Progress Props Birdseed Market

VANCOUVER - Jun 11/10 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets finished the week's trading on a generally firmer note against worries about the ability of farmers in Canada and parts of the United States to finish seeding this year's crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Pea Markets Focus on Stocks

VANCOUVER - Jun 11/10 - SNS -- International field pea markets continue to be dominated by large stocks in Canada and prospects for a bigger crop in France, where an improvement in government subsidies has encouraged expanded area. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Seeding Delays Support Lentils

VANCOUVER - Jun 11/10 - SNS -- Lentil markets continued to firm during the past week against fears seeding this year' crop will not be finished and worries that crops are developing far behind their norms. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Rain Stalls U.S. Bean Seeding

WASHINGTON - Jun 15/10 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's dry edible bean crops is nearing completion, though it was stalled in most states during the past week on account of wet weather. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Australian Seeded Area Estimates

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Australian Crop Production Estimates

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USDA Tenders for 600 MT Peas

KANSAS CITY - Jun 16/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 600 metric tons (MT) of yellow split peas for shipment to Cambodia as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Saskatchean Seeding Progress for Special Crops

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Saskatchewan Special Crop Conditions to June 14, 2010

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Saskatchewan Seeding May Not Finish

REGINA - Jun 17/10 - SNS -- Seeding of this crops inched forward during the past week, with deadlines for planting crops in order to qualify for crop insurance looming around Saskatchewan, reports the provincial agriculture department in its weekly crop progress report. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA develops New Cranberry Bean

WASHINGTON - Jun 17/10 - SNS -- USDA plant breeders have developed a new cranberry dry bean cultivar named Crimson, which is ready for now ready for production in the form of foundation seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here


India -- Kharif Seeding Progress to June 18, 2010

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Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 112,600 MT

WINNIPEG - Jun 18/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 112,600 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2009-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's June Seeding Intentions Loom

VANCOUVER - Jun 18/10 - SNS -- Markets are trying to get interested in the contents of next week's seeded area estimates for Canada, but the ongoing battle to seed this year's crops remains the dominant issue heading into the Statistics Canada report. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Peas Supported By Weather Worries

VANCOUVER - Jun 18/10 - SNS -- Ongoing seeding and development delays in western Canada lent some support to field pea markets during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Crop Satus Bulls Lentils

VANCOUVER - Jun 18/10 - SNS -- International lentil markets advanced in the face of growing worries about the status of crops in western Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here


News Filled Week Supports Birdseeds

VANCOUVER - Jun 18/10 - SNS -- Birdseed ingredient markets were generally firmer during the past week against the realization canaryseed production in Canada will be much smaller than expected. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Buyers Return to Bean Market

VANCOUVER - Jun 18/10 - SNS -- Dry edible bean traders in many key trading areas reported an improvement in overall trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Popcorn Board Reallocation

WASHINGTON - Jun 21/10 - SNS -- The USDA wants to change the member provisions of the Popcorn Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Order. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada -- Specialty Crop Production Summary - June 2010

Canada -- Specialty Crop Production Summary - June 2010 . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada - Intended Pea Area by Class - June 2010

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Canada - Intended Edible Bean Area by Class - June 2010

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Canada - Intended Chickpea Area by Class - June 2010

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Canada - Intended Lentil Area by Class - June 2010

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Canada - Intended Lentil Area by Class - June 2010

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Canada - Intended Canaryseed Area by Class - June 2010

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Canada - Intended Mustard Seed Area by Class - June 2010

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Canada -- June Seeded Area Estimates Versus Actual

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Canada - 2010 Special Crop Area by Type and Province

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Statistical Shock and Awe

VANCOUVER - Jun 23/10 - SNS -- Dry cleaning bills will soar in the pulse industry as traders around the world wipe pools of coffee and tea off their desks, chairs and pants after reading the latest seeded area estimates from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Smaller South African Bean Crop

PRETORIA - Jun 24/10 - SNS -- Dry edible bean production estimates continue to erode in South Africa, with the latest crop update again reduced the estimated size of this seas's summer harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Saskatchewan Special Crop Conditions to June 21, 2010

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Seeding Wrapping Up at 76% Complete

SASKATOON - Jun 24/10 - SNS -- Seeding is wrapping up in Saskatchewan, with just 76% of all crops in the ground after another frustrating week for farmers, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's weekly Crop Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Tenders for 9,390 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Jun 24/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 9,390 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Aug Tenders Reach 9,390 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Jun 24/10 - STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 tenders bring actual and potential purchases of pulses for shipment as food aid during the 2009-10 shipping season to 164,590 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Monthly Bean Invitations Totals 980 MT

KANSAS CITY - Jun 24/10 - STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 29,580 MT, compared to 53,640 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Pea and Lentil Tenders Reach 8,410 MT

KANSAS CITY - Jun 24/10 - STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders for shipment during the 2009-10 marketing year now totals 134,830 MT, compared to 185,700 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Visible Pea Stocks Total 130,600 MT

WINNIPEG - Jun 25/10 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 130,600 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2009-10 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


India Tenders for Peas

VANCOUVER - Jun 25/10 - SNS -- India's state trading companies returned to field pea markets during the past week, tendering for a total of 125,000 metric tons (MT) of current and new crop Canadian whole yellow peas. . . . Continue or visitors click here


India -- Kharif Seeding Progress to June 25, 2010

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Canaryseed Retreat Flushes Bears

VANCOUVER - Jun 25/10 - SNS -- Updated seeded and intended acreage numbers for Canadian canaryseed surprised birdseed ingredient markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Tender Activity Pleases Peas

VANCOUVER - Jun 25/10 - SNS -- North American field pea markets ended the week's trading on a positive note against fresh tenders for product from the U.S. government and India. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Chickpea Markets Ignore Canada

VANCOUVER - Jun 25/10 - SNS -- International chickpea markets were unaffected by indications seeded area in Canada could be higher than initially expected. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Edible Beans Anticipate USDA Reports

VANCOUVER - Jun 25/10 - SNS -- With Canada's seeded area estimates under its belt, markets are now looking toward the June 30 seeded area estimates from the USDA for a sense of the North American situation. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Lentils Surprised by Canadian Intentions

VANCOUVER - Jun 25/10 - SNS -- Markets were caught off-guard by Statistics Canada's updated seeding intentions estimates, even though the number was in line with what the trade expected in April and May. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Poor Indian Demand Slows Myanmar Pulse Demand

VANCOUVER - Jun 29/10 - SNS -- Pulse exports from Myanmar maintained their slow pace in May, reflecting a significant decline in buying interest from India, according to data assembled by the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Voluntary Sunflower Price Agreement in Russia

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/10 - SNS -- Faced with prospects for a bumper sunflower seed crop this year, the Russian Grain Union and the Union of Vegetable Oil Producers agreed that the prices of sunflowerseed in 2010-11 shall not be less than 9,000 rubles (U.S.$300) per metric ton (MT), reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Special Crop Bid Summary - Jun 2010

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U.S. Edible Bean Area Jumps 13%

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/10 - SNS -- Dry edible bean plantings in the United States will end up at an estimated 1.74 million acres, up 13% over last year, according to seeded area estimates released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here


White Proso Millet Seedings Jump

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/10 - SNS --Proso millet planted area for 2010 is estimated at 385,000 acres, up 35,000 acres from last year's total, according to seeded area estimates released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Safflower Area Rises 5%

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/10 - SNS --United States safflower planted area increased 5% from 2009, to 183,500 acres in 2010, according to seeded area estimates released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Confectionary Sunseed Plantings Soar

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/10 - SNS --Area planted to sunflower in 2010 totals 2.09 million acres, up 3% from 2009 as decline in oil-type seedings are offset by a jump in confectionary plantings, according to seeded area estimates released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Modest Rise in U.S. Mustard

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/10 - SNS -- Farmers in the United States reported a modest increase in the amount land in mustard seed this year, according to seeded area estimates released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Field Pea Stocks in All Positions - June 1, 2010

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U.S. Lentil Stocks in All Positions - June 1, 2010

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U.S. Chickpea Stocks in All Positions - June 1, 2010

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United States -- Minor Oilseed Production Summary - June 201

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Estimated U.S. Dry Edible Bean Area and Production by Class

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USDA NASS Bean Production Estimates By State

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U.S. June 1, 2010 Balance Sheet for Field Peas

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U.S. June 1, 2010 Balance Sheet for Chickpeas

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U.S. June 1, 2010 Balance Sheet for Lentils

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USDA Buys 5,730 MT Peas

KANSAS CITY - Jun 30/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 5,730 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here



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