A table about India -- Kharif Seeding Update to August 1, 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/08 - SNS -- The 2007-08 marketing year posted a dead slow finish, with only one vessel loaded for export at terminals reporting to the Canadian Ports Clearance Association during the final two months of the season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/08 - SNS -- International field pea attitudes continue to be dominated by events in India, with markets closely watching the difficulty seeding this year's monsoon or kharif season pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/08 - SNS -- European feed pea markets were little changed during the past week, with markets completing the transition into new crop pricing basis and facing the question of how to allocate a relatively small crop among all potential users. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Saskatchewan Harvest Progress to August 3, 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/08 - STAT -- Canadian Feed Pea markets finished the 2007-08 marketing year with prices offered to growers rocketing 31% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/08 - STAT -- Canadian Green Pea markets finished the 2007-08 marketing year with prices offered to growers rocketing 55% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/08 - STAT -- Canadian Maple Pea markets finished the 2007-08 marketing year with prices offered to growers rocketing 62% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/08 - STAT -- Canadian Small Yellow Pea markets finished the 2007-08 marketing year with prices offered to growers rocketing 50% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/08 - STAT -- Canadian Large Yellow Pea markets finished the 2007-08 marketing year with prices offered to growers rocketing 49% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/08 - STAT -- Canadian Marrowfat Pea markets finished the 2007-08 marketing year with prices offered to growers rocketing 42% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Aug 6/08 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 17,240 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 7/08 - STAT -- Canadian Yellow Peas markets finished the 2007-08 marketing year with prices rocketing 51% above the recent three year average annual price on inter-dealer markets in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 7/08 - STAT -- Canadian Green Pea markets finished the 2007-08 marketing year with prices rocketing 57% above the recent three year average annual price on inter-dealer markets in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 7/08 - STAT -- Canadian Feed Pea markets finished the 2007-08 marketing year with prices offered to growers rocketing 43% above the recent three year average annual price offered to growers in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Aug 7/08 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 3,050 metric tons (MT) of whole and/or split yellow peas for prepositioning at Gulf ports for eventual shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug /08 - SNS -- Field pea exports from France finished the 2007-08 marketing campaign, posting one of the country's largest year over year declines in shipping activity in recent years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about India -- Kharif Seeding Progress to August 8, 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

WINNIPEG - Aug 8/08 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 108,200 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the previous marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 8/08 - SNS -- European feed pea markets were weakened during the past week on general availability of new crop merchandise from growers and general weakness in major agricultural markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 8/08 - SNS -- Limited harvest activity in southern Saskatchewan during the past week allowed spot and new crop markets to converge in Canada during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON - Aug 11/08 - SNS-PR -- The advantages of growing spring types of pulses in cropping systems on the prairies are well known. Pulses include field pea, lentil, chickpea, dry bean, faba bean and lupin. These crops are unique in that they biologically fix atmospheric nitrogen N2 through a mutually beneficial relationship with rhizobium bacteria on the root hairs. The inclusion of these grain legumes in the crop rotation reduces requirements for inorganic nitrogen fertilizer inputs and decreases . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Aug 11/08 - SNS -- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has created grades for commercially split green and yellow peas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Saskatchewan Harvest Progress to August 10, 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Aug 15/08 - SNS -- European field pea markets clearly settled into a new crop pricing regime during the past week, with markets in the United Kingdom coming into line with those on the continent for feed grade pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 15/08 - SNS -- Field pea markets recorded a mixed performance during the past week, with values in the United States holding steady, while prices in Canada and Europe showed a weaker tendency. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 16/08 - SNS -- The 2007-08 marketing year was probably the most volatile in the history of Canadian specialty crop markets, with prices for many products establishing new lifetime record highs with values occupying an unusually wide trading range. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about India -- Kharif Seeding Progress to August 18, 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

WINNIPEG - Aug 18/08 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 133,800 metric tons (MT) by the end of the opening two weeks of the 2008-09 marketing year, according to the Canadian Grain Commission. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Saskatchewan Harvest Progress to August 17, 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

NEW DELHI - Aug 19/08 - SNS -- The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation Of India Ltd. is tendering to buy 200,000 metric tons (MT) of Canadian whole yellow peas packed in bulk. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Aug 20/08 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 49,960 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Aug 20/08 - STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 39,910 MT, compared to 28,260 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Aug 20/08 - STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 tenders bring actual and potential purchases of pulses for shipment as food aid during the Sep-Oct shipping season to 67,440 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Canada -- 2008 Specialty Production Forecast - Sep 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Canada -- 2008 Specialty Production Forecast - Sep 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Aug 22/08 - SNS -- The only real surprise in the latest Statistics Canada crop production estimates for specialty crops is that assumed a more moderate attitude toward yield prospects than expressed by a growing number of traders -- who arereporting above average crops in most areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Aug 22/08 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 206,500 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2008-08 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 22/08 - SNS -- International field pea markets continued to register a mixed performance as harvest activity picks up speed across the northern hemisphere. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 22/08 - SNS -- European field pea markets finished the week on a slightly firmer note, with deferred delivery markets in Belgium and Holland lifting above spot and the maximum grower bid in France improving as exporters try to cover outstanding sales commitments. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about India - Kharifi Seeding Progress to August 22, 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Saskatchewan Harvest Progress to August 24, 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Aug 29/08 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's summer or kharif season crops is slowing in India, leaving virtually no room for farmers to make up the gap in pulse seedings versus last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Aug 29/08 - STAT -- Visible supplies of field peas in Canada's licensed elevator system totalled 383,300 metric tons (MT) during the latest week under review by the Canadian Grain Commission for the 2008-08 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 29/08 - SNS -- Field pea markets continued to ease in the face of improved availability of new crop product in Europe and North America. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 29/08 - SNS -- Field pea markets in Europe finished the week on a mixed note, with average grower bids in France inching up on a modest improvement in prices paid for feed peas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 30/08 - SNS -- The situation facing pulse producers in 2008-09 has become much clearer with the release of August's initial crop production estimates from Statistics Canada and the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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