STAT Specialty Crop News<title> <body> <body background="yellow.gif"> <img src="statlogo.jpg"align=top ALT=" STAT Specialty Crop News - Covering the world since 1988!"> <P>Hyperlinks: | <A HREF="gopher:marvel.loc.gov/11/federal/foreign">International Info</A> | <A HREF="gopher://umslvma.umsl.edu/11/LIBRARY/GOVDOCS/WF93">Country Profiles</A> | <P><EM>Specialty Crop News for Aug, 1995<EM> <P><HR> To read the following articles you must be a subscriber. Read a <A HREF="statinet.html"> description of our services<A> or simply send a <A HREF="comment.html">message to STAT Publishing</A> asking for information about becoming a subscriber.<P> <UL> <LI><A HREF="news0zkwadr.html">Canadian Canaryseed Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0zkwaeu.html">Canadian Lentil Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0zkwaf2.html">Canadian Field Pea Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0zkwahw.html">Canadian Mustard Seed Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0zkwajr.html">Manitoba Crops Get Drought Relief</A><BR> CARMAN -- August 195 -- MANITOBA AGRICULTURE -- Warm, dry and windy weather prevailed during the week in the southern part of Manitoba. Spotty thundershowers provided 0.4 - 1.0 inch (10 - 25 mm) of rainfall in a few areas. Crops in many areas are showing drought effects. Hail damage was reported in the Deloraine, Elgin and Wawanesa areas. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0zq0g85.html">Canadian Specialty Grain Crop Forecast</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0zq0g8f.html">Revised Canadian Mustard Seed Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0zq0g8s.html">Revised Canadian Canaryseed Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0zq0g90.html">Canada's Pea Crop Shrinks 230,000 MT</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 195 -- STAT -- Early yield estimates from Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food painted a mixed picture for Canadian specialty crop markets. Yields are expected to be close to average for most crops, despite huge differences among regions. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0100brl7.html">USDA Tenders for 155 MT Beans</A><BR> USDA EXPORT DISTRIBUTION - INVITATION 085A <P> <LI><A HREF="news0100c5h7.html">Spanish Demand Could Push Alubias to $2,000 MT</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- August 495 -- STAT -- Bullish news kept flowing into international specialty grain markets last week. This was the case even though consumers hoped if they kept looking disinterested, markets would run out of upward momentum. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0100c5ho.html">Spain -- Dry Edible Bean Supply-Demand</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0100c5hq.html">Spain -- Chick Pea Supply-Demand</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0100c5hs.html">Spain -- Lentil Supply-Demand</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0100c5hw.html">Spain -- Field Pea Supply-Demand</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0100c5hz.html">Pea Beans Fall, While Alubia Beans Soar</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- August 495 -- STAT -- Dry edible bean markets were mixed to stronger in the international marketplace last week. Argentine alubia beans reached their highest level in the memory of living traders. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0100c5i1.html">Millet and Safflower Values Rise</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- August 495 -- STAT -- International birdseed markets were generally firmer last week. Canadian canaryseed values were steady in light consumer buying and slow grower selling. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0100c5i4.html">Lentil Markets Steady in Listless Trade</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- August 495 -- STAT -- Lentil markets put in a listless week. Light demand was reported throughout the complex. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0100c5i8.html">Field Pea Markets Seasonally Quiet</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- August 495 -- STAT -- International field pea markets were generally quiet last week. Predictions of below average yields in Saskatchewan failed to pull markets higher in Canada. <P> <LI><A HREF="news010q1b28.html">Saskatchewan Crops Developing Fast</A><BR> REGINA -- Aug 995 -- Dry conditions across Saskatchewan pulled most crops in the province to nearly the same level of development as last year, according to the latest crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food. <P> <LI><A HREF="news010q23xz.html">USDA Buys Small Red Beans for Food Aid</A><BR> KANSAS CITY -- Aug 995 -- The USDA Kansas City Commodity Office today bought 1,580 MT of dry edible beans for shipment as food aid between September 6 - 20, Septebmer 21 - October 5, and October 6 - 20, 1995. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0115ghz5.html">U.S. Bean Production Estimates By State</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0115ghzh.html">U.S. Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0115ghzq.html">Market Bulls See Gold in Bearish Report</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1195 -- STAT -- Market reaction to last week's USDA dry edible bean production estimates was mixed. Both market bulls and bears took comfort in the report, seeing major market moves in their direction hidden among the details. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0115gi0i.html">Alubias Carry World Bean Market Higher</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1195 -- STAT -- International dry edible markets were generally firmer last week, even though North American markets were sideways to weaker in light trade. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0115gi0q.html">Birdseed Markets Continue Fundamentall Strong</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1195 -- STAT -- North American birdseed markets continued strong in light trading last week. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0115gi0w.html">Poor Canadian Weather Tugs Lentil Market Up</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1195 -- STAT -- Adverse weather conditions in western Canada helped pull international lentil markets higher in light trading last week. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0115gi14.html">Australian Peas Look Better, Canadaian Worse</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1195 -- STAT -- Field peas markets were generally quiet last week. Thin new crop trading conditions were reported in Australia, with values hovering around A$ 250 MT delivered port next December and January. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0115gi1i.html">Australian Chick Pea Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0115gi1q.html">Australian Lupin Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0115gi1z.html">Australian Field Pea Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news011q1oim.html">S. African Beans Pegged at 44,000 MT</A><BR> PRETORIA -- The latest crop estimates from the South African government pegs dry edible bean production in the country at 44,000 MT, down from 53,000 MT last year. <P> <LI><A HREF="news011q1oiv.html">Argentine Sunflower Production Seen Rising</A><BR> BUENOS AIRES -- Current trade flows and internal activity suggest the 1994-95 sunflower seed harvest was closer to 5.3 million MT, an increase over earlier ideas. <P> <LI><A HREF="news011q1ojc.html">Dutch See Grain Use in Feed Rising</A><BR> LEHAVRE -- Aug 1695 -- Holland's mixed feed industry does not expect to see any delinines in usage of wheat and other grains in livestock feed rations in the August-September 1995 period, according to reports from the U.S. agricultural attache here. <P> <LI><A HREF="news011q21iy.html">Hungarian Sunseed Crop Update</A><BR> VIENNA -- Aug 1695 -- The latest projections from the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture Agricultural Market Regulation Office (ARE) for sunflowerseed puts production at 750,000 MT and planted area at 400,000 hectares. (MOA estimates tend to be on the high side, and we are forecasting output at 740,000 MT.) The Hungarian crushing industry has apparently signed contracts for 420,000 MT of the high oil content crop, with most of the rest of the crop destined for export. <P> <LI><A HREF="news011v6wjw.html">Canadian Specialty Crop Production Updat</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news011v7nbr.html">Lentil Price 25% Above Normal</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1795 -- STAT -- The latest survey's of crop prospects across western Canada do not paint the kind of picture consumers like to hear at this time of year. Many fields are nearing the time where they ought to be harvested, but weatherconditions are conspiring to keep them in fields a little longer. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0120bz1t.html">Morocco -- Pulse History and Forecasts</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news0120bz23.html">Moroccan Pulse Imports by Country</A><BR> The following tables summarize Moroccan pulse imports by commodity and country of origin. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0120bz2e.html">Moroccan Pulse Imports Could Reach 60,000 MT</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1895 -- STAT -- Troubles with North American pulse harvests come at a time when world demand appears to be rising. Crops in countries around the Mediterranean are disappointing with Spain and Morocco experiencing their third droughtin four years. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0120cqtr.html">Colored Bean Market Eases on Rising Stocks</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1895 -- STAT -- Colored beans eased on world markets last week. Improved supplies from Argentina's black bean harvest combined with escalating stocks in the warehouses of importers to pull prices lower last week. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0120cqtz.html">Birdseed Markets End Week Firmly</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1895 -- STAT -- North American birdseed markets continued strong last week in light export and domestic selling. Harvest delays in Canada combined with expectations production will plunge over 32% from last year to keep markets steady. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0120cqu5.html">Lentils Supported by Weatther Worries</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1895 -- STAT -- North American lentils ended the week on firm ground, with processors in both the United States and Canada worried about harvest delays. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0120cqud.html">Chick Peas Ease for Lower Qualities</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 1895 -- STAT -- Chick pea markets showed some signs of easing last week, though the lower prices reported from Turkey were for product with larger percentages of undersized material than normal. <P> <LI><A HREF="news012kxhk7.html">Update on British Industrial Crop Activities</A><BR> IN A RECENT REPORT, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS <P> <LI><A HREF="news012kxhkk.html">Pea and Lentil Tenders Total 4,940 MT</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news012kxhkv.html">USDA Seeks Offers on 970 MT Beans</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news012kxhl7.html">USDA Tenders for 5,910 MT Pulses</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news012q1z8i.html">Sask Harvest Falls Behind Normal</A><BR> REGINA -- Aug 2395 -- Harvesting this year's crop has fallen behind the recent norms according to the latest crop survey from Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food. <P> <LI><A HREF="news012q2vqd.html">Canada -- August Crop Production Outlook</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news012q2vqp.html">Statistics Canada Sees Shrinking Crops</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 2495 -- STAT -- Statistics Canada did not help specialty crop growers and processors get a better handle for the status of their crops in the latest crop production estimates for that country. Even so, the report confirmed problems with this year's crops. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0130cdvq.html">Organic Land Use Quantified in U.S.</A><BR> WASHINGTON -- USDA -- Roughly 1,127,000 acres of land was used in organic agricultural production in the United States in 1994. This reprsents 0.1% of total U.S. agricultural land and included 4,050 certified organic farms. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0130cxce.html">Birdseed Markets Rise on Delayed Harvest</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 2595 -- STAT -- North American birdseed markets are opening the 1995-96 season with a bullish attitude. Even so, several market participants were perplexed by last week's price performance by Canadian canaryseed. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0130cxdc.html">Great Northern Beans Soard Past $40</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 2595 -- STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets continued slipping on spot markets, pulling down that country's dry edible bean price index another 3 points to end the week at 745. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0130cxdk.html">Birdseed Complex Enters Harvest on Strong Note</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 2595 -- STAT -- International birdseed markets remained strong last week. Major gains were posted in Canadian canaryseed values at both the grower and dealer level. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0130cxds.html">Lentil Price Slips Despite Bullish Factors</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 2595 -- STAT -- International lentil markets chalked up a mixed performance last week. Some weakness was detected in prices despite generally bullish market sentiments among processors and growers. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0130cxe1.html">Chick Pea Market Eases on Turkish Harvest</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 2595 -- STAT -- Pea markets were mixed last week, with chick peas easier and field peas firmer. Increased availability of new crop chick peas in Mersin during the week pushed asking prices for all sizes of Turkish product lower. <P> <LI><A HREF="news0130d1hb.html">El Salvador May Need 8,000 MT Beans</A><BR> GUATEMALA CITY -- Aug 2595 -- Initial reports indicate El Salvador will likely import around 8,000 MT of dry beans during the 1995-96 marketing year, according to the latest report from the U.S. agriculyral attache in Guatemala. <P> <LI><A HREF="news013fss27.html">India's Crop Remain Under Cloud</A><BR> DRY CONDITIONS PERSISTED IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN PEANUT, <P> <LI><A HREF="news013fss2z.html">Overview of Mexico's Pet Food Industry</A><BR> exico is a growing and almost exclusive market for US pet food products, <P> <LI><A HREF="news013fss3d.html">Turkish Sunflower Crop Expected to Rise</A><BR> With the sunflowerseed harvest about to begin, trade sources <P> <LI><A HREF="news013fss4p.html">Manitoba Pulse Yields Looking Good</A><BR> CARMAN -- Aug 2895 -- Initial yield results from this year's harvest in Manitoba are mixed but looking better than initially expected. Lentils in the southwest region of the province are coming in around 1,500 pounds per acre while field pea yields range between 25 and 40 bushels per acre. <P> <LI><A HREF="news013q1mw5.html">Saskatchewan Harvest Progress Aug 28/95</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news013q1mwf.html">Nearly a Quarter of Canada's Lentils Off</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 3095 -- STAT -- Harvesting this year's specialty crops was slowed by another week of cool, rainy conditions across vast stretches of the growing region in western Canada. <P> <LI><A HREF="news013v7t01.html">Canadian Specialty Crop Outlook Improves</A><BR> VANCOUVER -- Aug 3195 -- STAT -- This year's specialty crop production prospects improved a little over initial expectations, vased on the latest yield estimates from provincial agriculture departments. <P> <LI><A HREF="news013v8g5j.html">Canadian Canaryseed Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news013v8g6x.html">Canadian Lentil Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news013v8g78.html">Canadian Field Pea Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="news013v8gb9.html">Canadian Mustard Seed Supply-Demand Estimates</A> <P> <UL><HR> <P><STRONG>Specialty Crop Articles for: <STRONG><A HREF="stat.html">Latest headlines</A> | <A HREF="mar97.html">Mar-97</A> | <A HREF="feb97.html">Feb-97</A> | <A HREF="jan97.html">Jan-97</A> | <A HREF="dec96.html">Dec-96</A> | <A HREF="nov96.html">Nov-96</A> | <A HREF="oct96.html">Oct-96</A> | <A HREF="sep96.html">Sep-96</A> | <A HREF="aug96.html">Aug-96</A> | <A HREF="jul96.html">Jul-96</A> | <A HREF="jun96.html">Jun-96</A> | <A HREF="may96.html">May-96</A> | <A HREF="apr96.html">Apr-96</A> | <A HREF="mar96.html">Mar-96</A> | <A HREF="feb96.html">Feb-96</A> | <A HREF="jan96.html">Jan-96</A> | <A HREF="dec95.html">Dec-95</A> | <A HREF="nov95.html">Nov-95</A> | <A HREF="oct95.html">Oct-95</A> | <A HREF="sep95.html">Sep-95</A> | <A HREF="aug95.html">Aug-95</A> | <A HREF="jul95.html">Jul-95</A> | <A HREF="jun95.html">Jun-95</A> | <A HREF="may95.html">May-95</A> | <HR><P><STRONG>Go to: </STRONG><A HREF="stat.html"><IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=middle SRC="news.gif" ALT=" Current Special Crop News "></A> | <A HREF="prices.html"><IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=middle SRC="prices.gif" ALT=" Market Reports "></A> | <A HREF="charts.html"><IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=middle SRC="charts.gif" ALT=" Price Charts "></A> | <A HREF="exports.html"><IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=middle SRC="exports.gif" ALT=" Export Stats "></A> | <A HREF="weather.html"><IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=middle SRC="weather.gif" ALT=" Weather "></A> | <P><HR> <ADDRESS> <P>Copyright © 1997 <A HREF="stathome.html">STAT Publishing<A> <ADDRESS> <body> <html>