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Specialty Crop news for February, 2000
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USDA Lowers Red Bean Portion of Tender
KANSAS CITY - Feb 4/00 - STAT -- The USDA cut 160 MT ogf small red beans from invitation 020 on account of changes in the quantity it plans to ship to Honduras. . . . Continue
Bearish News Afflicts Dry Edible Beans
VANCOUVER - Feb 4/00 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets continue to struggle with a diet of bearish news from Latin America. . . . Continue
Product Defaults Hurt Canadian Green Lentils
VANCOUVER - Feb 4/00 - STAT -- Canadian lentil markets experienced a difficult week, with markets disillusioned with problems on some sales to the Middle East. . . . Continue
Lupin Disease Problems Catalogued in Western Australia
DONALD - Feb 7/00 - STAT -- Disease problems in Western Australia's lupin crops lessended this season, raising hopes the region will see further reductions in infestation next season. . . . Continue
USDA Buys 2,590 MT Pulses for Food Aid
KANSAS CITY - Feb 10/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,590 MT of puilses for shipmnent as food aid against PL-480 invitation number 020. . . . Continue
U.S. Subsidy Payout for Minor Oilseeds
WASHINGTON - Feb 10/00 - STAT -- The USDA plans to pay oilseed growers in the United States a $475 million subsidy on last year's crops, covering soybeans, sunflowers, flaxseed, . . . Continue
World Pulse Demand Seems to be Rising
VANCOUVER - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- Efforts to generate bullish enthusiasm in world pulse markets continue to fall on deaf ears. Though demand is clearly strong, with substantial new business reported to the Indian subcontinent, Algeria and other destinations, it remains difficult for markets to break out of their current malaise. . . . Continue
Mixed Performance in Birdseed Markets
VANCOUVER - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient managed a mixed performance. . . . Continue
Field Peas Supported by Indian Duty Worries
VANCOUVER - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- Good demand from Pakistan, Bangladesh and expected purchases from India provided important support to international field and chickpea markets the past week. . . . Continue
Mixed Price Outlook for U.S. Peas and Lentils
WASHINGTON - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- The USDA's latest average marketing year price projections for field peas and lentils contained no real surprises, indicating a mixed outlook for the pea and lentil complex. . . . Continue
Australian Crop Production Estimates
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Australian Pulse Harvest Exceeds Expectations
DONALD - Feb 15/00 - STAT -- Australian pulse crop harvests ended with a solid improvement over initial expectations, with production advancing from a November forecast of 2.23 million MT to a final tally of 2.44 million MT for the 1999-00 harvest period. . . . Continue
Slow India Demand Trims Burmese Pulse Exports
BANGKOK - Feb 17/00 - STAT -- Weak pulses markets in India during December and January had a material effect on Burmese exports, keeping volumes under 30,000 MT for January. . . . Continue
Saskatchewan Sunflower Seedings Limited to East
REGINA - Feb 17/00 - STAT -- Sunflower seed production in Saskatchewan stayed close to the Manitoba border in 1999, according to planted area and production data compiled the provincial agriculture department. . . . Continue
Saskatchewan's Lentil Fields Arc Down the Province
REGINA - Feb 17/00 - STAT -- Saskatchewan's lentil seedings carve an arc across the southern half of the province's growing region, suggests 1999 data compiled by the provincial agriculture department. . . . Continue
Growing U.S. Anger Over Mexican Bean Defaults
VANCOUVER - Feb 18/00 - STAT -- Exporters are waiting to hear from importers about results of the recent auction of duty free import permits by the Mexican government. . . . Continue
Few Change in Birdseed Market
VANCOUVER - Feb 18/00 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets registered few changes during a relatively quiet week. . . . Continue
Good Export Demand Pulls Field Peas Higher
VANCOUVER - Feb 18/00 - STAT -- Relatively strong export demand continued to support field and chick pea prices during the week. . . . Continue
Latest Food Aid Tender Termed Small
KANSAS CITY - Feb 22/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here released details of its latest regularly scheduled PL-480 food aid tender, leaving pulse processors disappointed with its small size. . . . Continue
Pea and Lentil Tenders Reach 2,170 MT
KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender this season now totals 41,500 MT, compared to 52,960 MT last year. . . . Continue
Mexican Importers Pay $1.25 cwt for Bean Permits
MEXICO CITY -- Feb 23/00 - STAT -- The average price paid for duty-free import permits for U.S. and Canadian origin dry edible beans was 0.25 pesos per kilogram or roughly U.S. $1.25 cwt. . . . Continue
Dutch Compound Feed Production Outlook Grim
THE HAGUE - Feb 24/00 - STAT -- Considerable pessimism exists within Holland's compound feed manufacturing industry over future production levels. . . . Continue
USDA Adds 1,250 MT Great Northern Beans to Tender
KANSAS CITY - Feb 24/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here amended PL-480 food aid tender invitation 030 to include 1,250 MT of Great Northern beans. . . . Continue
Beans Pressured, But May be Bottoming
VANCOUVER - Feb 25/00 - STAT -- Limited world demand maintained pressure on dry edible bean values during the week. . . . Continue
Light Trade Interest Affects Lentil Markets
VANCOUVER - Feb 25/00 - STAT -- North American lentil markets managed a mixed performance in relatively light export and domestic trading conditions. . . . Continue
Few Pulse Ships at Indian Ports
DELHI - Feb 27/00 - STAT -- Indian port authorities report few bulk conventional vessels were in port as of February 25 discharging pulses. . . . Continue
Pakistani Consumers Pay More for Pulses
ISLAMABAD - Feb 29/00 - STAT -- Prices paid by consumers on local markets have managed to climb upward in recent weeks on the basis of a slowdown in import activity. . . . Continue
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