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Specialty Crop news for January, 2000
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Burmese Pulse Exports
RANGOON - Jan 3/00 - STAT -- India remained the major destination for Burmese pulse exporters during November, accounting for just over 90% of all shipments. . . . Continue
Canadian Specialty Crop Production Forecasts to 2005
VANCOUVER - Jan 7/00 - STAT -- Forecasting is a tough art, but we thought it would be interesting to start the year 2000 with an effort to peek well into the future. It quickly became clear, Canada's specialty crop industry will continue to expand. The following two tables are the result. The first table reviews the Canadian specialty crop production data since 1996 and presents an outlook for this year's planted area and production, assuming yields return to their recent long term average level . . . Continue
Transportation Undermines Canadian Specialty Outlook
VANCOUVER - Jan 7/00 - STAT -- Marketing specialty crops in the coming decade is going to become more complicated for the Canadian industry than has been the case thus far, as the classes of products market niches grows. . . . Continue
Argentine Canaryseed Shortage Supports Canadian
VANCOUVER - Jan 7/00 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets managed a slight improvement to start the new year's trading. . . . Continue
Problems Seen With Indian Pulse Crops
VANCOUVER - Jan 7/00 - STAT -- Field and chick pea exporters in Canada and Australia were pleased with indications India's rabi season crops may be down from last year. Though seeding is not complete, government officials in the country are alarmed with projections pulse area will fell well below levels they told growers to plant as well as below last year. Problems with the harvest should translate into a slight improvement in demand for chick peas and field peas the first half of the year. This is . . . Continue
French Field Pea Stocks Start to Tighten
PARIS - Jan 10/99 - STAT -- Sales of French field peas are starting to struggle to keep pace with last year's numbers, an obvious result of this year's massive 575,000 MT drop in production from 1998 levels. . . . Continue
Australian Pulse Markets Open Year in Bearish Mood
DONALD - Jan 11/00 - STAT -- Australian pulse markets are starting the year 2000 in a somewhat bearish mood, influenced by stiff price competition on international markets and a lull in demand. . . . Continue
500,000 MT U.S.-Russian Aid Package Expected
MOSCOW - Jan 11/00 - STAT -- There is increased optimism here the United States will soon approve a 500,000 MT food aid package for Russia. . . . Continue
Confectionary Sunseed Output Rises 7.3%
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/00 - STAT -- Confectionary sunflower seed production levels in the United States posted a solid year to year gain over 1998 advancing 7.3% to 844 million pounds, according to the USDA's final crop production estimates for 1999. . . . Continue
U.S. Bean Production Estimates By State
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USDA Estimates of Bean Production by Class
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USDA Pea, Bean and Lentil Production Summary
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Texas Blackeye Cowpea Crop Gets Big
WASHINGTON - Jan 14/00 - STAT -- Final crop production numbers for dry edible beans grown in the United States recorded a small increase from December as the USDA found another 19,641 MT of beans in Texas. . . . Continue
Increased North American Birdseed Demand
VANCOUVER - Jan 14/00 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets ended the week generally unchanged despite a solid improvement in end user buying interest. . . . Continue
Canada Expects Major Pea Area Increases
VANCOUVER - Jan 14/00 - STAT -- Several pieces of important news flowed through markets during a relatively quiet week. . . . Continue
Pulse Growers Must Test for Plant Diseases
BOZEMAN - Jan 17/00 - STAT -- Pulse growers should be careful to test potential planting seed for the presence of plant diseases, with growers in parts of the United States and Canada paying special attantionm to the precense of ascochyta blight . . . Continue
Objective Color Grading for Lentils
SASKATOON - Jan 18/00 - STAT -- Efforts to create a device which is capable of analyzing the color of lentils is nearing completion, according to the Canadian Grain Commission and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. . . . Continue
Survey Reveals Strong Interest in Pulses
SASKATOON - Jan 18/00 - STAT -- An informal seeding intentions survey conducted during the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers annual convention confirms western Canadian specialty crop growers are keen about seeding more pulses this year. . . . Continue
Mexico Announces First Bean License Auction
MEXICO CITY - Jan 19/00 - STAT -- The Mexican government will aution duty free import licenses covering 19,001 MT of beans on February 14. . . . Continue
Dramatic Declines in South African Sunflower
CAPE TOWN - Jan 21/00 - STAT -- South Africa's National Crop Estimates Committee is looking for a major decline in sunflower production from the country's summer harvest for the 1999-00 season. . . . Continue
Birdseed Ingredient Markets Tense, But Sideways
VANCOUVER - Jan 21/00 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets were mostly sideways in light demand. Some tension appears to be building in Canadian canaryseed markets. New crop trading levels advanced to a U.S. 50 cent cwt premium to spot markets for machine dressed product packed in bulk and loaded into trucks or railcars at western Canadian processing plants. . . . Continue
Return of Indian Buyers Adds Life to Yellow Peas
VANCOUVER - Jan 21/00 - STAT -- International field pea and chick pea markets ended the week in a mixed conditions despite rising import demand from the Indian subcontinent. . . . Continue
USDA Tenders for xxx MT Pulses
KANSAS CITY - Jan 25/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here announced two major tender invitations for pulses, for a total of 5,550 MT of product for shipment in February and March. . . . Continue
Pea and Lentil Tenders Reach 1,590 MT
KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender this season now totals 39,330 MT, compared to 44,600 MT last year. . . . Continue
Canadian Pulse Area Grows 80% Every 5 Years
VANCOUVER - Jan 26/00 - STAT -- The pulse industry in Canada is continually transforming as the country pursues its goal of becoming the dominant export producer for as many classes of pulses as it can produce. . . . Continue
Burma Ships 12,735 MT Pulses in December
BANGKOK - Jan 26/00 - STAT -- Dry edible bean and pulse exports from Burma posted a sluggish pace in December as 12,735 MT of product was shipped. . . . Continue
France -- Field Pea Sales Summary
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Mixed Performance Recoprded by Lentils
VANCOUVER - Jan 28/00 - STAT -- North American lentil markets maintained a mixed performance as the industry responded to differing fundamentals for the various types available. . . . Continue
Canaryseed Advances on Rising Export Demand
VANCOUVER - Jan 28/00 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets managed a good performance during the past week in the face of seasonally strong consumer demand. . . . Continue
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