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Specialty Crop news for July, 2000
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Acreage Estimates Do Not Affect Beans
VANCOUVER - Jul 1/00 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets were unaffected by the latest round of seeded area estimates from Statistics Canada and the USDA. . . . Continue
Major Increase in North Anerican Lentils
VANCOUVER - Jul 1/00 - STAT -- Markets were not surprised by the latest round of seeded area estimates for North America, limiting the impact the increases over last year had on prices. . . . Continue
USDA Tenders for 2.430 MT Buckwhesat Groats and Seed
KANSAS CITY - Jul; 7/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here issued a tender invitation for 2,430 MT of buckwheat groats and seed for shipment to Russia in August. . . . Continue
Spain Looks at More Lentils, Less Peas
MADRID - Jul 7/00 - STAT -- Spanish pulse production levels are unlikely to reach year earlier levels, as increases in lentil production are not large enough to offset projected declines in the size of the country’s field pea crop. . . . Continue
Mixed News Helpful to Minor Specialties
VANCOUVER - Jul 8/00 - STAT -- Markets for other specialty crops ended the week with mixed news. . . . Continue
Chickpea Spot Markets Tight, New Crop Discounted
VANCOUVER - Jul 8/00 - STAT -- Chickpea and field pea markets ended a week of light international trading interest mostly unchanged. . . . Continue
North American Conditions Favor Pulse Diseases
VANCOUVER - Jul 13/00 - STAT -- The latest long term weather outlooks from the U.S. based NOAA National Weather Service make it clear the damp conditions which are encouraging a bloom of plant diseases in key parts of the North America's pulse production area will not soon end. . . . Continue
Ontario Weather Woes Boost Crans
VANCOUVER - Jul 14/00 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets were steady to firmer as weather concerns became a more important factor in both spot and new crop markets. . . . Continue
Lentil Markets Fret About Diseases
VANCOUVER - Jul 14/00 - STAT -- Few changes were reported in North American lentils markets under relatively quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue
USDA Buys 1,680 MT Pulses
KANSAS CITY - Jul 19/0-0 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 1,680 MT of green split peas and lentils for shipment as food aid to Russia in August. . . . Continue
Europe -- Field Pea Production Forecast
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Canada's Specialty Crop Insuarance Scheme Unwanted
WINNIPEG - Jul 21/00 - STAT -- The Canadian Grain Commission has concluded there is not enough support for the specialty crop insurance plan to make the scheme a long term success. . . . Continue
Bean Markets Continue to Firm
VANCOUVER - Jul 21/00 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets continued to firm during the past week, as processors start to fret more about growing conditions in North Dakota and other strategically important states. . . . Continue
Turkish Concerns Help Boost Canadian Lentils
VANCOUVER - Jul 21/00 - STAT -- North American lentils markets recorded a mixed performance during a week which saw a solid improvement in demand. . . . Continue
Japanese Azuki Bean Markets Bearish
TOKYO - Jul 24/00 - STAT -- A bearish tone returned to Japanese dry edible bean markets on account of favorable weather forecasts for Hokkaido, the island nation's most important producing region. . . . Continue
USDA Seeks Offers for 870 MT Buckwheat
KANSAS CITY - Jul 24/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation returned to the buckwheat market, requesting offers for another 870 MT of product for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue
USDA Tenders for 6,310 MT Pulses
KANSAS CITY - Jul 25/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Coporation office here issued its opening season PL-480 food aid tender, requesting offers for 6,310 MT of puylses for shipment in September. . . . Continue
Pea and Lentil Tenders Reach 4,610 MT
KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender for the 2000-01 season now totals 4,610 MT, compared to 5,360 MT last year. . . . Continue
Good Crop Progress Implies Average Harvest
REGINA - Jul 25/00 - STAT -- This year's crops are developing faster than normal in Saskatchewan, but continued rainfall is causing serious damage in the province's eastern crop districts. . . . Continue
Australia Ventures into Marrowfat Pea Business
DONALD - Jul 27/00 - STAT -- Field pea growers in high rainfall areas in Western Australia hope marrowfat peas will offer a more successful alternative to classes traditionally grown in the country. . . . Continue
Old New Crop Bean Price Spread Narrow
VANCOUVER - Jul 28/00 - STAT -- Spreads between spot and new crop markets for North American dry edible beans showed some signs of narrowing in the past week. . . . Continue
Burundi Faces 99,000 MT Pulse Output Shortfall
BUJUMBURA - Jul 28/00 - STAT -- Pulse production is Burundi will likely end up 14% below last year's output levels, widening the gulf between local production and the food requirements of the central African nation. . . . Continue
Lentils End Crop Year of Easier Note
VANCOUVER - Jul 28/00 - STAT -- North American lentil markets approached the end of the 1999-00 marketing year in Canada with an easing tone. . . . Continue
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