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Specialty Crop News for Jul, 1996

• U.S. Bean Markets Manage Slight Increase in Value
  VANCOUVER -- July 1/96 -- STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets posted a slight recovery from the previous week's pricing levels.

• Lentil Market Reserves Reaction on Seeding Estimates
  VANCOUVER -- July 1/96 -- STAT -- There was little reaction in international lentil markets to Friday's seeded area estimates for Canada.

• Bullish Field Pea Seeding Estimate a Surprise
  VANCOUVER -- July 1/96 -- STAT -- Statistics Canada projection Canadian field pea area dropped 24.3% to just 1.51 million acres caught most traders by surprise last week.

• Canaryseed Market Punched Down by Acreage Report
  VANCOUVER -- July 1/96 -- STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets caved in late last week under the pressure of a bearish Statistics Canada seeded area estimate.

• Crops Develop Rapidly in Manitoba, Lag in Saskatchewan
  CARMAN -- July 3/96 -- Cool weather hampered crop development in Saskatchean last week, while humid and hot conditions allowed Manitoba crops make rapid progress.

• NOTICE -- USDA Requests Offers on 100 MT Pea Beans
  KANSAS CITY -- July 3/96 -- The Commodity Credit Corpioration invited offers under invitation 076A for 100 MT of pea beans for shipment to Belarus through the Citihope agency. Offers are due Mondey July 15, for reply the following day. Goods must beready for shipment between August 1 and August 17.

• USDA Buys Beans and Lentils For Food Aid
  KANSAS CITY -- July 3/96 -- The USDA bought most of the dry edible beans and all the lentils requested on the last regularly scheduled PL-480 food aid tender. The product covered by invitation 076 is for shipment between August 6 - 20 and August 21 -September 5, 1996.

• Ag Researchers Strive to Boost Alberta Bean Production
  EDMONTON -- July 5/96 -- Alberta Agriculture -- The dry bean industry has expanded rapidly in the past 10 years. Over 35,000 acres were grown in southern Alberta in 1995 with a farm gate value of over $17 million.

• Canadian Grower Markets Fight Off Bearish Acreag
  EDMONTON -- July 5/96 -- The apparent price strength of all specialty crops fails

• European Field Pea Production Inches, Rather Than Slides
  VANCOUVER -- July 5/96 -- STAT -- Recent declines in European pulse production are showing signs of easing this summer _ as seeded area slipped just 14,200 hectares among member states of the European Community to 1.426 million hectares or 3.5 million acres.

• Killing Frost Propels Alubia Bean Values
  VANCOUVER -- July 5/96 -- STAT -- International dry edible bean markets received a shock last week with reports of a killing frost in Argentina's white alubia bean growing region.

• Canaryseed Firm Despite Bulging Acreage
  VANCOUVER -- July 5/96 -- STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets stayed in character last week, fighting back from the bearish impact of that country's official seeded area estimates.

• Turkish Green Lentil Harvest Disappoints, Red Good
  VANCOUVER -- July 5/96 -- STAT -- Lentil markets put on a mixed performance last week. Turkish markets were weaker as new crop merchandise became more freely available in Mersin.

• Field Pea Markets Defensive as Crops Fall, Demand Firms
  VANCOUVER -- July 5/96 -- STAT -- International field pea markets were generally steady last week as exporters adopted more defensive selling postures in response to reports Canadian and Australian production will be down sharply this season.

• Pea and Lentil Seedings Ease in United States
  VANCOUVER -- July 9/96 -- STAT -- Above average prices resulting from steady government demand for peas and lentils for shipment as food aid failed to prevent growers in the U.S. Pacific northwest from pulling land out of pulses.

• United States -- Pea and Lentil Outlook for 1996

• U.S. Green Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• U.S. Lentil Supply-Demand Estimates

• Warm and Humid Weather Helps Crops in Manitoba
  CARMAN -- July 9/96 -- Generally warm and humid weather allowed crops in Manitoba to make good progress the past week, according to the latest crop progress report from Manitoba Agriculture Soils and Crops Branch staff here.

• European Community Field Pea Outlook

• European Community -- Chick Pea, Lentil, Vetch, Lupin Area

• European Community Field Bean Outlook

• Timely Showers Needed to Relieve Saskatchewan Drought
  REGINA -- July 9/96 -- Hot weather the early part of the past week helped advance crop development in Saskatchewan, according to the provincial agriculture department.

• Kharif Crop Conditions Start Well in India
  BOMBAY -- July 9/96 -- The timely onset of the 1996 monsoon and so far normal progression provided good planting conditions for this summer's pulse, rice and coarse grain crops in most states.

• Specialty Crop Production Summary -- Selected Countries

• Tight Money Tightens Demand
  VANCOUVER -- July 12/96 -- STAT -- Without doubt, international specialty crop markets swallowed a mouthful of the summer doldrums last week. Business was so difficult to come by, one exporters from the southern hemisphere said it was like being a cat in a paint factory.

• Mexican Buying Depth Holds Key to Bean Prices
  VANCOUVER -- July 12/96 -- STAT -- Mexico holds the key to the future of summer trade in colored beans in the estimation of most exporters in Latin America and the United Stares.

• Birdseed Markets Drop on Increased Grower Selling
  VANCOUVER -- July 12/96 -- STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets ignored the weather concerns sweeping through cereal grains and focused on recent bearish acreage indications.

• Turkey Expects Shortage of Green Lentils As Crop Dips
  VANCOUVER -- July 12/96 -- STAT -- International lentil markets were generally sideways in a week marred by poor demand for whole greens.

• Feed Pea Gains Eclipsed by Soaring Soymeal
  VANCOUVER -- July 12/96 -- STAT -- Field pea markets were generally quiet last week despite the steep rise recorded on U.S. feed ingredient markets over worries weather conditions will limit yields this summer.

• Australian Chick Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• Australian Lupin Supply-Demand Estimates

• Australian Field Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• Insects Starve from Genetically Altered Peas
  CANBERRA -- July 19/96 -- A gene from a French bean has been added to a new variety of field pea, making the plant resistant to insect attacks. Planted in Australia for the first time, the gene produces a protein which stops the insects from digesting the starch in pea seeds, so they starve to death.

• Specialty and Forage Markets Move Forward at Snail's Pace
  EDMONTON -- July 19/96 -- As may be expected, July forage seed and specialty crop markets continued at a snail's pace because we are currently in between the old crop and new crop, notes Alberta Agriculture in its latest review of market conditions in that province.

• United States -- Dry Edible Bean Exports to Mexico

• French Field Pea Shipments Continue Slide in April
  PARIS -- July 19/96 -- STAT -- French field pea shipments maintained their downward trend in April, with commercial disappearance reaching 214,300 MT compared to the 265,800 MT shipped during the same month in 1995.

• Mexican Imports Slow and Steady, Despite Supply Gap
  VANCOUVER -- July 19/96 -- STAT -- Rapidly tightening dry edible bean stocks in Mexico are not translating into the kind of export sales volumes North American shippers expected to see this spring and summer.

• Mexico -- Dry Edible Bean Supply-Demand

• Dry Edible Bean Markets Experience Quiet Week
  VANCOUVER -- July 19/96 -- STAT -- Dry edible bean markets remained quiet last week with large numbers of European buyers taking their summer vacations.

• Canaryseed Pulled Lower by Crop, Seasonally Slow Demand
  VANCOUVER -- July 19/96 -- STAT -- Seasonally slow demand, good growing conditions and a huge seeded areas combined to pull canaryseed markets down in both spot and new crop shipping positions.

• Turkish Red Lentils Advance on Bangladesh Tender
  VANCOUVER -- July 19/96 -- STAT -- Turkish red lentil markets were the most active member of the complex last week, with values advancing U.S. $10 MT on an FOB Mersin basis.

• Green Pea Market Advances on Shrinking Acreage in U.S.
  VANCOUVER -- July 19/96 -- STAT -- Huge advances in green pea asking prices in the United States were the main feature of international field pea markets in an otherwise uneventful week.

• Canadian Canaryseed Supply-Demand Estimates

• Canadian Mustard Seed Supply-Demand Estimates

• Canadian Lentil Supply-Demand Estimates

• Canadian Field Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• Canadian Field Pea Supply-Demand Estimates -- CORRECTED

• 6,500 MT Pulse Tender Declared for Algeria
  LONDON -- July 23/96 -- A 6,500 MT tender for chick peas lentils and dry edible beans for shipment to Algeria starting in September was announced here recently.

• Crop Development Sits Behind Average in Saskatchewan
  REGINA -- July 23/96 -- Crop development lags behind normal in Saskatchewan and ascochyta is showing up in lentils fields, according to the latest crop development survey by the provincial agriculture department.

• German Organic Market One of Europe's Largest
  BONN -- July 23/96 -- Germany is one of the world's largest producers and consumers of organic food products and with a population of 81 million people, represents a significant export opportunity for producers in other parts of the world.

• USDA Tenders for Dry Edible Beans, Peas, Lentils
  KANSAS CITY -- July 23/96 -- The USDA tendered for dry edible beans, field peas and lentils for shipment between September 6 - 20 and September 21 - October 5, 1996 under PL-480 food aid invitation number 086.

• Pea and Lentil Tenders Total 8,330 MT
  KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- Field peas and lentils covered by the first USDA PL-480 food aid tender for the 1996-97 marketing year total 8,330 MT.

• USDA Seeks Offers on 2,700 MT Beans
  KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender for shipment in the first month of the coming season totals 2,700 MT.

• Mexican Drought Hurt Livestock Sector More Than Beans
  MEXICO CITY -- July 25/96 -- Mexico's livestock sector bore the brunt of the impact of that country's recent drought, with crop production falling less steeply in 1995-96 than expected and many crops looking for a rebound in the coming season.

• Quiet Markets Fret Over Crop Development Status
  EDMONTON -- July 26/96 -- Specialty crop and forage seed markets are worried more about the status of developing crops than of prices, notes Alberta Agriculture in its latest review of market conditions.

• U.S. Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety

• Field Peas Dominate Opening of New Crop Food Season
  VANCOUVER -- July 26/96 -- STAT -- The 1996-97 season is off to a strong start for pea and lentil processors in the United States, with that government quickly asserting itself as the strongest consumer of home grown product.

• Easing Demand Pulls Dry Edible Bean Prices Down in U.S.
  VANCOUVER -- July 26/96 -- STAT -- Limited demand for dry edible beans in spot shipping positions was clearly reflected in a solid 16 point decline in the U.S. spot market price index to 881.

• Lentil Values Ease in Light Buying Interest
  VANCOUVER -- July 26/96 -- STAT -- Light commercial buying interest was reported throughout international lentil markets last week.

• Canaryseed Values Maintain Downward Trend
  VANCOUVER -- July 26/96 -- STAT -- Optimism about the size of the pending canaryseed harvest in western Canada combined with light international demand to pull markets down in both spot and new crop shipping positions.

• U.S. Dry Edible Bean Acreages Shift For Mexico
  VANCOUVER -- July 26/96 -- STAT -- Changes in the demand outlook for dry edible beans as growers in the United States entered seeding this spring resulting in significant shifts in the areas sown to individual varieties, judging from estimates prepared by processors in that country attending last week's U.S. Dry Bean Council convention in Durango, Colorado.

• Pea Markets Heat Up On U.S., Chinese, Pakistani Demand
  VANCOUVER -- July 26/96 -- STAT -- Markets for whole green and yellow peas intended for food markets continued strong last week.

• Manitoba Conditions Boosts Crops -- Some Diseases
  CARMAN -- July 29/96 -- Crop Development in Manitoba is generally good, but conditions have also favored the development of sclerotinia white mould in dry edible bean fields.

• Thunder Bay Specialty Crop Shipments Crawl
  WINNIPEG -- July 31/96 -- Specialty crop shipments through the port of Thunder Bay are down sharply over last season, according to the latest movement statistics from the Lake Shippers Clearance Association.

• Australian Pulse Markets Soften in Weak World Demand
  SYDNEY -- July 31/96 -- Easier world demand is taking its toll on Australian pulse markets, with prices for chick peas, vetch and field peas down over the past week in both spot and new crop shipping positions.

• Hong Kong's Petfood Outlook Reflects Economic Prospects
  HONG KONG -- July 31/96 -- Sales prospects for petfoods and ingredients in the Hong Kong market remain good, with pet ownership expected to rise as long as the state's economy continues to flourish.

• Alert -- USDA Tenders for 1,000 MT Kidney Beans
  KANSAS CITY -- July 31/96 -- The USDA tendered for 1,000 MT of light and/or dark red kidney beans for shipment to Tajikistan between September 6 and 21.

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