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Specialty Crop news for March, 1999
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USDA Does Not Buy All Peas, Lentils Offered
KANSAS CITY -- Mar 1/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 4,110 MT of green peas and 910 MT of lentils for shipment to Russia under Invitation No. 029D. . . . Continue
USDA PL-480 Tender 039 Rescheduled
KANSAS CITY -- Mar 2/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here announced it has abandoned PL-480 tender invitation 039 and replaced it with invitation 039D. . . . Continue
Tropical Legumes Work into Australian Livestock Operations
DONALD -- Mar 4/99 -- Farmers in the northern half of New South Wales are finding several legumes normally found in tropical areas surprisingly well adapted to the region, providing solid benefits in terms of what they do to the soil and as alternatelivestock feed sources. . . . Continue
Niche Markets Developing in Price Conscious India
DELHI -- Mar 4/99 -- Important niche markets for pulses are developing in India's wealthier neighborhoods, creating new opportunities for premium quality pulses, including already processed and packaged products. . . . Continue
Massive Export Performance Fails to Support Pintos
VANCOUVER -- Mar 5/99 -- Dry edible bean markets experienced an unusually dull week, with limited fill in buying providing the only tangible demand. . . . Continue
North Amerixcan Lentisl Ease in Dull Demand
VANCOUVER -- Mar 5/99 -- North American lentil markets ended the week unchanged to weaker in light inter-dealer trading conditions. . . . Continue
Fungicide Helps Beat Anthracnose in Lupins
DONALD -- Mar 8/99 -- Fungicide treatments help minimize the impact of anthracnose on lupin crops, judging from research trials condusted last eyar by Agriculture Western Australia. . . . Continue
Good Number of Vessels Discharging Pulses in India
DELHI -- Mar 9/99 -- The week opended with a good number of vessels discharging pulses at India's ports. . . . Continue
36 of India's Medicinal Plants Endangered
DELHI -- Mar 10/99 -- Thirty six of India's medicinal plant varieties are endangered and 14 of them face extinction, according to results of a recent risk assessment of the status of wild plants in southern India. . . . Continue
USDA Buys 7,120 MT Pulses
KANSS CITY -- Mar 10/99 -- The USDDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 7,120 MT of pulses against PL-480 food aid invitation 039D. . . . Continue
Canadian Foodbank Ships Peas to North Korean Children
WINNIPEG -- Mar 11/99 -- Canadian field peas were among the 4,223 MT of product shipped in containers to Dalian, China last month by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. . . . Continue
Bean Markets Quiet, Easier
VANCOUVER -- Mar 12/99 -- International dry edible bean markets were relatively quiet against light buying interest from Brazil and Venezuela. . . . Continue
Massive Increases in Canadian Lentil Area Foreseen
VANCOUVER -- Mar 12/99 -- Canadian lentil markets ended the week on a softer note against predictions by the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers association more then 1.1 million acres could be planted in the province this spring. . . . Continue
Australian Lupin Growers Urged to Screen to CMV
DONALD -- Mar 19/99 -- Lupin growers in Western Australia's Esperance region continue to have a major problem with the incidence of Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) infection in their seed stocks, despite an over-all drop in the virus state-wide. . . . Continue
Saskatchewan Expects one Fifth Red Lentils
REGINA -- Mar 19/99 -- An expected jump in red lentil seedings to around 200,000 acres or one-fifth the expected total lentil seedings in the province is an exiciting level of diversification for the crop believes Ray McVicar, crop development specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food. . . . Continue
CICILS Conference Leaves Bean Markets Unpopulated
VANCOUVER -- Mar 19/99 -- Efforts by significant numbers of traders to make their way to the United Arab Emirates for this year's biennial CICILS conference left markets listing at week's end. . . . Continue
New Crop Concerns Shift Lentil Market Focus
VANCOUVER -- Mar 19/99 -- International lentil markets were mostly unchanged in quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue
ABB Expects Duller Pulse Markets in 1999
DONALD -- Mar 22/99 -- The Australian Barley Board started preparing growers in that country for duller pulse markets during 1999, predicting prices for most products would scale down in the face of lareg international crops and normal demand patterns. . . . Continue
Massive Drop off in Ships Discharging Pulses in India
DELHI -- Mar 23/99 -- The expected drop off in the number of ships discharging pulses at India ports on account of the recent rabi harvest, materialized this week. . . . Continue
USDA Monthly Bean Invitation Totals 530 MT
KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender this season now totals 43,870 MT, compared to 10,950 MT last year. . . . Continue
USDA May Tenders Reach 7,490 MT Pulses
KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 tenders bring actual and potential purchases of pulses for shipment as food aid during the 1997-98 shipping season to 103,790 MT. . . . Continue
Thailand Looks for Slightly Large Bean Crop in 1999
BANGKOK -- Mar 25 -- Thailand expects to harvest close to 10,000 MT more beans this year than last, with the result exports stand a good chance of increasing from 18,908 MT during 1998 to around 25,000 MT. . . . Continue
Poor Demand Depresses Edible Beans
VANCOUVER -- Mar 26/99 -- International dry edible bean markets ended the week in a generally bearish mood. . . . Continue
Canadian Red Lentils Bulled by Middle East Drought
VANCOUVER -- Mar 26/99 -- North American lentil markets managed a mixed performance during the week, despite a major increase in speculative trading interest in new crop red lentils. . . . Continue
Saskatchewan Growers Continue Looking at Ginseng
REGINA -- Mar 29/99 -- Although the current low prices for ginseng have cooled some of the initial excitement about growing this medicinal herb in Saskatchewan, a few growers and researchers continue to learn more about its production. . . . Continue
Burma Exports 21,678 MT Pulses in February
BANGKOK -- Mar 30/99 -- Bangkok Burma exported 21,678 MT of beans and pulses in February, 1999, with shipments to India accounting for 64% of all shipments. . . . Continue
U.S. Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety
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Dry Edible Bean Seedings Should Advance in United States
VANCOUVER -- Mar 31/99 -- Dry edible bean seedings in the United States are expected to climb this spring as growers work hard to maintain a good blend of crops to try to battle generally weaker international commodity values. . . . Continue
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