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Specialty Crop News for May, 1995

• Australian Pea Growers Encouraged to Think Wheat
  HORSHAM -- May 17/95 -- STAT -- Australian pea growers are being encouraged to think more seriously about growing wheat in the wake of an unexpected A$10 MT increase in estimated 1995-96 pool returns by the Australian Wheat Board.

• Manitoba Seeding Slowest in Western Canada
  WINNIPEG -- May 17/95 -- STAT -- Seeding of Manitoba's specialty crops appears to lagging behind the rest of western Canada, judging from the latest seeding progress reports from provincial agriculture departments.

• Australian Chick Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• Australian Lupin Supply-Demand Estimates

• Australian Field Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• Australian Specialty Grain Export Summary December, 1994

• White Market Remains Hot on Argentine Problems
  VANCOUVER -- May 19/95 -- STAT -- International dry edible bean markets continued to strengthen last week. Argentine alubia beans posted massive price increases as exporters try to discourage consumers from seeking product.

• Canaryseed Weakness Noted as Prices Break Resistance
  VANCOUVER -- May 19/95 -- STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets drifted lower in spot shipping positions during the week, with values dropping from U.S. $11 to $10.75 cwt FOB western Canadian shipping point for machine dressed canaryseed packed in bulk.

• Lentil Markets Choppy Before New Crop
  VANCOUVER -- May 19/95 -- STAT -- International lentil markets put in a mixed performance last week. Reports from Turkey indicate this season's green and red lentil crops are doing well, with some exporters expecting a major gain in supplies of green

• Chick Pea Market Froths in Mexico
  VANCOUVER -- May 19/95 -- STAT -- Chick peas dominated news in international pea markets during the week. Mexican exporters oversold the crop in early shipping positions and frantic efforts to cover short sales commitments has fuelled a bull market th

• Indonesia -- Dry Edible Bean Supply-Demand

• Japan -- Dry Edible Bean Supply-Demand

• Canadian Seeding Lag Does Not Inspire Market
  VANCOUVER -- May 19/95 -- STAT -- Seeding of Canadian specialty crops is progressing more slowly than in the U.S. pacific northwest. Though planting was more advanced at the start of the week than was the case in 1991 _ the last time there was little

• American Lentils Switched to Green Peas
  VANCOUVER -- May 19/95 -- STAT -- Seeding conditions across North America seem destined to pit the young bucks against the old stags. While one group despairs crops are not getting in the ground as fast as the previous three years; old stags recall sp

• Indonesian Self Sufficiency Drive Hurts Beans
  JAKARTA -- STAT -- Efforts to increase local dry edible bean production is helping reduce imports in Indonesia. Further increases in production are expected this year, while import demand should remain flat at around 20,000 MT.

• Pea and Lentil Tenders Total 10,650 MT

• USDA Seeks Offers on 1,600 MT Beans

• Canadian Specialty Crop Seedings Makes Rapid Progress
  VANCOUVER -- May 23/95 -- STAT -- Seeding of this year's specialty crops in western Canada is rapidly approaching virtual completion, judging from the latest crop reports from Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food.

• USDA Tenders for 8,500 MT Pulses
  KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 food aid tender brought the total quantity of pulses sought so far the marketing year to 125,614 MT.

• U.S. Green Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• U.S. Lentil Supply-Demand Estimates

• U.S. Specialty Grain Export Summary March, 1995

• Pea Seedings Fall in France

• Algerian Crop Improvement Seen for 1995
  ALGIERS -- STAT -- Algerian garin production should rebound from the recent lows set in 1993 and 1994 when severe drought pushed total grain production to the lowest level in 20 years.

• Dry Bean Markets Continue Strong Amid Demand
  VANCOUVER -- May 26/95 -- STAT -- Dry edible bean markets continued strong last week against steady buying by Venezuelan importers and expectations of renewed buying by Brazilian and South African importers.

• Birdseeed Market Helped by Seeding Worries
  VANCOUVER -- May 26/95 -- STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets were generally firmer last week.

• Red Lentil Values Soften While Green Steady
  VANCOUVER -- May 26/95 -- STAT -- Rising optimism over lentil crop prospects in Turkey helped pull red lentil values lower last week.

• Chick Pea Markets Jump $50 to $100 MT
  VANCOUVER -- May 26/95 -- STAT -- Chick peas continued to dominate news in the field pea complex last week. Mexican processors remain reluctant sellers and this helped drive values sharply higher.

• European Pea Demand Should Remain Steady in 1995-96
  VANCOUVER -- May 26/95 -- STAT -- A good part of this year's expected increases in field pea production in North America and Hungary will be offset by continued declines in the size of the European crop.

• Ukraine Adds to Ballooning EC Pea Imports
  PARIS -- May 29/95 -- STAT -- The Ukraine accounted for a large portion of this season's rise in pea imports by the European Community, according to recent reports from UNIP, a Paris-based pulse industry association.

• U.S. Green Pea Stocks May be Understated
  VANCOUVER -- May 29/95 -- STAT -- The latest stocks on hand report from the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council appears to be understating the actual quantity of locally grown dry green peas available in the United States.

• Thai Mung Bean Market Advances
  BANGKOK -- Mung bean markets advanced locally this spring in line with a general improvement in local values for agricultural commodities, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. agricultural atatche here.

• Saskatchewan Seeding Progress

• Specialty Crop Seeding Nears Completion in Canada
  VANCOUVER -- May 30/95 -- STAT -- Seeding this year's specialty crops in western Canada remains well behind last year and remains one of the slowest starts to a season so far this decade. Even so, more land has been sown to specialty crops so far this spring than in any previous season.

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