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Specialty Crop News for Sep, 1996

• Australian Seeded Area Estimates

• Australian Crop Production Estimates

• Manitoba Harvests Push Forward With Good Yields Reported
  CARMAN -- Sep 3/96 -- Harvest activity pushed forward throughout Manitoba last week, with good yields reported in most crop districts, according to the latest crop development report from Manitoba Agriculture soils and crops branch staff.

• International Field Pea Production Summary -- Selected

• Australia Pulse Production Drops as Growers Shift to
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 3/96 -- STAT -- Australian growers continued shifting land away from pulses as seeding progressed this summer, resulting in massive declines in pulse area over their spring seeding intentions.

• Australia Pulse Production Drops as Growers Shift to
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 3/96 -- STAT -- Australian farmers are less pessimistic about opportunities to market lentils and dry edible beans than they are about field peas, judging from the latest crop production estimates from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

• Saskatchewan Harvest Leaps Forward, but Temperature is
  REGINA -- Sep 4/96 -- Strong progress last week harvesting this summer's specialty crops in Saskatchewan pushed two-thirds of the province's lentil and mustard seed crops out of frost's way and half the field peas grown in Saskatchewan.

• Drought Eases in Mexico, Summer Harvest On Target
  MEXICO CITY -- Sep 4/96 -- Considerable rain has fellen in the states of Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, relieving the drought conditions which oprevailed the last four years.

• Dry Edible Bean Crop Conditions Remain Good in United
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 4/96 -- Dry edible bean crops in the United States entered the week in good conditions, with the majority of beans rated to good to excellent. Harvest progress was mixed, however, with problems in states such as Michigan offsetting excellent progress in states such as Colorado.

• USDA Buys All Peas, Lentils, Beans Requested on Tender
  KANSAS CITY -- Sep 5/96 -- The USDA 's Kansas City Commodity Office bought

• Hungary Looks for Major Expansion in Sunflower Production
  VIENNA -- Sep 6/96 -- Timely rains and favorable growing conditions are resulting in major increases in Hungarian crop yields this summer. In the case of sunflower seed average yields are expected to leap from 1,487 kg per hectare to almost 2,000 this year.

• Harvest Pushes Foreward Across Western Canada
  EDMONTON -- Sep 6/96 -- Harvest activity made excellent progress coming into the week. But conditions turned wet and cold toward week's end, with the risk of frost in Alberta and Saskatchewan rising sharply for the September 6 weekend.

• Dry Bean Market Mood Contradictory
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 6/96 -- STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets put in a mixed performance, with market attitudes appearing to be in a contradictory state throughout the week.

• Canaryseed Market Firms as Harvest Progress Slows
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 6/96 -- STAT -- Deteriorating weather conditions contributed to firmness in North American birdseed ingredient markets by the close of weekly trading.

• Canadian Lentil Markets Presuured by Harvest
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 6/96 -- STAT -- North American lentil markets put in a mixed performance during the week, despite a solid improvement on the demand side of the ledger.

• Small Sized Chick Pea Market Pressure Builds
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 6/96 -- STAT -- The international field pea market complex ended trading sideways to weaker, with pressure building in the small sized chick pea market.

• Australian Chick Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• Australian Lupin Supply-Demand Estimates

• Australian Field Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• Anthracnose Found in Australian Lupin Crop
  PERTH -- Sept 9/96 -- Agriculture Western Australia (AGWA) says that anthracnose, regarded as the most dangerous disease to lupin, has been discovered for the first time in the Australian lupin crop.

• More Infected Lupin Fields Found in Western Australia
  PERTH -- Sep 10/96 -- Agriculture Western Australia (AGWA) has confirmed that four more lupin crops have been found to be infected with the fungal disease anthracnose, doubling the number of infected crops.

• Manitoba Harvest Pushes Forward, Yields Remain Good
  CARMAN -- Sep 10/96 -- Thunder storm activity swept through Manitoba, slowing harvest activity in many parts of the province, but good poverall progress was reported in the latest crop development report from Manitoba Agriculture's Soils and Crops Branch.

• Specialty Harvest Behind Last Year, but Ahead of Average
  REGINA -- Sep 10/96 -- Saskatchean's specialty crop harvest sped forward last week despite a mid week-rain which halted activity in most parts of the province.

• Argentine Growers Switch Sunflower Land to Wheat
  BUENOS AIRES-- Sep 10/96 -- Dry weather conditions in Argentine oilseed growing areas and the loss of land to wheat production will prevent sunflower and soybean production from exceeding last winter's.

• Ontario's Initial Payment for Edible Beans Unchanged from
  LONDON -- Sep 10/96 -- This year's initial payment for navy beans grown in Ontario will remain unchanged from last year at CDN $325 MT or $14.74 per cwt for farmers dressed product delivered to the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board.

• U.S. Bean Crops Mostly Rated Good
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 11/96 -- Dry edible bean crops remained in generally good condition in the United States through the end of last week. However, several weather systems moving through the eastern production regions this week are again raising concernover quality and yield.

• Non-traditional Crops Requires Market Research Commitment
  EDMONTON -- Sep 12/96 -- Once you get involved in researching exotic new crops, amaranth, quinoa, anise, it's difficult to know if you're cumin' or going.

• Canadian Lentil Harvest Nearly Complete, Peas Over Half
  EDMONTON -- Sep 13/96 -- This falls harvest continues to make solid progress in western Canada with the lentil harvest entering its final stages and field peas moving beyond the half way point.

• Sluggish Feed Pea Demand Indicates Bigger Food Sales
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 13/96 -- STAT -- Pulse production is down in some of the world's key exporting and importing regions. But instead of rising, prices entering the early fall shipping period seem to be under pressure as supplies available to spot markets exceed the short term needs of buyers.

• Bigger Chick Pea Crops Boost Competition for Food Markets
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 13/96 -- STAT -- World chick pea production is rising. Spain is one of the key consumers of large chick peas and their crops are large enough that import demand for the 1996-97 season could fall from between 50,000 and 65,000 MT in recent years to around 25,000 MT. This is limiting sales opportunities for the freshly harvested Turkish crop, contributing a general decline in international chick pea values and bearish sentiment in the market.

• Fran Ignites Cranberry Bean Market After Slashing Ontario
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 13/96 -- STAT -- International dry edible bean markets ended weekly trading in a mostly bullish mood.

• Birdseed Ingredient Market Tension Builds
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 13/96 -- STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets ended the week's trading in an unsettled mood as processor, speculators, and growers found it hard to stay on the same page.

• Demand Starting to Build for New Crop Lentils
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 13/96 -- STAT -- International lentil markets recorded a mixed performance on the week. Turkish red lentils were supported on the week by good demand from India and Pakistan.

• Lupin Industry Wies May Benefit Field Pea Market
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 13/96 -- STAT -- International field pea markets maintained a mostly sideways trend last week, despite increasingly bullish news from Australia's lupin industry.

• Western Australia Hopes to Contain Anthracnose Outbreak in
  PERTH -- Sep 13/96 -- Inspections of Albus lupin crops in the northern region by Agriculture Western Australia this week has confirmed anthracnose disease on 18 properties.

• Medicinal Plants Targeted for Commercial Production
  WINNIPEG -- Sep 13/96 -- Manitoba Agriculture -- New developments in growing and processing medicinal and aromatic plants has would-be producers interested in the possibilities of cultivating these crops.

• U.S. Green Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• U.S. Lentil Supply-Demand Estimates

• Harvest moves Forward Rapidly in Manitoba
  CARMAN -- Sep 17/96 -- Most crop districts in Manitoba avoided the frosts events which sent a shiver through Saskatchewan's specialty crop industry last week, while this summer's harvest made strong advances in generally good weather conditions.

• Nearly 90% of Saskatchewan's Pulses in Swath or Bins
  REGINA -- Sep 17/96 -- Harvesting all western Canadian crops is more than half comlete with the final production total for all grains and oilseeds expected to set a new record tonnage.

• Dry Bean Crop Conditions Falter in Michigan
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 18/96 -- Heavy rains in Michigan ended concern over dry soil conditions in that state last week, but increased worries of damage to this year's dry edible bean harvest following reports of extensive damage to Ontario's cranberry and navy bean crops.

• USDA PL-480 Pulse Demand Hits 36,200 MT
  KANSAS CITY -- Sep 18/96 -- USDA PL-480 food aid buyers have been unusually active this month, announcing numerous surprise tenders for vast quantities of pulses for shipment to Africa and central Europe over the next three months.

• Growers Should Pick Forage Variety to Match Soil Type
  SASKATOON -- Sep 19/96 -- In deciding which variety to grow, forage seed producers in Saskatchewan need to bear in mind varietoies give different yield performances indifferent soil types.

• Tips for Safe Storage of New Crop Peas and Lentils
  SASKATOON -- Sep 19/96 -- Many acres of lentil and dry pea were harvested during the last two weeks of August when the weather was hot and dry. Some of these crops were binned at high temperatures. Proper storage techniques are now essential to maintain the value of the crop, says Ray McVicar, crop development specialist, Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food.

• USDA Buys 730 MT Dry Edible Beans and Lentils
  KANSAS CITY -- Sep 19/96 -- The USDA's Kansas City Commodity announced purchases of 730 MT of lentils, pinto and pea beans in both standard export and retail styles packaging at prices which were generally below current dealer market asking values.

• Specialty and Forage Markets Feel a Little Harvest Selling
  EDMONTON -- Sep 20/96 -- Inclement weather over much of Alberta last week, delaying most specialty and forage seed harvest operations, according to the latest commodity market summary from Alberta Agriculture.

• Thai Mung Bean Market Values Ease
  BANGKOK -- Sep 20/96 -- Prices available for mung beans in Thailand were mixed last month, with asking prices for the best quality falling while second quality mung beans advanced.

• France -- Field Pea Supply-Demand Forecast

• Edible Beans Firm on Weather, Weak on Demand
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 20/96 -- STAT -- The latest crop production estimates coming from France contain few surprises. Production is down from last year on account of reduced area; but it suffered a further decline because yields remained below the recent five-year average, according to the latest survey by the Union Nationale Interprofessionelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines.

• France -- Field Pea Disappearance

• Columbia Struggles to Expand Agricultural Output
  BOGOTA -- Sep 20/96 -- Efforts to expand Colombian agricultural production is hampered by other problems. Growers blame on competition from imports and from other uses of farm land that is more profitable (planting alternative crops, livestock production, urban development, etc.) for a downward trend in crop production.

• Columbia Dry Edible Bean Outpuit Under Pressure
  BOGOTA -- Sep 20/96 -- Colombia's need for imported pulses should keep growing into the next century as farmers in that country continue moving land from the production of pulses and grains into higher revenue, exotic crops.

• Turkish Lentils Strengthen While Canadian Weaken
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 20/96 -- STAT -- North American lentils were generally weaker, while Turkish markets strengthened on good demand and tightening stocks in Mersin.

• Edible Beans Firm on Weather, Weak on Demand
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 20/96 -- STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets experienced another week of firm market levels as processors continued to worry about the impact rainy weather will have bean quality in Michigan and New York.

• Disappointing Yields, Good Demand Support Pea Markets
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 20/96 -- STAT -- Canadian field pea markets appeared to be the most active internationally during the week, with good volumes of green peas trading up to U.S. $230 MT for machine dressed product packed in bulk on a delivered track Vancouver basis.

• Solid Mexican Demand Matches Grower Selling Pressure
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 20/96 -- STAT -- North American birdseed markets were generally under pressure last week. Canaryseed ended the week with a softer tone _ though trading levels were unchanged from the previous week's close.

• Manitoba Struggles With Lats Third of Harvest
  CARMAN -- Sep 23/96 -- Cool, moist weather conditions is making it hard for Manitoba growers to harvest the last third of this year's production, according to the latest crop development report from Manitoba Agriculture's Soils and Crops Branch staff.

• Edible Bean Harvest Pushes Forward Across United States
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 23/96 -- Dry edible bean harvest acitivity moved forward last week across much of the United States, but growers in the northeastern states were still frustrated by wet weather conditions last week.

• Cool, Wet Weather Slows Saskatchewan Harvest
  REGINA -- Sep 24/96 -- Harvesting this year's specialty crops slowed to a crawl as cool, wet weather spilled across western Canada last week, idling combines in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba -- but attracting flocks of ducks and geese.

• Cool, Wet Weather Slows Saskatchewan Harvest
  REGINA -- Sep 24/96 -- Harvesting this year's specialty crops slowed to a crawl as cool, wet weather spilled across western Canada last week, idling combines in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba -- but attracting flocks of ducks and geese.

• USDA Tenders for Peas, Lentils, Beans
  KANSAS CITY -- Sep 24/96 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here requested offers on relatively small quantities of peas, lentils and beans fro shipment between November 6-20, 1996 and November 21, 1996-December 5, 1996 as food aid.

• Pea and Lentil Tenders Total 2,150 MT
  KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender this season now totals 25,370 MT, compared to 9,515 MT last year.

• USDA Seeks 2,000 MT Beans For November
  KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender this season now totals 14,380 MT, compared to 10,905 MT last year.

• USDA Tenders for 4,150 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 1995-96 shipping season to 37,600 MT.

• Grower Funded Promotional Programs Headed for Supreme
  SACRAMENTO -- Sep 26/96 -- The ability of commodity groups to create manditory check off programs to fund promotional and research programs in the United States will be heard in the United States Supreme Court.

• USDA Reschedules Part of Latest Tender, Buys Kidney Beans
  KANSAS CITY -- Sep 26/96 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office rejected all offers of green peas, pinto beans and lentils against invitation 096E on account of change in the bag requirements from consumer pack to 50 kg bags.

• Alberta Agriculture Paints Bearish New Crop Picture
  EDMONTON -- Sep 26/96 -- Alberta Agriculture market economists painted a bearish picture for specialty crop markets in their latest market analysis, despite the fact another week of cold, wet weather has brought harvest operations to a crawl the last10 days.

• Canadian Canaryseed Supply-Demand Estimates

• Canadian Lentil Supply-Demand Estimates

• Canadian Field Pea Supply-Demand Estimates

• Canadian Mustard Seed Supply-Demand Estimates

• Food Aid Purchases in United States, Second Highest
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 27/96 -- STAT -- September was a big month for the U.S. pulse industry. While many commercial buyers of dry edible beans, field peas and lentils were noticed more for their lack of activity rather than the strength of their buying; USDA PL-480 food aid buyers were unusually visible.

• Crisis Developing In Mustard and Canaryseed Markets
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 27/96 -- STAT -- Every attempt to focus attention on yield prospects for Canadian canaryseed and mustard seed and deliver a bearish message to growers and processors failed in September. Harvest activity ground slowly forward and reports on yields and quality undermined market confidence in the most bearish predictions from end users and some speculators.

• Turkish Lentils Advance on Tightening Stocks
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 27/96 -- STAT -- Tightening stocks continued to pull Turkish lentils up in light buying interest for that origin.

• Good Demand Supports Canadian Green Peas
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 27/96 -- STAT -- International field pea markets posted a mixed performance last week, with prices for Canadian green peas rising while U.S. product eased.

• Dry Edible Bean Markets Inch Upward
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 27/96 -- STAT -- Dry edible bean markets were slightly firmer on the week as represented by the U.S. spot price index, which advanced 9 points to end trading at 853 points.

• Poor Harvest Progress Strengthens Canaryseed
  VANCOUVER -- Sep 27/96 -- STAT -- Little progress was reported with Canada's canaryseed harvest last week, leaving processors short of product to meet October shipping commitments.

• Canadian Honey Production Overview
  EDMONTON -- Sep 29/96 -- Alberta Agriculture -- Canadian honey production in 1995 is estimated at 29,672 MT, which is about 13% lower than 1994's level. By comparison, the 1989-93 average is 30,516 MT or about 3% higher. Production in the three prairie provinces accounted for 12,787 MT, 63% of the Canadian total.

• USDA Buys 1,500 MT Peas, Beans, Lentils
  KANSAS CITY -- Sep 30/96 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here announced the purchases of 1,500 MT of green peas, pinto beans and lentils for export as food aid between November 6 - December 5, 1996 against invitation 096H, dated September 25, 1996.

• Manitoba Struggles to Complete Harvest
  CARMAN -- Sep 30/96 -- Manitoba farmers struggled to complete this year's harvest last week amid shower activity and the first killing frosts of the fall season in western crop districts.

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