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Specialty Crop news for September, 1999
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Ag Canada Worried About Price Outlook
WINNIPEG - Sep 2/99 - STAT -- Agriculture Canada is fairly pessimistic about the specialty crop price outlook for the 1999-00 marketing year, expecting grower returns to be generally lower than wass the case last season. . . . Continue
Growing Domestic Feed Pea Markets Helps Growers
EDMONTON - Sep 3/99 - STAT -- Western Canadian field pea growers can earn extra money from their crops even when price outlooks are for lower average prices on account of massive stocks. . . . Continue
Markets Spreads Narrow With Harvest
VANCOUVER - Sep 3/99 - STAT -- Spot market values for North American dry edible beans were generally easier on the week as the spread between current and new crop merchandise shrunk. . . . Continue
Lentil Markets Have Slightly Bearish Mood
VANCOUVER - Sep 3/99 - STAT -- North American lentil markets ended the week in a slightly bearish mood. . . . Continue
WCE To Change Pea Futures Contract
WINNIPEG - Sep 7/99 - STAT -- Changes to Canada's feed pea grading standards has prompted the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange to review deliverable grade specifications for its field pea futures contract. . . . Continue
Manitoba's Wild Rice Harvest Underweay
WINNIPEG - Sep 8/99 - STAT -- Manitoba's wild rice harvest in the Whiteshell Provincial . . . Continue
USDA Buys 16,830 MT Pulses for Food Aid
KANSAS CITY - Sep 9/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 16,830 MT of pulses for shipment against PL-480 food aid invitation 099. . . . Continue
Weather Market Pulls Bean Values Upward
VANCOUVER - Sep 10/99 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets experienced their variation of this summer's weather market as rain and cool temperatures interfered with harvest activities in some states. . . . Continue
Lentil Demand Migrates to Offgrades
VANCOUVER - Sep 10/99 - STAT -- North American lentil markets maintained the bearish tone noted one week ago. Values were down in both grower and inter-dealer markets. . . . Continue
Ag Canada Sees Steady Canaryseed Price Outlook
WINNIPEG - Sep 11/99 - STAT -- This year's decrease in Canadian canaryseed production is not expected to make much impact on markets unless there are major, unexpected problems, believes Stan Skrypetz, and Agriculture Canada market analyst. . . . Continue
Spanish Pulse Crops Savaged by Drought
VANCOUVER - Sep 11/99 - STAT -- Export prospects for North American grown Spanish brown, or Pardina lentils, was helped by news Spain is looking at a severe reduction in pulse production levels this summer, including lentils. . . . Continue
Manitoba Reports Limited Harvest Progress
WINNIPEG - Sep 13/99 - STAT -- Manitoba growers reported limited progress with their harvest during the past week on account of cool and damp conditions in most parts of the province. . . . Continue
Saskatchewan Specialty Crop Harvest Limps Forward
REGINA - Sep 14/99 - STAT -- This year's specialty crop harvest remains one of the slowest of the decade, though good progress bringing peas and lentils from fields assures processors of good availability of new crop merchandise. . . . Continue
USDA Seeks 2,440 MT Pulses for Russia
KANSAS CITY - Sep 16/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office is seeking offers for 2,440 MT of pulses for shipment to Russia in November. . . . Continue
Dry Edible Bean Prices Mixed to Firmer
VANCOUVER - Sep 17/99 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets ended the week on a mixed note. . . . Continue
Quality Concerns Focal Point of Lentil Trade
VANCOUVER - Sep 17/99 - STAT -- Doubts about the quality of Canadian lentils remained the focal point of markets during a week, which saw values firm against active spot market trading conditions. . . . Continue
Japan's Azuki Bean Harvest Surprisingly Low
TOKYO - Sep 20/99 - STAT -- Azuki bean production in Japan's key producing area came in well below trade expectations, as the Japanese agriculture department pegged output at 64,602 MT after today's market close. . . . Continue
France's New Crop Pea Sales Start Slow
PARIS - Sep 21/99 - STAT -- France's new crop field pea sales campaign got off to a slightly slower start than last year, with opening season domestic and export shipments falling 13,500 MT to 192,100 MT. . . . Continue
Off Quota Bean Shipment Pace Good to Mexico
WASHINGTON - Sep 22/99 - STAT -- Mexico remained a good destination for dry edible bean exporters in July, even though the country's importers did not have possession of duty free import licenses. . . . Continue
Indian Markets Mixed at Mid week
DELHI - Sep 22/99 - STAT -- Local pulse markets entered the mid week trading sessions in mixed trading conditions as markets responded to small variations in supply for individual products. . . . Continue
November Bean Tenders Reach 4,000 MT
KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 17,100 MT, compared to 11,100 MT last year. . . . Continue
USDA Nov Tenders Reach 10,530 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 1999-00 shipping season to 35,040 MT. . . . Continue
India's Kharif Season Pulse Yields Struggle
DELHI - Sep 24/99 - STAT -- It is clear this year's uneven monsoon progress has hurt pulses, with the result this season's advance in seeded area should be largely offset by lower yields. . . . Continue
Light Demand Leaves Birdseed Markets Unsupported
VANCOUVER - Sep 24/99 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets continued to drift against relatively light demand. . . . Continue
Indian Crop Problems Help Pea Market Mood
VANCOUVER - Sep 24/99 - STAT -- Few changes were noted in international field pea markets during the week. Markets remain transfixed by the availability of substantial quantities of product from Canada. . . . Continue
Saskatchewan Harvest Moving Faster than 1996
REGINA - Sep 28/99 - STAT -- Saskatchean's pulse harvest entered its final stages this week, with growers trying to bring in the last 16% of this year's lentil crop and the final 8% of the field peas. . . . Continue
USDA Buys 2,440 MT Pulses for Russia
KANSAS CITY - Sep 28/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,440 MT of pulses for shipment to Russia this year. . . . Continue
U.S. Farm Prices Drop in September
WASHINGTON - Sep 29/99 - STAT -- Prices paid U.S. farmers for several agricultural commodities during September fell below their recent long term averages, according to data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue
50 cm Row Spacings Benefit Chick Peas
DONALD - Sep 30/99 - STAT -- Australian agonomists say results from crop trials in Central Queensland reveal chick peas do best when rows are spaced 50 centimeters apart. . . . Continue
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