VANCOUVER --Apr 2/99 -- Dry edible bean markets were generally unchanged to easier as the number of traders and countries participating in markets dropped during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER --Apr 2/99 -- Birdseed ingredient markets did not have a good week, as news of a massive expansion in potential confectionary sunflower seed acreage in the United States pulled the complex lower. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER --Apr 2/99 -- International lentil markets ended the markets in mixed demand conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER --Apr 2/99 -- International field pea markets managed a mixed performance on the week. Improved trading interest in Canadian origin product support old and new crop whole green and yellow peas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VNCOUVER -- Apr 2/99 -- The seemingly daily barrage of bearish news sweeping across dry edible bean markets this calendar year came to an abrupt halt last week as heavy rainfall stopped alubia bean seedings operations in Argentina's northern crop districts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FORTH WORTH -- Apr 6/99 -- Covered hopper car rates from Chicago to Tennessee are slated to increase U.S. $214 per car May 1 for all types of pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Apr 7/99 -- Results of the latest regyularly scheduled USDA PL-480 food id tender favored whole yellow peas over green as the entire quantity of the optional portion of the latest tender went to the former type. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BUENOS AIRES -- Apr 8/99 -- Official estimates Argentine dry edible bean production could surpass 400,000 MT this year are not viewed with the same level of credibility as industry estimates, which see output struggling to reach 345,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Apr 8/99 -- The recent reduction in the number of vessels discharging pulses in India comes as no surprise, given the recent completion of the country's rabi harvests. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Apr 9/99 - The Ukraine is expecting a significant reduction in field pea seedings this spring as economic problems make it hard for the country's farms to maintain production levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 9/99 -- Dramatic declines in field pea seedings in some of the key production areas could push production down over a million tons in the coming season, helping sustain the recent gathering strength in old and new crop values. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Apr 10/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corpoartion office here is seeking offers for 2,520 MT of green peas, lentils, and pinto beans for shipment to Russia in June. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 10/99 -- The spread between white and black bean market values continued to change in favor of white beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 10/99 -- North American birdseed ingredient markets bounced off the bottom end of their recent trading range, with canaryseed leading the way upward. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 10/99 -- Good demand left international lentil markets mixed after week of steady, thorough trading. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 10/99 -- Solid demand for small calibre, kabuli type chick peas continued to spill over into whole yellow peas during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSS CITY -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here bought 2,000 MT of pea beans for shipment in May as food aid under PL-480 tender number 049A. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Apr 13/99 -- India's domestic market for pulses improved this week against reduced deliveries and quality concerns with recently harvested merchandise and reduced import activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO -- Apr 13/99 -- Tariff quotas for fiscal 1999 were set by the Japanese government, with dry leguminous vegetables allocated 120,000 MT for the fiscal year which started April 1, but just 50,400 MT during the first half. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Apr 13/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation here will sponsor its second export food aid conference around the middle of October. . . . Continue or visitors click here

THE HAGUE -- Apr 13/99 -- Consumer interest in one stop shopping is creating a chance for Dutch supermarkets to increase their share of the country's organic food market and, as a result, give this sector of the food economy more room to grow. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Apr 14/99 -- The latest summary of food aid purchases under the current agreement between the United States and Russia suggests there remain additional opportunities to sell lentil and field peas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY -- Apr 14/99 -- The Mexican government set the PROCAMPO subsidy level for dry edible beans, corn, wheat, rice, sorghum, soybean, safflower, cotton and barley at 708 pesos per hectare or U.S. $33 per acre for the 1999 spring-summer and 1999-00 fall-winter planting seasons. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Apr 15/99 -- Cabbage and cauliflower growers could reduce the likelihood of root diseases by introducing a pulse crop as a break to continuous vegetable production, suggest research trials in Manjimup. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 17/99 -- Seemingly minor events can have major consequences for all human endeavors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 17/99 -- South American dry edible bean markets managed a mixed performance during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 17/99 -- North American canaryseed markets continued to improve slightly in spot shipping positions last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 17/99 -- Continued improvement in international trading interest pulled North American lentil values higher during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 17/99 -- Chick peas were the key culprit in last week's strength in specialty crops' field pea complex. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BUENOS AIRES -- Apr 20/99 -- STAT -- Moisture and temperatures conditions in Argentina are improving this week, good news for the country's dry edible bean producers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Apr 20/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here today requested offers on 5,550 MT of pulses for shipment as food aid in June. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender this season now totals 49,990 MT, compared to 12,580 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender this season now totals 63,870 MT, compared to 42,580 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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 113,860 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA -- Sep 21/99 - STAT - Participants and the emphasis of Saskatchewan's fledgling hemp industry are changing, with one of the new proponents seeing more future with organically grown hemp. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSS CITY -- Apr 21/99 - STAT -- The USDA'c Commodity Credit Corporation office here cancelled the 1,200 MT of pinto beans requested for shipment to Haiti under PL-480 tender invitation 049E. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 23/99 - STAT -- Specialty crop trades did not get the kind of bullish seeding intentions report they were looking for as western Canadian growers responded to a dull outlook for major grains by maintaining interest in oilseeds and specialty crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 23/99 - STAT -- Statistics Canada did not provide any estimate of this spring's seeding intentions for desi and kabuli type chick peas, reflecting its newness to the Canadian specialty crop landscape. The youthfulness of this industryis also reflected in its struggle to develop consistent terms for trading the product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONADL -- Apr 23/99 - STAT -- Agriculture Western Australia has appointed Bevan Buirchell as the Senior Plant Breeder to oversee the breeding of new narrow-leafed lupin varieties and other lupin species for WA growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Apr 23/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here announced a equest for offers on 1,500 MT of pea beans for shipment in June unde its food aid progams. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CAPE TOWN -- Apr 23/99 - STAT -- Doubts about South African dry edible bean yields on account of hot, dry weather during the final stages of crop development proved correct, with this year's production estimate cut from 82,200 MT to 75,000. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 23/99 -- STAT -- Frost events in Argentina's dry edible bean production areas had little impact on black bean markets in the region, but sent a shiver down the spines of alubia bean traders. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 23/99 -- STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets continued to be led by events in Argentina. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 23/99 -- STAT -- Tightening old crop stocks over shadowed the latest seeding intentions report from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 23/99 -- STAT -- International field pea markets stated looking for the next possible piece of bearish news after Statistics Canada released a neutral seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSS CITY -- Apr 29/99 -- Several revisions to USDA PL-480 food aid tenders involving pea beans were announced by the USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation division here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSS CITY -- Apr 29/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation division here announced detils of invitation 059C, covering 3,860 MT of lentils, peas and pinto beans for shipment in July to Russia and Haiti. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA -- Apr 30/99 -- Lentil has become Western Canada's second largest pulse crop. But lentil is not competitive, so efficient weed control is essential to the production of high-yielding crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Apr 30/99 - STAT -- North America's lentil industry is not being consumed by the kind of self doubts afflicting dry edible beans, field pes and birdseed ingredient markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Apr 30/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation ofice here confirmed the purchase of 2,000 MT of pea beans for delivery to Lake Charles in June. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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