VANCOUVER - Aug 1/99 - STAT -- The U.S. pea and lentil industry is undergoing more change than the latest seeded area estimates generated by the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council suggest, suggesting Canadian processors will face increasing competition inNorth American domestic markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/99 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets recorded another mixed performance, with North American markets maintaining their values in the face of plunging South American markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/99 - STAT -- International lentil markets remain worried about the status of Canadian green and red lentil crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 1/99 - STAT -- International field peas markets continue to be pressured by slack demand and a lack of news affecting development of this summer’s North American crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Aug 2/99 - STAT -- Australian plant breeders have developed a new navy bean line which has a higher resistance to sclerotinia, a fungal disease which devastate crops under the right conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Aug 2/99 - STAT -- The Mexican government set the date for this year's auction of duty free import licences as August 30. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BUDABEST - Aug 3/99 - STAT -- Rainy weather during harvesting and local flooding has reduced the potential size of this year's agricultural crops, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAQS CITY - Aug 3/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporsation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,540 MT of dry edible beans and field peas for shipment against PL-480 tender invitation 079F. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Aug 4/99 - STAT -- A truckers strike in Maharashtra has added support to local edible oilseed markets, but failed to prevent pulse values from easing in the face of anticipated new crop deliveries from the state. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Aug 4/99 - STAT -- Pulse crops are developing slowly in Saskatchewan, with only 55% of the crop having reached the podding stage, compared to 96% producing seed at this time last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Aug 4/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 6,300 MT of lentils, field peas and pinto beans for shipment during the periods of September 1 - 15 and September 16 - 30, 1999. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Aug 5/99 - STAT -- Surveys of chick pea fields in Western Australia have confirmed the presence of aschochyta on seven properties in Walkaway, Dongara, Mingenew, Morawa, Greenough and West Perenjori. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/99 - STAT -- Last week’s announcement of Mexico will auction 48,000 MT of duty free dry edible bean import licenses on August 30 pretty well ended the U.S. industry’s waiting game. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/99 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets were generally quiet as traders in many parts of the world continue to watch crops develop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/99 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets continued to be affected by weather induced price movements on the Chicago Board of Trade. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/99 - STAT -- International lentil markets remain focussed on the status of Canadian crops. Though a good percentage of the crop is in the seed setting stage, it remains up to four behind normal, depending on the area. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 6/99 - STAT -- International field pea and chick pea markets managed a lackluster performance against limited buying interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Aug 7/99 - STAT -- A 10 member trade team, respeenting seven companies from Mubai and three from Delhi, is visiting Canada to familiarise itself with Canadian chick pea and red lentil production, pulse processing, loading systems and port facilities. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/99 - STAT -- The USDA expects dry edible bean production in the United States to reach 31.5 million bags at roughly 1.43 million MT, up 2% from a year earlier and 7% above two years ago. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Aug 13/99 - STAT -- Australian and Chinese researchersare cooperating on efforts to redeuce the risk of viral diseases from entering their country's and hurting adzuki bean crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Aug 13/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here requested offers on a total of 2,310 MT of pulses against two separate PL-480 food aid tender invitations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Aug 13/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 340 MT of pinto beans for shipment against PL-480 food aid tender invitation 089C. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Aug 14/99 - STAT -- The latest USDA seeded area estimates by variety came in remarkably close to numbers generated bean processors at this summer's U.S. Dry Bean Convention in Big Sky, Montana. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 14/99 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets were generally quiet in the United States, despite the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 14/99 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredients remained in their recent trading ranges during an uneventful week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 14/99 - STAT -- North American lentil markets continued to advance in new crop shipping positions against worries about the quality of the pending Canadian harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 14/99 - STAT -- Canadian field pea markets continued to drift lower in the face of expectations production will remain close to two million metric tons. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Aug 16/99 - STAT -- Field pea prices should remain relatively flat under the weight of lower protein meal values for stockfeed, increased competition in the human consumption market and increased production in India. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Aug 16/99 - STAT -- Efforts toi find an alternative to the Macareena chick pea commonly grown in the Ord River Irrigation Area are starting to achieve results. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Aug 17/99 - STAT -- The quality of fababeans produced by Australian growers is showing distinct improvements in seed weight and size, judging from comparisons of 1997 and 1998 seed samples. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 17/99 - STAT -- Western Canada's specialty crop harvest is getting off to its slowest start since 1992 and 1993, summers in which little or no product was in the bin by the middle of August. The situation will change by the end of theweek. But growers might be hard pressed to catch up to 1992, when just under 10% of the pea and lentil crop was in the bin by the end of the third week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRASILIA - Aug 17/99 - STAT -- Argentina was the dominant supplier of birdseed ingredients to the Brazilian market the previous two years, edging out Canadian suppliers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS - Aug 17/99 - STAT -- France could set a new record for field pea exports this season as shipments through the end of May climb past the million ton mark for the second time this decade. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 22/99 - STAT -- Few changes were reported in North American dry edible bean markets, as reflected in the fact the spot market price index ended the week unchanged at 691 points. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 22/99 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets ended the week unchanged to slightly firmer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 22/99 - STAT -- Delays getting Canada's lentil harvest underway continued to support markets during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 22/99 - STAT -- International field pea markets ended the week with few changes as the start of the North American harvest improved global availability. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Aug 23/99 - STAT -- Burma exported 33,650 MT of beans and pulses in July, with 29,302 MT going to India. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BEIJING -- Aug 23/99 - STAT -- Trade data from China's customs department make it clear its exports of dry edible beans are experiencing a rebound after slipping during the past season in response to local production problems. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CARMAN - Aug 23/99 - STAT -- Limited field pea harvest activity was reported in Manitoba during the past week along with progress on early seeded grains. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Aug 23/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,000 MT of whole green peas and pinto beans under Invitation No. 089G, dated . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Aug 24/99 - STAT -- Pinto beans are among the 1,040 MT of commodities the USDA will give to Equatorial Guinea via the International Partnership for Human Development (IPHD), a private voluntary organization. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Aug 24/99 - STAT -- The vast majority of purchases allowed under the USDA's aid packge for Russia have been made, leaving a little over 9,000 MT of product still to be bougyht by two private aid agencies. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Aug 24/99 - STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 food aid tender has provoided a solid improvement in prospective demand for dry edible bean shippers in the United States, seeking offers on 9,640 MT of pinto and navy beans. . . . 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 13,100 MT, compared to 8,270 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 11,410 MT, compared to 12,460 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 1999-00 shipping season to 24,510 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Aug 25/99 - STAT -- Though off to the slowest start since the summer of 1993, Saskatchewan's harvest is starting to become more general as growers take full advantage of the hot and dry conditions currently prevailing across much of western Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Aug 26/99 - STAT -- Record yields has pushed Canadian field pea production levels past the two million ton mark for the third consecutive year, with production now pegged at 2.067 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Aug 25/99 - STAT -- Official dry edible bean export shipments to Mexico make it clear sales volumes during the 1998-99 season came in well below the hopes of U.S. processors and growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Aug 27/99 - STAT -- Extensive trials of fababeans in Western Australia's Salmon Gums region in the Mallee has shwon fababeans could be grown commercially in the region, giving dry land farmers another crop option. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Aug 27/99 - STAT -- Japan's azuki bean market ended the week slightly lower against the latest crop production estimate, after a week of solid advances. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Auig 27/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here issued a PL-480 food aid tender for 750 MT of pulses for shipment to Armenia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 27/99 - STAT -- The transition between spot and new crop markets picked up speed in North American as incidents of harvest activity spread across the growing region. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 27/99 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets ended the week generally easier against light consumer demand and optimism about the harvest weather conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 27/99 - STAT -- Improving availability of new crop lentils in Canada and the United States throughout the week allowed markets to relax slightly by the close of trading Friday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Aug 27/99 - STAT -- North American field pea markets continue to try to work their way out of their recent price doldrums. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS - Aug 28/99 - STAT -- French field pea exports came within a hair's breadth of surpassing totals set during the 1994-95 season when 1.047 million MT were exported. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Sep 1/99 - STAT -- Improved growing conditions in late August has created considerable optimism about Australian yield prospects for the coming pulse crops, leading the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics to predict thisyear's harvest will once again surpass two million ton. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Sep 1/99 - STAT -- Last week's dramatic improvement in weather conditions across western Canada, allowed that country's specialty crop harvest to make solid progress. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Aug 31/99 -- STAT -- Developing disease and pest resistant mustard varieties as well as creating a double 0 line to create a healthier edible oil are at the top of India's plant varietal research agenda. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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