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Specialty Crop market news for Dec 2000


Small Advance in U.S. Grower Returns

WASHINGTON - Dec 1/00 - STAT -- Dry edible bean bids on grower markets in the United States posted a solid recovery during March, with the USDA reporting national average prices rose 2.6% over October. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Quarter of French Field Pea Supply Gone

PARIS - Dec 1/00 - STAT -- Disappearance levels for field peas grown in France posted a relatively strong rate during the first quarter of that country's 2000-01 marketing campaign, with almost a quarter of available supplies disappearing into commercial usage channels. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Argentina Alubia Increase Seen Smaller

VANCOUVER - Dec 1/00 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets continued in mixed fashion against a seasonal slowing in demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Sunflower Harvest Drags On in Wet Conditions

VANCOUVER - Dec 1/00 - STAT -- A mixed tone was evident in birdseed ingredient markets as light buying and strongly competitive prices for some products made it easier for end users to adopt a relaxed attitude toward covering needs. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Indian Buying Helps Support Red Lentils

VANCOUVER - Dec 1/00 - STAT -- North American lentil markets ended the week’s trading on a slightly firmer note. Red lentil values were buoyed by reports of steady Indian buying or whole and split product during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Feed Peas End Wiuth Strong Weekly Advance

VANCOUVER - Dec 1/00 - STAT -- Canadian field pea markets managed a strong performance during a week which saw soybean meal values manage a small gain on the basis of heavy cash market buying. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Idaho Wants Mexican Permit Auction Schedule

BOISE - Dec 4/00 - STAT -- The Idaho Bean Commission wants the Mexican government to make duty free import permits available on a predetermined schedule so Mexican importers can buy when prices are lowest in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Near Record Thunder Bay Clearances

WINNIPEG - Dec 4/00 - STAT -- Canadian field pea export clearances through the port of Thunder Bay broke through levels seen in recent years, soaring from 238,708 MT during the first third of the 1999-00 marketing campaign to 347,896 MT this season.The next best autumn shipping campaign was in 1994 when 360,140 MT of peas were shipped through Thunder Bay between August 1 and the close of navigation in December. Of the total, 97,981 MT cleared in December, leaving open the door for this year's sh . . . Continue or visitors click here


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Australian Seeded Area Estimates
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Canada -- Crop Production Summary
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Net Decline in World Chickpea Supply

VANCOUVER - Dec 5/00 - STAT -- The international supply picture for chickpeas tightened after the release of back to back crop production estimates by Statistics Canada and the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Smaller EC Crop Offsets Canadian Pea Gain

VANCOUVER - Dec 5/00 - STAT -- The latest crop production estimates from Australia and Canada should have little impact on international markets for feed and field peas. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada Sets Smaller Record for Lentils

VANCOUVER - Dec 5/00 - STAT -- Like field peas, Canadian lentil production could not avoid achieving a record output on account of massive increases in seeded area. Unlike peas, the latest numbers point to a smaller than expected harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canaryseed Boosted by Crop Numbers

VANCOUVER - Dec 5/00 - STAT -- The latest crop production estimates from Statistics Canada represents some of the first good news canaryseed growers and processors have received in a long time. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Lupin Decline Adds Fuel to Pea Demand

VANCOUVER - Dec 5/00 - STAT -- Australian lupin production dropped to levels not seen since the 1980s as drought combined with a dramatic decline in seeded area to push production from 1.99 million to just 721,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canadian Bean Harvest Declines

VANCOUVER - Dec 5/00 - STAT -- Adverse growing conditions prevented this year's increase in dry edible bean seedings in Canada from translating into a larger crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Egypt Opens Door to Australian Lentils

DONALD - Dec 6/00 - STAT -- Senior Officials from the Egyptian Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pulse Australia, in which it was agreed that the Australian lentil industry was "safe in all respects". . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada Looks at General Pulse Area increase in 2001

VANCOUVER - Dec 10/00 - STAT -- The first look at 2001 seeded area in western Canada forecasts a continuation of the recent trend of annual increase in seeded area. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Bean Prices Index Loses 9 Points

VANCOUVER - Dec 10/00 - STAT -- A seasonal slowdown in demand pulled international dry edible bean markets lower during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Argentina Expects Larger Canaryseed Crop

VANCOUVER - Dec 10/00 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets continued to operate under mixed market conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Latest Crop Reports Neutral Toward Prices

VANCOUVER - Dec 10/00 - STAT -- International lentil markets were relatively quiet during the week, with the latest crop reports from Canada and Australia supporting prices at current trading levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here


MBM Ban Opens 14% of Europe's Protein Market

VANCOUVER - Dec 10/00 - STAT -- International feed pea markets continued to advance against actual and prospective demand for peas for both livestock and human consumption. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Tenders for 2,300 MT Lentils and Beans

KANSAS CITY - Dec 11/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here amended PL480 food aid tender invitation 120A to include a request for offers of lentils and pinto beans instead of just flour. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Confirms Purchases of 3,460 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Dec 11/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office confirmed details of pulse purchases made under tender invitation 120. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Pegs Bean Harvest at 1.2 MMT

WASHINGTON - Dec 12/00 - STAT -- The USDA's final crop production estimate of the year left dry edible bean production in that country down 21% over last year at 26.4 million 100 pound bags (cwt) or just under 1.2 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Big Changes in Some Bean Producing States

WASHINGTON - Dec 12/00 - STAT -- Significant changes in dry edible bean seeded area in some individual states were contained in the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here


NAFTA Fails Canada, Gets A on U.S. Beans

VANCOUVER - Dec 12/00 - STAT -- Canada's pulse industry has maintained a stoic silence in the face of relentless whining by some officials in the U.S. dry edible bean industry that NAFTA does not work for their industry when it comes to trade with Mexico. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Has Bipolar Impact on Beans

WASHINGTON - Dec 12/00 - STAT -- Pinto bean processors were shocked by the latest USDA crop production estimates, as prospective production for the class of dry edible bean soared from an expected 421,401 MT in October to 482,899 MT. By contrast, black bean processors were gleeful. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Australian Fababean Pool Closes, Opens

DONALD - Dec 13/00 - STAT -- The Australian Barley Board (ABB) closed its Fiesta fababean pool last week and opened a new one so growers can continue selling into marketing pools operated by the board. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Buys 2,300 MT Lentils and Beans

KANSAS CITY - Dec 15/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,300 MT of lentils and pinto beans under terms of PL-480 food aid tender invitation 120A. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Quiet Demand Nudges Bean Markets Lower

VANCOUVER - Dec 15/00 - STAT -- Seasonally quiet demand continued to nudge dry edible bean prices lower in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Birdseed Packagers Well Covered

VANCOUVER - Dec 15/00 - STAT -- Most North American birdseed packagers seem to have done a good job covering needs through the first quarter of 2001, leaving markets with little news. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Bullish Undertone in Chickpeas

VANCOUVER - Dec 15/00 - STAT -- The 2000 calender year is ending with prices experiencing a seasonal lull as demand on world markets slow for the Christmas and New Year's holiday season. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Claims Unsettle Lentil Market's Christmas

VANCOUVER - Dec 15/00 - STAT -- North American lentil markets were mostly unchanged in light trading conditions, with market participants winding down activity because of the pending Christmas and New Year's holiday season. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Field Pea Complex Ends Firm Psychologically

VANCOUVER - Dec 15/00 - STAT -- International field pea markets were generally steady on the week, entering the last half of December on a firmer note, psychologically. . . . Continue or visitors click here


1999 Crop Subsidies Paid out in Ontario

GUELPH - Dec 19/00 - STAT -- Ontario dry edible bean growers enrolled in Ontario's market revenue subsidy program are getting their cheques for last year's crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Vancouver Truckers Showdown Averted

VANCOUVER - Dec 19/00 - STAT -- A potential clash between truckers and the Vancouver Port Authority has been averted with the port putting off implementation of a controversial permanent licensing system until negotiations about the changes are finished with the British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA). . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Tenders for 13,050 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Dec 19/00 - STAT - The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here delivered an early Christmas present to field pea processors in the United States, requesting offers for 10,600 MT of whole and split peas for shipment as food aid inFerbruary. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Monthly Bean Invitations Totals 280 MT

KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender this season now totals 15,170 MT, compared to 24,050 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Pea and Lentil Tenders Reach 12,770 MT

KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender this season now totals 48,650 MT, compared to 37,740 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Jan Tenders Reach 13,050 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 2000-01 shipping season to 63,820 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Peas Blast Thunder Bay Record

WINNIPEG - Dec 27/00 - STAT -- Record volumes of field peas shipped through Thunder Bay during the August to December shipping period, according to data compiled by the Canadian Ports Clearance Association. . . . Continue or visitors click here



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