DONALD -- Dec 3/98 -- Western Australia's lentil harvest has finished with the majority of the product already on its way to overseas markets, according to the state agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Dec 3/98 -- The latest USDA PL-480 food aid tender for small red beans and other pulses has pushed prices for the variety sharply higher. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ANKARA -- Dec 4/98 -- Turkish sunflower production is now estimated at 650,000 MT, the same level as last year, but well below opening season expectations; making it clear the country will remain an importer during the coming season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MANAGUA -- Dec 4/98 -- Nicaragua is looking at a clear shortage of dry edible beans for the coming season as a result of damage caused by Hurricane Mitch the last week of October and the first few days of November. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 4/98 -- The biggest news in dry edible bean markets during the week was the U.S. government tender for 6,620 MT of small red beans for delivery to port before February 5. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 4/98 -- Birdseed ingredient markets managed another good performance on the week, with the complex led higher by Canadian canaryseed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 4/98 -- North American lentil markets were relatively quiet on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 4/98 -- North American field pea markets appeared to lose stamina, with values ending down from those traded during the first half of the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 7/98 -- Canada's official production numbers for 1998 contained only two surprises, with pea production ending up nearly 17% higher than expected and mustard seed output coming in nearly 15% lower. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Dec 8/98 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation bought the full quantity of pulses requested under Invitation No. 128 for shipment during the periods January 6 - 20, and January 21 - February 5, 1999 for inland plants. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MUMBAI -- Dec 7/98 -- International pepper production could rise 5.8% in the coming year against increased output by most Asian exporters, according to the latest report by Dr. K.C. Ponnana. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KOZHIKODE -- Dec 9/98 -- Large cardamom is grown in swampy places along the sides of mountain streams in Sikkim, West Bengal and Assam and is an important cash crop in India's eastern regions, according to the following article by K.V. Peter, Directorof the Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Dec 9/98 -- The USDA dropped its request for 6,620 MT of small red beans in invitation 128A, replacing these with requests for offers of pinto beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS -- Dec 9/98 -- French sunflower seed production is well below last year's 1.94 million MT harvest, according to the data compiled by the country's Interprofessional Organization for Oilseeds (SIDO). . . . Continue or visitors click here

RABAT -- Dec 11/98 -- An absence of rainfall during the important October and November period has compromiosed the outlook for Morocco's grain crops, according to t a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Dec 11/98 -- Production of dry edible beans is pegged at 1.4 million MT for 1998, 6% above 1997 and 11% above two years ago, according to the latest crop production numbers for the United States, for the largest harvest since 1991's 1.53million MT result. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Dec 11/98 -- The latest crop production data from the USDA pegs pecan out put the for the United States at 157 million pounds on an in-shell basis. This is down 14% from the October forecast and . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 11/98 -- Record pinto and black bean production harvests helped push dry edible bean production in the United States just over 1.4 million MT this season, according to the USDA's first post harvest tally of pulse production levels inthat country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 12/98 -- International dry edible bean markets ended the week mixed against a slight increase the volume of bearish news. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 12/98 -- Birdseed ingredient markets managed a mixed performance on the week. Canadian markets showed a slightly weaker tone, even though markets outside the country were generally firmer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 12/98 -- Generally quiet trading conditions is causing some concern among processors lentil markets are start to lose their footing. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 12/98 -- Relatively quiet conditions prevailed in North American field pea markets, while those in Australia responded negatively to the latest crop production estimates for that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Dec 23/98 -- A united effort by Agriculture Western Australia and farmers in the Ord River Irrigation Area could see local growers capitalise on the increasing world demand for Kabuli chickpeas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Dec 23/98 -- Pinto bean markets in the United States continue to receive support from the U.S. government as it responds to massive food aid requirements in Central America. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA -- Dec 23/98 -- Saskatchewan's 1999 grasshopper forecast shows the western half and extreme southeast regions of the surveyed parts of the province contain the most severe risk areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Dec 24/98 -- U.S. government PL-480 food aid buyers covered the latest tender for 5,000 MT of pinto beans at an average price of U.S. $22.56 cwt delivered Gulf ports. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Dec 28/98 -- Effective February 1, 1999, the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is increasing fees for certain official inspection and weighing services it performs in the United States under the U.S. GrainStandards Act (USGSA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS -- Dec 29/98 -- Shipments of field peas to domestic markets continue to offset gains in export clearances of French product, limiting disappearance during the first third of the marketing year. . . . 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 35,930 MT, compared to 5,920 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 32,230 MT, compared to 20,000 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The closing USDA PL-480 tender announcements for 1998 bring actual and potential purchases of pulses for shipment as food aid during the 1997-98 shipping season to 68,160 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SOFIA -- Dec 31/98 -- Bulgaria's confectionary sunflower seed crop came in at 37,000 MT, according to the latest production data released by the nation's agriculture ministry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY -- Dec 31/98 -- Dry edible bean production levels in Mexico ended up much better than expected as the late planting of the fall crop was not greeted by significant frost problems before the crop could be harvested. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 31/98 -- As the year on the calendar changes, so is the tone of international dry edible bean markets as seasonal inactivity and an absence of fresh bullish news allows values to drift lower. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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