JEDDAH - Dec 1/99 - STAT -- The drought which savaged crops in Jordan last year is showing every sign of continuing into the coming year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Dec 2/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation officer here confirmed the purchase of 1,000 MT of Great Northern beans under terms of PL-480 food aid invitation 119A. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 3/99 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets ended weekly trading on a generally easier note in North America, though Latin American markets showed some firmness. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 3/99 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets were pleased with the latest crop production numbers from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 3/99 - STAT -- North American lentils recorded a mixed performance on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 3/99 - STAT -- International field and chick pea experienced another uninspired week, as news of additional contract defaults wound its way through markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 3/99 - STAT -- Most market participants were pleased with the latest Statistics Canada crop production estimates for specialty crops, if only because the numbers contained no bearish surprises. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Dec 9/99 - STAT -- Rules crafted to allow private companies export Indian nigerseed have irritated potential traders because too much information id being demanded by government bureaucrats, who continue to compete on export markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 9/99 - STAT -- Plant varietal researchers at Oregon State University have succeeded in breeding a variety of cuphea seed they hope can be successfully grown and handled. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Dec 9/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation officver here confirmed the purchase of 5,810 MT of pulses against PL-480 food aid tender invitation 129. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 10/99 - STAT -- Dry edible bean production in the United States was pegged at 33.1 million hundred pound bags in the final USDA crop production report of the year, 9% above 1998 and 13% above two years ago. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 10/99 - STAT -- Dry edible bean production in the United States was pegged at 1.5 million MT in the final USDA crop production report of the year, 9% above 1998 and 13% above two years ago. More importantly, production is up nearly 60,000 MT from the October numbers, with this year's harvest the second largest of the decade, slipping just 31,000 MT behind 1991's record crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 10/99 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets remained under pressure, with markets for most varieties ending the week on a depressed note. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 10/99 - STAT -- Few changes were noted in North American birdseed ingredient markets on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 10/99 - STAT -- International lentil markets were mostly unchanged in relatively light trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 10/99 - STAT -- Markets for chick peas and fields peas ended the week on a mixed note. Australian markets were generally easier as growers in that country continue harvesting this year's crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONLAD - Dec 13/99 - STAT -- Australian white pea growers may be able to extract a A$5 MT premium for white peas from consumers in Taiwan and other Pacific Rim markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 13/99 - STAT -- Specialty crop export clearances from Thunder Bay during the first third of the 1999-00 marketing campaign did not add the kind of charge to the underlying market fundamentals sought by many growers and processors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HAMBURG - Dec 14/99 - STAT -- The proportion of pulses used by compound feed manufacturers in . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Dec 17/99 - STAT -- Australian lentil growers are not getting the kind of Christmas present they were looking for now that they have finally managed to harvest enough product to transform their industry into a commercial entity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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

VANCOUVER - Dec 17/99 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets ended the week on a generally easier tone. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 17/99 - STAT -- Lentil markets are entering the Christmas and New Years holiday season with a softer tone. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 17/99 - STAT -- International markets for field peas and chick peas continued to slow the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Dec 21/99 - STAT -- The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation office here is looking for offers of 7,140 MT of pulses for shipment as food aid during February. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VIENNA - Dec 29/99 - STAT -- Popcorn demand in the Czech Republic is small, but growing rapidly, with local market participants expecting micro wave popcorn imports to double over the next couple of years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 30/99 - STAT -- Prices paid U.S. dry edible bean growers fell faster than the average for all crops, according to the latest grower price data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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