KANSAS CITY - Feb 4/00 - STAT -- The USDA cut 160 MT ogf small red beans from invitation 020 on account of changes in the quantity it plans to ship to Honduras. . . . Continue or visitors click here

RED DEER - Feb 4/00 - STAT -- Canada's pulse industry has undergone a remarkable transition the past twenty years as the amount of farmland committed to pulse crops advanced from 0.6% to 3.4% of the country's total farmland. More remarkable progress was recorded in Saskatchewan, where land used for pulse production jumped from 0.3% in 1980 to 7.1% last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 4/00 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets continue to struggle with a diet of bearish news from Latin America. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 4/00 - STAT -- International birdseed ingredient markets showed limited strength on the week against improved European and Brazilian buying interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 4/00 - STAT -- Canadian lentil markets experienced a difficult week, with markets disillusioned with problems on some sales to the Middle East. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 4/00 - STAT -- North American field peas markets eased slightly during a week which saw limited fresh demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Feb 7/00 - STAT -- Disease problems in Western Australia's lupin crops lessended this season, raising hopes the region will see further reductions in infestation next season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 7/00 - STAT -- The quantity of pulses covered by USDA PL-480 food aid invitation 020 was further reduced by the Commodity Credit Cporporation. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 10/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,590 MT of puilses for shipmnent as food aid against PL-480 invitation number 020. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Feb 10/00 - STAT -- The kinds of debates going on in Europe and North America about genetically modified crops seem less likely to occur in India, where the government is determined to create pest resistant crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 10/00 - STAT -- The USDA plans to pay oilseed growers in the United States a $475 million subsidy on last year's crops, covering soybeans, sunflowers, flaxseed, . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- Efforts to generate bullish enthusiasm in world pulse markets continue to fall on deaf ears. Though demand is clearly strong, with substantial new business reported to the Indian subcontinent, Algeria and other destinations, it remains difficult for markets to break out of their current malaise. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets maintained their bearish tone during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient managed a mixed performance. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- North American lentil markets posted a mixed performance despite relatively solid demand fundamentals. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- Good demand from Pakistan, Bangladesh and expected purchases from India provided important support to international field and chickpea markets the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- Prices paid to dry edible bean producers in the United States during the 1999-00 marketing year are expected to average 7.4% below values paid during 1998-99, according to the latest grower price data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- The USDA's latest average marketing year price projections for field peas and lentils contained no real surprises, indicating a mixed outlook for the pea and lentil complex. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 11/00 - STAT -- Prices paid U.S. farmers are generally lower this season, according to the latest average price projections released by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Feb 15/00 - STAT -- Australian pulse crop harvests ended with a solid improvement over initial expectations, with production advancing from a November forecast of 2.23 million MT to a final tally of 2.44 million MT for the 1999-00 harvest period. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Feb 17/00 - STAT -- India's ability to feed itself is threatened by slowing agricultural productivity gains, massive product post harvest losses, and its current water use policy. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Feb 17/00 - STAT -- Weak pulses markets in India during December and January had a material effect on Burmese exports, keeping volumes under 30,000 MT for January. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Feb 17/00 - STAT -- Last year's mustard seed production was focussed in Saskatchewan's central and south eastern crop districts, judging from production data compiled the provincial agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Feb 17/00 - STAT -- Sunflower seed production in Saskatchewan stayed close to the Manitoba border in 1999, according to planted area and production data compiled the provincial agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Feb 17/00 - STAT -- Field pea seeded area data broken down by crop districts in Saskatchewan provided no real surprises about the distribution of the crop across Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Feb 17/00 - STAT -- Saskatchewan's lentil seedings carve an arc across the southern half of the province's growing region, suggests 1999 data compiled by the provincial agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Feb 17/00 - STAT -- Saskatchewan is the world's largest export producer of canaryseed, and production is tightly focussed in the province's central-west crop districts, judging from data compiled by the provincial agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 18/00 - STAT -- Exporters are waiting to hear from importers about results of the recent auction of duty free import permits by the Mexican government. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 18/00 - STAT -- Market bears continued to dominate thinking in dry edible bean markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 18/00 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets registered few changes during a relatively quiet week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 18/00 - STAT -- International lentil markets managed a mixed performance amid seasonally light international trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 18/00 - STAT -- Relatively strong export demand continued to support field and chick pea prices during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 21/00 - STAT -- Agriculture Canada is optimistic about this year's seeded area for Canadian canaryseed and market prospects for the crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 22/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here released details of its latest regularly scheduled PL-480 food aid tender, leaving pulse processors disappointed with its small size. . . . 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 25,930 MT, compared to 43,340 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 41,500 MT, compared to 52,960 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 67,430 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY -- Feb 23/00 - STAT -- The average price paid for duty-free import permits for U.S. and Canadian origin dry edible beans was 0.25 pesos per kilogram or roughly U.S. $1.25 cwt. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Feb 24/00 - STAT -- Specialty crops were a life saver for many Saskatchewan farmers, as cash receipts for those commodities grew during a period when provincial receipts from all grains plunged 10.9%. . . . Continue or visitors click here

THE HAGUE - Feb 24/00 - STAT -- Considerable pessimism exists within Holland's compound feed manufacturing industry over future production levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 24/00 - STAT -- Agriculture Canada maintained a more conservative view about production prospects for specialty crops in the year 2000 than many market participants. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 24/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here amended PL-480 food aid tender invitation 030 to include 1,250 MT of Great Northern beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Feb 25/00 - STAT -- Dropping oilseed plantings are helping maintain or increase pulse and corn production in some regions of India, according to data compiled by the federal agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 25/00 - STAT -- Limited world demand maintained pressure on dry edible bean values during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 25/00 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets managed another mixed performance. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 25/00 - STAT -- North American lentil markets managed a mixed performance in relatively light export and domestic trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 25/00 - STAT -- Strong export activity in chickpea markets dominated the field and chickpea segment of the specialty crop economy. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Feb 27/00 - STAT -- Indian port authorities report few bulk conventional vessels were in port as of February 25 discharging pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Feb 29/00 - STAT -- Pulse exporters in Canada, Australia, Turkey, Mexico, Burma, the United States and elsewhere breathed a collective sigh of relief as details of this year's budget began to emerge. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ISLAMABAD - Feb 29/00 - STAT -- Prices paid by consumers on local markets have managed to climb upward in recent weeks on the basis of a slowdown in import activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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