RED DEER - Feb 2/01 - STAT -- Feed pea grading and shrinkage remain major concerns for field pea growers, judging from two resolutions passed at the Alberta Pulse Growers annual meeting here this week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 2/01 - STAT -- Argentine black beans remain the brightest light in the sky for international dry edible bean markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 2/01 - STAT -- International birdseed ingredient markets ended the week with few significant changes, except for small advances in Argentine canaryseed and millet values. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 2/01 - STAT -- International lentil markets were generally unchanged in seasonally light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 2/01 - STAT -- The quantity of field peas available to spot markets continues to overhang the short term needs of exporters and processors, maintaining pressure on prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 2/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 17,140 MT of pulses for shipment as food aid in March. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Feb 5/01 - STAT -- Tightening stocks of dry edible beans is driving internal markets sharply higher, according to the Reforma newspaper. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Feb 5/01 - STAT -- Unofficial grading results for western Canadian chickpeas remain surprisingly high, with half or more of each class making it into the No 2 and No 2 grade fractions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Feb 5/01 - STAT -- Unofficial grading results for the first half of Canada's 2000-01 marketing campaign continue to support the perception the quality of this year's crops are somewhat lower than was the case for the 1999 harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Feb 5/01 - STAT -- The quality of this year's field pea harvest is held up well during the first six months of the 2000-01 marketing campaign, with most of the whole yellow and green peas harvested in Saskatchewan qualifying for human consumption grades. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 6/01 - STAT -- Opening season export trade data for Australian chickpeas make it clear there are problems with historical and possibly current production data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Feb 7/01 - STAT -- Disappearance levels for dry edible beans coming from Michigan have been trending upward during the first third of the marketing year analysis of the implied usage by navy and other classes of beans grown in the state. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 7/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 1,500 MT of Great Northern beans for shipment to the Balkans between February 21 and March 20. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 8/01 - STAT -- Agriculture Canada dropped its ending stock projection for field peas and modestly increased its forecast for this year's seeded area in western Canada from previous reports. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 8/01 - STAT -- Agriculture Canada does not share the optimism about processors and other industry participants over the potential for chickpea seedings in that country to approach 1.2 million acres this year. Instead, the government agency is forecasting 838,000 acres, up from last year's 730,000. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 8/01 - STAT -- Agriculture Canada does not expect the country's birdseed growers to get much relief from the relatively high stocks which have contained prices in recent years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/01 - STAT -- North American sunflower seed markets received mixed news during the week, with an improved demand situation reported for Canadian origin merchandise, while markets in the United States were pressured lower by the soybean oil complex. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/01 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets continue to be dominated by news out of Latin America and other parts of the world, with North American processors waiting for something to happen. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/01 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets ended the week with few significant changes against steady end user buying interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/01 - STAT -- North American lentil markets ended the week lower to unchanged in light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 9/01 - STAT -- International field pea markets were generally quiet, with the absence of fresh demand leaving markets mostly unchanged. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 12/01 - STAT -- Canadian interest in growing chickpeas grew rapidly during the past five years and is expected to continue rising across the coming decade. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 12/01 - STAT -- More than 90% of the chickpeas are consumed in the countries where they are produced, notes Agriculture Canada's Market Analysis Division in a recent review of Canadian and international chickpea markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Feb 12/01 - STAT -- No changes to seeded area for pulses were made in the latest Australian crop production report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), while seeded areas for oilseeds and grains experienced some minor adjustments. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Feb 12/01 - STAT -- Total pulse production in Australia appears to be larger than initially thought, with the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics increasing published estimate from December's estimated 1,611,000 MT to 1,738,000 MT in its latest report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Feb 13/01 - STAT -- Lupin growers in the state of Western Australia will not receive as large an interim payment on deliveries into this season' marketing pool as originally anticipated. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 13/01 - STAT -- Moisture concerns are mounting in the western United States on account of below normal precipitation levels and snow pack during the region's winter period. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 13/01 - STAT -- Canada's buckwheat industry is experiencing a year of tightening stocks as exports to the United States surge on account of the vast quantities of buckwheat grown in that country ending up in USDA PL-480 food aid programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 15/01 - STAT -- Average grower prices for most crops grown in the United States are down for the 2000-01 marketing year, according to preliminary data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Feb 16/01 - STAT -- A small quantity of pulses are expected to be bought as part of an U.S. $12.7 million aid package developed by the European Union for Palestinian refugees. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 16/01 - STAT -- Worries Canada's ban on the import of beef from Brazil would have an impact on its specialty crop industry no longer has the air of idle speculation. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/01 - STAT -- Mexican chickpea processors and exporters are maintaining a relatively aggressive stance on new crop sales, taking advantage of a steady stream of enquiries from the Indian subcontinent and their traditional customers in the Mediterranean. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 16/01 - STAT -- Pea and lentil processors in the United States ended their trading week with a smile, as the USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office requested offers on 2,650 MT of product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/01 - STAT -- Limited export trading demand left international dry edible beans markets in a mixed condition by week's end. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/01 - STAT -- Canadian canaryseed ended the week unsettled amid reports stevedores in Brazil were refusing to handle containers holding Canadian origin cargo. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/01 - STAT -- Canadian large green lentil markets are on the verge of making history as prices on inter-dealer markets threaten to establish new historic lows. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 16/01 - STAT -- North American field pea markets ended the week with only slight changes. While U.S. markets were unchanged on the week, slight movement was detected in Canadian prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Feb 16/01 -STAT -- Pulse exports from Burma reached 36,599 MT in January, up 25% from the 29,204 MT exported during January of 2000. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS - Feb 20/01 - STAT -- French field pea sales during the first half of the country's 2000-01 marketing campaign were down sharply from year earlier levels, but on target to allow the country to dispose of around 97% of this season's available supply. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 20/01 - STAT -- India's internal markets for chickpeas and other pulses are starting to feel pressure from the first arrivals of new crop merchandise from early harvest rabi, or winter season fields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 20/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here issued PL-480 food aid tender invitation 031 covering 7,070 MT of pulses. . . . 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 25,780 MT, compared to 27,180 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 66,500 MT, compared to 41,500 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 2000-01 shipping season to 92,280 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 21/01 - STAT -- Indian pulse importers confirm their government is considering increasing import duties on pulses in an effort to generate revenue and provide at least limited support to local producers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 21/01 - STAT -- Winter snowfall accumulations continue to show huge variance across the dry edible producing regions of the United States, with heavy snowpack reported in the eastern and central parts of the growing region, while parts of the west are well below normal. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 21/01 - STAT -- Judging from the official export trade data for specialty crops, Iraq's embargo on Canadian merchandise because of its support for the latest U.S. and British bombing runs is not a serious concern to that segment of theagriculture industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Feb 21/01 - STAT -- News about Mexico's dry edible bean situation remains confusing, with the farming sector pushing hard for continued delays in the issuance of this year's duty-free import permits. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Feb 21/01 - STAT -- The Mexican government announced earlier this week it will auction roughly a quarter of the import permits available for use during the 2001 calendar year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 22/01 - STAT -- The USDA amended the quality needed for the 2,170 MT of pinto beans required under the latest PL-480 tender invitation. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 22/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,000 MT of lentils and 560 MT of yellow split peas for prepositioning at Lake Charles for eventual shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 23/01 - STAT -- Agricultural export promotion programs could bear the brunt of spending cuts the USDA may need to implement in order for the administration to cut taxes U.S. $1,600 billion dollars. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 23/01 - STAT -- North and South American dry edible bean markets continue to dance to different beats. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 23/01 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets ended the week unchanged to slightly firmer under improved export trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 23/01 - STAT -- Canadian green lentil markets remained under pressure during the past week, with large green lentils ending the period at their historic lows. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 23/01 - STAT -- North American field pea markets experienced another active week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/01 - STAT -- Several fundamental changes were introduced by government officials into this year's dry edible bean import permit auctions in Mexico. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Mar 1/01 - STAT -- The question of whether pulses would be subject to import duties was left unresolved in the country's latest budget. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 28/01 - STAT -- Dry edible bean bids at the grower level posted a 1.3% decline during February to close with a preliminary monthly average price of U.S. $14.80 per 100 pounds (cwt). . . . Continue or visitors click here

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