MEXICO - Feb 1/02 - MFB -- Despite growing sentiment in Washington, D.C. that trade with Cuba is inevitable, two experts agree that small, incremental steps to trade reform will accelerate U.S. agricultural sales to the island country faster than lobbying for the outright elimination of trade sanctions and the removal of Cuba from the State Department's "Terrorist List" of countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 1/02 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets regained their bullish posture during the past week, helped by the announcement of details of Mexico's first import permit auction of the year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 1/02 - STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets roared out of the week under fiercely bullish market conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 1/02 - STAT -- Seasonally light trading conditions remained a feature of international lentil markets as they dealt with the psychological impact of a bearish stocks report from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 1/02 - STAT -- International field pea markets finished the week's trading in a good made, feeling the latest stocks in all positions report from Statistics Canada was helpful. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Feb 4/02 - STAT -- The Australian Barley Board is created the first marketing pool for broad bean growers in the Millicent region of the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 5/02 - STAT -- Black beans were one of several crops which pulled land out of corn production during Brazil's summer -- October to February -- crop cycle, contributing to a solid drop in corn output, while transforming Brazil into anet exporter of dry edible beans during at least the first half of 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 5/02 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is looking for offers on 560 metric tons (MT) of great northern beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 6/02 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office today confirmed the purchase of 10,390 metric tons (MT) of pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 8/02 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets in the United States managed another strong performance as demand for available supplies of some classes of beans remains ahead of supply. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 8/02 - STAT -- International lentil markets finished the week under mixed conditions under seasonally light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 8/02 - STAT -- Field pea markets outside the United States finished the week with attitudes leaning more toward the bearish side of the equation. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 8/02 - STAT -- New crop markets for canaryseed do not appear to be as optimistic about production prospects as markets for field peas and some other products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 8/02 - STAT -- International chickpeas markets finished the week's trading steady to slightly firmer despite worries about India's participation in markets during the second and third quarters of 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 8/02 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here amended PL-480 food aid tender invitation 022A to include a request for 2,000 metric tons (MT) of lentils for prepositioning in U.S. Gulf ports. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Feb 11/02 - STAT -- Canada's primary specialty crop production regions will likely more reliant on timely rains to maintain yields than in prior years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 12/02 - STAT -- The latest Australian crop production report was delayed for one week, presumably to give the country's statisticians a chance to catch up to the rapidly developing ideas about yields from the country's most recent harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 12/02 - STAT -- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) will not allow licensed primary elevators handling western Canadian grain to deduct shrinkage from deliveries. This was accomplished by setting the maximum allowable shrink at zero effective August 1, 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Feb 15/02 - STAT -- Efforts to get the United States government to subsidize production of peas, lentils and chickpeas came a major step closer to realization with the passage of the Senate version of the U.S. Farm Bill. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 15/02 - STAT -- Loan rates proposed by the U.S. Senate for peas, lentils and chickpeas grown in the United States could, if adopted, result in steep increases in field pea production levels in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 15/02 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets showed signs of pressure from imported beans during the week, because the imports are relieving some of the supply pressure on local markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 15/02 - STAT -- International canaryseed markets finished weekly trading on a strong note on account of tight supplies from the 2001 harvest and worries about 2002 crop prospects in western Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 15/02 - STAT -- Chickpea markets finished the week on a generally firmer note as demand remained ahead of product offerings from processors in Canada, Australia and elsewhere. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 15/02 - STAT -- North American lentil markets finished the week on a generally firmer note against strong demand from the U.S. government and steady export demand for Canadian origin merchandise. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 15/02 - STAT -- International field pea markets were generally quiet during the week. Even so, markets managed to finish the week mostly unchanged. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 18/02 - STAT -- The mean oil content of all grades of oriental mustard seed grown in western Canada in 2001 was 41.7%, unchanged from the previous year, according to the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Feb 18/02 - STAT -- Australia pulse area ended up being larger than initially expected, with the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) lifting its estimate of this season's planted area from 4.68 to 5.11 millionacres for the five major classes grown in the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Feb 18/02 - STAT -- Production of two of the five major pulses grown in Australia are up significantly from the Australian government's December forecast, resulting in a general increase in the size of this year's harvest from initial estimates of a 2.37 million metric ton (MT) crop to the current estimate of 2.47 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Feb 19/02 - STAT -- Ongoing research by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) continues to show products such as dehulled lupins could be a suitable replacement for traditional fishmeal for rainbow trout raised on fish farms. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 19/02 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here issued its latest regularly scheduled tender invitation, surprising most pulse market participants by emphasizing dry edible beans over peas and lentils. . . . 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 2001-02 shipping season to 100,920 MT. . . . 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 28,390 MT, compared to 25,780 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 72,530 MT, compared to 66,500 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS - Feb 20/02 - STAT -- Field pea exports from France are up sharply over last year as the country's markets divert merchandise from lower valued domestic compound feed uses to the human food market on the Indian subcontinent. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 20/02 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office confirmed the purchase of 2,000 metric tons (MT) of lentils for shipment as food aid between March 16 and April 15. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Feb 20/02 - STAT -- Dairy producers in Minnesota are being told to take a hard look at peas as a grain substitute or protein source for their cows. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 22/02 - STAT -- International chickpea markets finished the week on a mixed note as buying interest in desi chickpeas continues to outpace that for kabuli. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 22/02 - STAT -- Spot markets for North American dry edible beans recovered most of the losses reported the previous week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 22/02 - STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets registered a mixed performance during a week which featured light demand from both export and domestic buyers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 22/02 - STAT -- Demand for Canadian lentils improved during the past week, with substantial sales reported to Colombia and Algeria. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 22/02 - STAT -- International field pea markets finished the week's trading unchanged to slightly easier amid relatively good demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ADELAIDE - Feb 27/02 - STAT -- Australian pulse producers were given an optimistic view of market conditions by Pulse Australia's development officer Kris Panagiotopoulos in a presentation to the 2002 cropping industry Adviser Update here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 27/02 - STAT -- A massive reduction in dry edible bean production has been recorded for South Africa's summer harvest, according to recent production updates released buy the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Feb 28/02 - STAT -- India's budget for the 2002 fiscal year saw some tweaking of the country's agricultural policies and direction as opposed to wholesale changes feared by the world's major pulse exporters. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 28/02 - STAT -- Average prices paid dry edible bean growers in the United States remained above values set between 1990 and 1992 for the second consecutive month, judging from data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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