WASHINGTON -- Jan 5/97 -- The USDA increased credit guarantees available to southeast Asian countries $545 million to make it eqasier for buyers in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore to buy U.S. grown agricultural merchandise. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG -- Jan 6/97 -- Feed pea clearances through Thunder Bay dropped to their lowest level since 1991 during the opening five months of the 1997-98 marketing campaign. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 6/97 -- Mexico's dry edible bean purchases will expand rapidly in the coming weeks, reflecting the impact of massive government purchases on import levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jan 8/97 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation Office here shifted pea bean demand into whole green peas, pushing total purchases of the latter commodity to 4,540 MT for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 9/97 -- STAT -- A slow reduction in rational voices as the world nears the change of a millennium for the 4.6 millionth time, give or take a few thousand, allows some market participants to see a connection between El Nino, dry ediblebean markets this December and January and the fast approaching years 2000 and 2001. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jan 9/97 -- Government buying for shipment as food aid is down sharply this season in the United States, reflecting the impact of a shift in emphasis in foreign aid even though the number of countries and people facing food shortfalls is not decreasing. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 9/97 -- STAT -- Colored beans led international dry edible bean markets higher since the middle of December. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 9/97 -- STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets opened the new year's trading on a mixed note. Pressure was evident in some ingredients, with popcorn prices easing since the middle of December. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 9/97 -- STAT -- North American lentils opened the new year's trading with a slight improvement over levels prevailing during the last half of December. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 9/97 -- STAT -- International field pea markets opened new year's trading mixed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jan 13/97 -- Production of dry edible beans in the United States reached 1.323 million MT, according to the USDA's final crop production estimates for 1997 for a 4% gain over 1996 but 5% below two years ago. Area for harvest is estimatedat 1.72 million acres, down 2% from 1996 and 9% below 1995. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jan 13/97 -- Production of minor oilseeds and sunflower seed advanced in the United States last summer mainly as a result of rising acreage, according to the final crop productiuon estimates for 1997 from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 13/97 -- STAT -- Dramatic improvements in the health of international dry edible bean markets, especially for black and pinto beans, should result in surging seeded area in North America and Argentina. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY -- Jan 14/97 -- Poor output from Mexico's spring and summer crops have forced signficant increases in imports, with the government taking a direct hand in purchases through CONASUPO. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 16/97 -- STAT -- Dry edible beans continue to dominate thinking in most specialty crop markets as rising demand combines with production difficulties in important consuming and producing nations to push up physical and speculative trading volumes. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 16/97 -- STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets posted another solid performance last week, as reflected in another weekly advance in the spot market price index from 785 to 796 points. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 16/97 -- STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets remained in a trading range last week. Canadian canaryseed managed a slight improvement as grower selling slipped behind the immediate needs of processors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 16/97 -- STAT -- Limited grower participation combined with a slight improvement in commercial demand to pull Canadian lentils higher. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 16/97 -- STAT -- Field pea markets ended the week off their highs amid generally negative expectations for short term demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jan 18/97 -- Markets for some forages eased in recent weeks as supplies move ahead of the needs of the market, according to the latest agricultural market review by Alberta Agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

RABAT -- Jan 19/97 -- Regulations forcing Moroccan importers to declare grain imports and post performance bonds before the goods can clear customs could limit the capacity of traders here to bring in large quantities of pulses and other grains. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jan 20/97 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) here requested offers on 1,440 MT of green peas and pinto beans against PL-480 food aid tender invitation 028. . . . 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 6,010 MT, compared to 20,140 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 25,890 MT, compared to 38,830 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 1997-98 shipping season to 31,900 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS -- Jan 23/97 -- STAT -- Strong disappearance of field peas from French farms this winter is not expected to result in a significant change in seeded area this spring, mainly because of continued strong interest in growing traditional grains andoilseeds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 23/98 -- STAT -- Trading interest in U.S. dry edible beans remains focussed on pinto and Great Northern beans. There were reports of further sales of the white bean to Iraq, which continues to buy product under the oil for food deal brokered with the United Nations. The ability of processors to originate beans to cover recent sales is being compromised in some locations by grower bullishness over recent price advances. They are reported to be relatively tight holders of pinto, Great . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 23/98 -- STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets posted a solid price advance on the week in both inter-dealer and grower markets. The week ended with trades reported at U.S. $11.75 cwt for machine dressed product packed in bulk FOB western Canadian shipping points. Most processors responded by rising asking prices to $12, well above the $10.75 cwt market which prevailed one month earlier. Strong Argentine canaryseed markets contributed to strength in Canada, by keeping that country’s me . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 23/98 -- STAT -- North American lentil markets ended the week unchanged to stronger under improving trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 23/98 -- STAT -- North American field pea markets were mostly unchanged in relatively light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jan 24/98 -- Turfgrass markets are trending slightly softer as of late, according to the latest commodity market review by Alberta Agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BONN -- Jan 28/98 -- A case of case of hog cholera was confirmed on earlier this month a large-scale hog breeding premise in northeastern Germany (in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). . . . Continue or visitors click here

SANTO DOMINGO -- Jan 29/98 -- Recent droughts and other production problems continue to frsutrate efforts in the Dominican Republic to grow enough pulses to meet local needs, estimated at nearly 70,000 MT per year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jan 30/98 -- Four public meetings in Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington state are being held to hear the views of organic food producers, processors, marketers, the scientific community, and consumers on the USDA's proposed rule fora National Organic Program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SEOUL -- Jan 30/97 -- International Monetary Fund mandated reforms are fairly well supported within Korea's food industry, though some importers complain liquidity requirements for banks and limits on the Government spending were too harsh and were constraining growth. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY -- Jan 30/98 -- STAT -- Results of Mexico’s auction of dry edible bean import licenses surprised exporters in the United States as buyers in that country paid over U.S. $71 MT for the right to import product this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 30/98 -- STAT -- International dry edible bean markets ended the week with few major price changes, suggesting markets need fresh news. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 30/98 -- STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets were nominally unchanged on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 30/98 -- STAT -- International lentil markets strengthened amid a slight improvement in end user demand last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 30/98 -- STAT -- International field peas markets were mainly unchanged, despite significant adjustments in local Australian markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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