VANCOUVER -- Jan 1/99 -- North American dry edible bean markets ended the year on a down note, with dropping values for colored beans pulling the complex lower. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 1/99 -- Seasonally slow end user demand combined with the reality of substantial Canadian canaryseed stocks to keep prices dull between Christmas and New Year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 1/99 -- North American lentils ended 1998 mixed against seasonally weak demand and relatively large stocks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 1/99 -- The international field pea complex walked out of the 1998 calendar year on a relatively good footing. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA -- Jan 4/99 -- An arbitration process to deal with problems obtaining railcars is included in the main recommendations of the final report on Canada's grain transportation system by William Estey. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG -- Jan 5/99 -- Proposed changes to the Canadian Grain Commission's fee structure could increase the cost of handling and shipping specialty crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CAPE TOWN -- Jan 5/99 -- Good, early rains have boosted seeding intentions for most crops grown in South Africa, according to the latest planting intentions report from the the National Crop Estimates Committee. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA -- Jan 5/99 -- Compared to wheat, prices for sunflower are strong. This has resulted in even greater interest in growing this crop in Saskatchewan, especially in the southeast. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Jan 6/99 -- India's second most important pulse growing region is seeing interest in the commodity rocket upward, with growers planning to boost seeded area from 1,805,000 hectares last season to 2,215,000. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FAISALABAD -- Jan 7/99 -- Adapting pulses from other parts of the world to local conditions is one of the key elements in solving Pakitan's chronic shortages, believe plant breeders at the country's University of Agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jan 7/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 1,980 MT of pulses against invitations No. 019, dated December 15, 1998 and Invitation No. 019B dated January 5. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CALGARY -- Jan 7/99 -- Continental Grain Company's pulse processing facilities in North America will be sold to Agricore Cooperative Ltd. under an agreement announced today. The transaction will be completed in the first quarter of 1999. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jan 8/99 -- A major change in U.S. policy toward Cuba has opened the door to sales of U.S. field peas and other pulses to private buyers in the country and/or as food aid shipments. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jan 8/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 880 MT of pinto beans and 870 MT of lentils for shipment as food aid in February. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 8/99 -- Without weather problems in the coming nine months, the expected production cut backs in North America and Europe may not have the kind of effect on prices field pea growers and processors hope. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jan 8/99 -- Western Canadian specialty crop markets remaining quiet during the recent holiday season, but are showing signs of coming back to life, says Alberta Agriculture in its latest weekly review of markets in that province. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 8/99 -- North American dry edible bean markets were relatively quiet during the opening week of annual trade. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 8/99 -- North American birdseed ingredient markets managed a mixed performance on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 8/99 -- Seasonally quiet trading conditions left North American lentil values mostly unchanged on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 8/99 -- Light export buying interest left international field pea markets mostly unchanged on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KARACHI -- Jan 9/99 -- Several new strains of pulses and other crops were released by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University this week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

AUCKLAND -- Jan 9/99 -- Disappointment over international trading levels for marrowfat, maple and other peas traditionally grown in New Zealand has caused some growers to cut back the size of this year's seeded area. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FARGO -- Jan 11/99 -- Specialty crops are at the top of the list of potential income generators for the state's farmers, according to crop budgets prepared by the North Dakota State University Extension Service. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FARGO -- Jan 11/99 -- Recent surveys of growers in Minnesota and North . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jan 12/99 -- The 1998 sunflower harvest in the United States ended up at 5.25 billion pounds, 43% above the 1997 production, and the largest production since 1982. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jan 12/99 -- Production of dry edible beans is estimated at 30.8 million cwt for 1998, 5% above 1997 and 9% above two years ago, according to the USDA's final crop production estimates for 1998. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jan 12/99 -- Production of lentils in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and Washington state is estimated at 194 million pounds, down 19% from the 1997 crop, according to data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jan 12/99 -- Production of dry peas in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington in 1998 is estimated at 593 million pounds, 3% more than 1997's production and more than double the 1996 crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jan 14/99 -- Mustard seed production in the United States soarded past 81 million pounds or 37,082 MT last year, as part of a stupendous recovery in seedings in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON -- Jan 14/99 -- Three years ago, a group of organic producers and processors received support from Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food’s (SAF) Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) to study the feasibility of some kind of collective marketing system for their products. Much has changed since then. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON -- Jan 14/99 -- Research into dry bean is at the stage where producers should be taking a closer look at its production, says Dr. Bert Vandenberg, a pulse crop breeder at the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 15/99 -- Some of the events which will determine next spring's seeded area for dry edible beans in the United States have been playing out this week on CNN and other major news media organizations as the world worries about whether Brazil is another sign port on the road to global economic melt down. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jan 15/99 -- Cold weather conditions combined with a week of crop production meetings for Saskatchewan farmers to leave specialty crop markets mostly unchanged for the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 15/99 -- International dry edible bean markets were pressured lower during the week by increased financial tension in Latin America and strong competition for available demand from Chinese origin beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 15/99 -- North American birdseed ingredient markets were unchanged to lower in lackluster trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 15/99 -- Limited export activity continued to support Canadian lentils across most shipping positions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 15/99 -- International field pea markets recorded a lifeless performance during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KARACHI -- Jan 18/99 -- Losses during and after harvest is making the difference between Pakistan's need to import pulses and the possibility of exporting to neighboring countries, believes Zafar Samdani, writing for the country's Dawn Newspaper Group. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jan 19/99 -- The USDA tendered for 3,000 MT pulses under invitation 029, with the lion's share of the latest request going to the green peas and lentils. . . . 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 35,930 MT, compared to 5,920 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 32,230 MT, compared to 20,000 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 68,160 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Jan 20/99 -- Local prices for pulses are under pressure on account of good arrivals of imported pulses and reports of increased offerings from growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Jan 20/99 -- Expectations of a major improvement in mustard seed production this year is being reflected in lower values for the commodity on inter-dealer markets here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SOFIA -- Jan 20/99 -- Field bean seedings in Bulgaria could reach 23,247 hectares this year, according to 1999-00 production estimates released by the Agriculture Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SOFIA -- Jan 20/99 -- Confectionary sunflower seed production in Bulgaria last year came in at 36,711 MT, according to final production estimates by the country's Ministry of Agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Jan 21/99 -- Pulse production in India's Maharashtra province is expected to jump from just 850,000 MT last year to 1.5 million MT this season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG -- Jan 21/99 -- An electroninc sunflower seed futures contract will start trading on the South African Futures Exchange (Safex) on February 1. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jan 21/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here today tendered for 2,970 MT of lentils for shipment to Sierra Leone under invitation 019D. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG -- Jan 21/99 -- Changes to Manitoba's crop insurance program now recognmize four classes of dry edioble beans as separate crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 22/99 -- The mood in international pulse markets tuned remarkably bearish during the past week, leaving some market participants with the eye popping feeling they had strolled off a cliff and gravity was about to grab hold of them.Significant price declines were registered by most pulses available from North American shippers in recent weeks. Though finding it hard to avoid the current market mood, U.S. lentil processors are beginning to sense they could experience a radically . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 22/99 -- A bearish mood emerged in North American markets during the week as pinto and black bean processors and exporters continue to fret about the depth of demand during the balance of the crop year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 22/99 -- It was not as good week for birdseed ingredient growers and processors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 22/99 -- North American lentils recorded a fiercely mixed performance during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 22/99 -- International field pea markets recorded a lacklustre performance during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Jan 25/99 -- India's pulse markets opened weekly trading in poor condition, with prices for most products pressured lower by poor demand against good availability of locally harvested product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SAGINAW -- Jan 25/99 -- Navy bean stocks in commercial shipping positions in Michigan on December 31 reached a record low level, according to data compiled by the Michigan Agricultural Statistics Service. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KARACHI -- Jan 26/99 -- The decision by the State Bank of Pakistan to slash cash margins needed to open import licenses from 30% to 10% was welcome news to the country's small and occasional importers as well as exporters in other countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Jan 26/99 -- The arrival of new vessles carrying pulses were reported by Indian port officials. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS -- Jan 27/99 -- Sales of French field peas to all customers pulled within striking distance of last year's disappearance levels on the basis of strong export clearances in November. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jan 27/99 -- Shipments of dry edible bean to Mexico set a torrid pace last fall, with the latest trade data from the U.S. Department of Census showing clearances during the first quarter of the 19998-99 marketing campaign soared to 96,679 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME -- Jan 27/99 -- Rising demand for organic products has created new export opportunities for the developing world, notes the FAO in discussion papers presented to the 15th session of agency's Committe on Agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jan 29/99 -- Spirits in lentil markets in the United States were boosted by the USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announcement it bought 1,820 MT of product under invitation 019D and that it was expanding the amount sought under invitation 029. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 29/99 -- Projections pea bean seedings in the United States will rise to 344,300 acres from last summer's 256,500 are beginning to feel light in a world of plunging bids for colored beans, tightening pea bean stocks and cries from processors there must be at least a 40% increase in pea bean area this spring. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 29/99 -- International dry edible bean markets were mixed during the week, with colored and white beans generally charting different paths. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 29/99 -- North American birdseed ingredient markets retained their softer tone in relatively light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 29/99 -- Strong demand from the U.S. government for No 3 or better lentils for shipment as food continues to support regular lentil markets in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jan 29/99 -- International field pea markets remained under pressure during the week, with a fiercely bearish sentiment expressed by most processors and exporters, with the result markets may be becoming oversold. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jan 30/99 -- Forage seed markets managed an uninspired performance during the week, with processors focussed on shipping schedules rather than new sales prospects. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jan 30/99 -- The opening month of the last year of the millennium proved disappointing for western Canadian specialty crop growers as bids for many crops remain below expectation and some have dropped into the loss column. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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