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Specialty Crop market news for Jul 2000


Acreage Estimates Do Not Affect Beans

VANCOUVER - Jul 1/00 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets were unaffected by the latest round of seeded area estimates from Statistics Canada and the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Birdseed Ingredients Mixed

VANCOUVER - Jul 1/00 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets ended the week unchanged to weaker, following conflicting reports about the direction of this year's seeded areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Major Increase in North Anerican Lentils

VANCOUVER - Jul 1/00 - STAT -- Markets were not surprised by the latest round of seeded area estimates for North America, limiting the impact the increases over last year had on prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Massive Chickpea Acreage Amazes Market

VANCOUVER - Jul 1/00 - STAT -- International markets were dumbfounded by the massive increase in chickpea area reported in western Canada last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Tenders for 2.430 MT Buckwhesat Groats and Seed

KANSAS CITY - Jul; 7/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here issued a tender invitation for 2,430 MT of buckwheat groats and seed for shipment to Russia in August. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Agriculture Canada Expects Lower Average Specialty Crop

WINNIPEG - Jul 7/00 - STAT -- Average prices paid western Canadian growers for the most widely grown specialty crops should decline in the coming season, believes Agriculture Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Spain Looks at More Lentils, Less Peas

MADRID - Jul 7/00 - STAT -- Spanish pulse production levels are unlikely to reach year earlier levels, as increases in lentil production are not large enough to offset projected declines in the size of the country’s field pea crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Weather Problems Boost Argentine Alubias

VANCOUVER - Jul 8/00 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets ended weekly trading mixed. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Mixed News Helpful to Minor Specialties

VANCOUVER - Jul 8/00 - STAT -- Markets for other specialty crops ended the week with mixed news. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Lentils Unchanged in Holiday Shortened Week

VANCOUVER - Jul 8/00 - STAT -- Few changes were reported in North American lentil markets during the past, holiday shortened week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Chickpea Spot Markets Tight, New Crop Discounted

VANCOUVER - Jul 8/00 - STAT -- Chickpea and field pea markets ended a week of light international trading interest mostly unchanged. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Potential Exists for Reduced Pulse Area

DELHI - Jul 10/00 - STAT -- Quicker than normal expansion of monsoonal rain coverage across India and Pakistan has combined with forecasts rainfall levels will be normal is encouraging farmers to plant more kharif season crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here


North American Conditions Favor Pulse Diseases

VANCOUVER - Jul 13/00 - STAT -- The latest long term weather outlooks from the U.S. based NOAA National Weather Service make it clear the damp conditions which are encouraging a bloom of plant diseases in key parts of the North America's pulse production area will not soon end. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Iraq Faces Worst Drought in Century

BAGHDAD - Jul 13/00 - STAT -- The drought ravaging Iraq appears to have deepened, while parts of Syria and Jordan have seen weakness in the event which has destabilized pulse production in the Middle Eastern. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Ontario Weather Woes Boost Crans

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/00 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets were steady to firmer as weather concerns became a more important factor in both spot and new crop markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Few Changes in Birdseed Ingredient Markets

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/00 - STAT -- Few changes were reported in markets for North American birdseed ingredients. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Lentil Markets Fret About Diseases

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/00 - STAT -- Few changes were reported in North American lentils markets under relatively quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Expanding Candian Hog Industry Will Help Peas

VANCOUVER - Jul 14/00 - STAT -- North American field pea markets continue to be supported by a strengthening demand pattern for feed peas. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Buys 1,680 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Jul 19/0-0 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 1,680 MT of green split peas and lentils for shipment as food aid to Russia in August. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Mexico Announces Dry Edible Bean Auction

MEXICO CITY - Jul 19/00 - STAT -- The Mexican government will auction off the balance of the duty free dry edible permits available this year on August 14. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Europe -- Field Pea Production Forecast
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Burma Exports 60,261 MT Pulses in June

BANGKOK - Jul 20/00 - STAT -- India remained the dominant destination for Burmese pulses exports in June, accounting for 94% of the 60,261 MT of product shipped during the month. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Specialty Crop Insuarance Scheme Unwanted

WINNIPEG - Jul 21/00 - STAT -- The Canadian Grain Commission has concluded there is not enough support for the specialty crop insurance plan to make the scheme a long term success. . . . Continue or visitors click here


European Pea Output Trending Down

PARIS - Jul 21/00 - STAT -- A major drop in field pea seedings in the European Community will force production lower for the second consecutive season, generating some concern the industry could be caught in a downward trend. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Bean Markets Continue to Firm

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/00 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets continued to firm during the past week, as processors start to fret more about growing conditions in North Dakota and other strategically important states. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Bean Markets Continue to Firm

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/00 - STAT -- Limited trading interest allowed North American birdseed ingredient markets to end the week's trading under mixed conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Turkish Concerns Help Boost Canadian Lentils

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/00 - STAT -- North American lentils markets recorded a mixed performance during a week which saw a solid improvement in demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Massive Disease Outbreaks Propel Canadian Chickpea Values

VANCOUVER - Jul 21/00 - STAT -- Chickpea markets dominated thinking among the world's field pea traders. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Japanese Azuki Bean Markets Bearish

TOKYO - Jul 24/00 - STAT -- A bearish tone returned to Japanese dry edible bean markets on account of favorable weather forecasts for Hokkaido, the island nation's most important producing region. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Buys Buckwheat Seed and Groats

KANSAS CITY - Jul 24/00 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 1,560 MT of buckwheat seed and graots for shipment as food aid to Russia. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Seeks Offers for 870 MT Buckwheat

KANSAS CITY - Jul 24/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation returned to the buckwheat market, requesting offers for another 870 MT of product for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Minor Oilseed Returns Drop in 1999

WASHINGTON -- Jul 24/00 - STATY Returns from minor oilseed crops were down sharply last year, according to grower price data accumulated by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Tenders for 6,310 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Jul 25/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Coporation office here issued its opening season PL-480 food aid tender, requesting offers for 6,310 MT of puylses for shipment in September. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Monthly Bean Invitation Totals 1,700 MT

KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender for the 2000-01 season now totals 1,700 MT, compared to 5,970 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Pea and Lentil Tenders Reach 4,610 MT

KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The quantity of peas and lentils covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tender for the 2000-01 season now totals 4,610 MT, compared to 5,360 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Sep Tenders Reach 6,310 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY -- STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 tenders saw the 2000-01 marketing campaign open with just 6,310 MT of food aid demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Good Crop Progress Implies Average Harvest

REGINA - Jul 25/00 - STAT -- This year's crops are developing faster than normal in Saskatchewan, but continued rainfall is causing serious damage in the province's eastern crop districts. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Chickpea Grades Fine Tuned

WINNIPEG - Jul 26/00 - STAT -- The Canadian Grain Commission announced what appears to be a loosening of that country's grading standards for desi chickpeas, while tightening kabuli chickpea grades. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Australia Ventures into Marrowfat Pea Business

DONALD - Jul 27/00 - STAT -- Field pea growers in high rainfall areas in Western Australia hope marrowfat peas will offer a more successful alternative to classes traditionally grown in the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Sunflower Price Optimism Rising

FARGO - Jul 28/00 - STAT -- There is good reason to be optimistic prices for oil and confection type sunflower seed will advanbce in the coming season, believes George Flaskerud, Extension Crops Economist with North Dakota State University. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Old New Crop Bean Price Spread Narrow

VANCOUVER - Jul 28/00 - STAT -- Spreads between spot and new crop markets for North American dry edible beans showed some signs of narrowing in the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Old New Crop Bean Price Spread Narrow

VANCOUVER - Jul 28/00 - STAT -- Spreads between spot and new crop markets for North American dry edible beans showed some signs of narrowing in the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Burundi Faces 99,000 MT Pulse Output Shortfall

BUJUMBURA - Jul 28/00 - STAT -- Pulse production is Burundi will likely end up 14% below last year's output levels, widening the gulf between local production and the food requirements of the central African nation. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Improved Canaryseed Yield Outlook Nudges Market Lower

VANCOUVER - Jul 28/00 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets ended the week on a generally easier note. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Lentils End Crop Year of Easier Note

VANCOUVER - Jul 28/00 - STAT -- North American lentil markets approached the end of the 1999-00 marketing year in Canada with an easing tone. . . . Continue or visitors click here


France Reports Pea Sales Cancellation

VANCOUVER - Jul 28/00 - STAT -- Canadian field pea markets ended the week with good news despite the failure of efforts to develop a bullish outlook by focussing on poor growing conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here



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