VANCOUVER - Jun 30/01 - STAT -- There was only one bullish surprise in the crop reports released Friday by the USDA and Statistics Canada. That was the news dry edible bean seedings in the United States dropped 2% below the March seeding intentions.This offered a sharp contrast to events in Canada, where actual plantings of all specialty crops ended up higher than intended. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 30/01 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets ended the week mostly unchanged despite a solid increase in the amount of bullish news flowing through markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 30/01 - STAT -- North American birdseed markets ended the week in a tense mood on news of a dramatic increase millet plantings in the United States and a return to more normal seeded area for Canadian canaryseed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 30/01 - STAT -- Markets ended the week surprised by Canadian seeded area estimates, which pegged this year's lentil crop at a record 1.809 million acres. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 30/01 - STAT -- The other shoe started to drop on world chickpea markets during the week, as Turkish exporters became more aggressive in all major export destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Jul 3/01 - STAT -- There is considerable unpredictability surrounding pulse demand across the 2001-02 marketing campaign, but the Australian Barley Board believes predictions that country's currency will remain below 55 cents U.S. will support higher grower returns. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jul 3/01 - STAT -- The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) has unveiled its third attempt to get Canada's field pea industry to use the futures market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Jul 3/01 - STAT -- Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food's latest crop progress report is not painting as dire a picture for crops in the province as some processors and exporters. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 6/01 - STAT -- Specialty crop clearances through the port of Thunder Bay faltered in June, suggesting this year’s shipments could fall behind last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 6/01 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets ended the week slightly firmer in light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 6/01 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets ended the week with sharp price increases reported for some products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 6/01 - STAT -- International lentil markets ended the week under mixed conditions, with the gap between Turkish and North American merchandise narrowing sharply. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 6/01 - STAT -- Canadian field pea markets are starting to make the transition from old to new crop markets, with some processors asserting the first new crop merchandise could be available within a month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 6/01 - STAT -- International chickpea markets finished the week unchanged to lower in seasonally light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 9/01 - STAT -- Russia will receive buckwheat, kidney beans and other agricultural commodities during the 2001 fiscal year under a Food for Progress agreement between the USDA and American National Red Cross (ARC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 9/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 4,090 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid in August. . . . 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 34,190 MT, compared to 37,320 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 74,660 MT, compared to 59,860 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 108,850 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 9/01 - STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets set new season highs for spot and new crop markets in both grower and inter-dealer markets amid deepening worries about the moisture outlook in the southern half of Saskatchewan's growing area. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 9/01 - STAT -- Dry edible bean crops in the United States are mostly in good condition, with states such as Montana showing the most stress on account of a hot dry opening to the current growing season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 9/01 - STAT -- Seeding this year's sunflower seed crop is essentially complete in the United States, with crops reported in mainly fair to good condition under generally hot and dry growing conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Jul 10/01 - STAT -- Pulse exports from Burma maintained their strong pace, reaching 77,893 metric tons (MT) in May on the basis of continued strong demand from the Indian subcontinent. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 10/01 - STAT -- This year's harvest is approaching at a record pace in western Canada on account of the combination of earlier than expected seeding in many parts of the growing area and conditions which contribute to quicker plant development. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 11/01 - STAT -- Lentil plantings eased in the United States this year, according to the first official seeded area estimates published by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 11/01 - STAT -- Field pea plantings in the United States managed a solid increase this year, jumping from around 188,000 acres in the states watched by the USDA to 215,000 acres this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 11/01 - STAT -- The USDA's first estimate of Austrian Winter pea seedings in the United States made it clear seeded area will post sharp gains this year, advancing from last year's industry estimated 8,200 acres to 13,000. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 11/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here issued a tender for 600 metric tons (MT) of dark red kidney beans for shipment as food aid in September. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 11/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 1,610 MT of pulses for shipment to Russia between July 25 and August 10. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 11/01 - STAT -- This year's expansion in field pea seedings was not as large as expected, mainly on account of reductions in area in France because wet field conditions stopped growers from seeding as much land with peas as intended. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 15/01 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets recorded a mixed performance during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 15/01 - STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets posted massive price increases during the week as processors and exporters worried about the impact hot and dry conditions will have on yields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 15/01 - STAT -- North American lentil markets were unchanged to slightly easier in seasonally light international trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 15/01 - STAT -- North American markets ended the week with spot and new crop markets merging on account of rapidly approaching harvest activity in the United States and Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 16/01 - STAT -- Dry edible beans crops are starting the week in generally good condition in the major producing areas of the United States, judging from the latest crop reports from individual states. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 16/01 - STAT -- Sunflower crops are looking good in the United States, with most fields deemed in good to excellent condition. However, the proportion of crops in fair or worse shape is higher than desired by growers and processors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ABIDJAN - Jul 16/01 - IRIN -- The World Food Program (WFP) says it urgently needs 628 MT of corn-soya blend to meet the projected requirements for its therapeutic and school feeding centers in Sierra Leone up to December. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Jul 17/01 - STAT -- Grain growers in the Australian state of Queensland are struggling with one of the worst starts to the winter cropping season, according to AgForce Grains president Terry Sharp. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Jul 17/01 - STAT -- Pulse harvest activity could take its first, tentative steps in Saskatchewan this week. The latest Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food crop report found 1% of the crop was ripe and a record 41% started the week in the podding stage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 17/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here tendered for 2,450 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid during September. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 20/01 - STAT -- It is often said in trading circles that once major news outlets start paying attention to a specific event affecting markets, the situation is starting to resolve itself. This week saw Canada's major daily newspapersand national television networks suddenly realize drought has afflicted a large part of the growing area in western Canada. This week also saw an important increase in shower activity, with more forecast during the coming five days. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 20/01 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets continued advancing through the week, with the U.S. dry edible bean spot market index ending the week up six points at 621. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 20/01 - STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets established new season highs during weekly trading, reaching price levels not seen since April of 1996. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 20/01 - STAT -- International lentil markets closed the week unchanged to easier in seasonally light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 20/01 - STAT -- Pressure is building for small calibre chickpeas on world markets in the wake of an undersized harvest in Turkey and expectations Canada will harvest vast quantities of 7mm kabuli chickpeas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARK CITY, UT - Jul 22/01 - STAT -- The Mexican government has given the U.S. National Dry Bean Council a written commitment to hold auctions for dry edible bean import licenses on a regular schedule. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARK CITY, UT - Jul 23/01 - STAT - Efforts to peas, lentils and chickpeas included in the U.S. farm program so they would be eligible for loan deficiency payments (LDP) seem destined for failure. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARK CITY, UT - Jul 23/01 - STAT - The National Dry Bean Council (NDBC) may pursue what will prove to be a highly controversial legislative initiative as part of new policy positions adopted by the board of directors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARK CITY, UT - Jul 23/01 - STAT - Dry edible bean production in Canada will likely post a marginal decrease even though a fairly sharp drop in seeded area was recorded this year, the U.S. Dry Bean Convention here was told. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARK CITY, UT - Jul 23/01 - STAT -- The world's major dry edible bean exporting nations appear to be facing production problems this year, judging from reports presented at this year's dry bean convention here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 23/01 - STAT -- Dry edible bean crops posted a mixed performance during the past week, with proportion of stressed crops rising in Montana and Michigan, while crops in several other states held their own during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 23/01 - STAT - Sunflower crops remain in generally good condition in the main producing areas of the United States, though crop progress is slightly slower this year than last. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jul 25/01 - STAT -- Trading in the latest version of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange field pea futures contract got underway today, with price activity reported across all delivery months. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 26/01 - STAT -- Debate over extending the Agricultural Market Transition Act to allow field peas, lentils and chickpeas to be eligible for marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments (LDP) is heating up as the U.S. Senateoffers a radically different version of the U.S. farm bill than congress. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jul 26/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 660 MT of dark red kidney beans for shipment Russia in September. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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VANCOUVER - Jul 27/01 - STAT -- Markets are getting a clearer picture of current crop production prospects across North America as efforts to compile crop district based pictures of events in Saskatchewan combine with industry surveys in the United States to create preliminary estimates of this year's output levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 27/01 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets in the United States remained at their long term resistance level, as defined by the country's spot market price index. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 27/01 - STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets continue to establish new season highs, with the week ending with more buyers than sellers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 27/01 - STAT -- Lentil markets managed a mixed performance during the week against reports Turkey's lentil crops were harvested in excellent condition. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jul 27/01 - STAT -- International chickpea markets posted a dramatic reversal during the past week, as dryness in the eastern part of Turkey combined with worries about North American crops to lift markets higher. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONAD - Jul 28/01 - STAT -- Pearl millet is being looked at as an alternative to sorghum in marginal areas of the Australian state of Queensland. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Jul 31/01 - STAT -- India's traders are starting to express optimism about the potential size of this season's pulse harvest, leading to early declarations import activity will be down across the 2001-02 season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 31/01 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets were steady at the grower level in July, believes the USDA, which estimates the average price paid for all classes of beans during the month was unchanged from June. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jul 31/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service office here is seeking 1.85 million pounds packaged dry edible beans for use in domestic feeding programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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