REGINA -- Jun 2/98 -- Seeding of Canadian field pea and lentil crops is believed to be complete in Saskatchewan, while growers in Alberta and Manitoba are dotting the i's and crossing the t's on this spring's planting effort. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jun 2/98 -- the USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 1,090 MT of whole green peas and lentils for shipment to Haiti between June 21 and July 5. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jun 4/98 -- The USDA's Copmmodity Credit Corporation Ooffice here confirmed the purchase of 9,110 MT of pulses against PL-480 food aid tender invitation 068. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG -- Jun 4/98 -- Light frost events struck numerous locations in western Canada's crop production areas over night, with weather forecasters predicting patchy frost the next couple of days. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jun 4/98 -- In field peas, weed control can make or break the crop. Field peas are not competitive and need closer attention when it comes to weed control than any of the other major crops grown in Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here

GUANGZHOU -- Jun 5/98 -- China should maintain its status as a minor but strategically important player in world lentil markets this season assuming the harvest does not fall below 85,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jun 5/98 -- The USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration will allow GIPSA and State cooperators to use contractors to perform specified inspection services on processed commodities, beans, peas, lentils, and rice under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS -- Jun 5/98 -- Disappearance of French field peas continues to move forward at a more aggressive pace than was the case last year, judging from the latest export and domestic usage statistics compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionalle des Plantes Riches en Proteines. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 7/98 -- STAT -- Colored bean markets ended the week in mixed conditions as Brazilian importers paused to take a deep breath. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 7/98 -- STAT -- Canadian canaryseed markets plunged back to the bottom of their current, wide trading range. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 7/98 -- STAT -- International lentil markets ended the week mixed against strengthening Canadian values and downward adjustments in those for Turkish origin product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 7/98 -- STAT -- North American field pea markets ended a quiet trading week with few significant prices changes. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Jun 9/98 -- A huge migration of land from grains and pulses into canola is generating massive increases in the amount of land devoted to that commodity in Australia, while areas sown to pulses fall 4% to 4.89 million acres. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA — Jun 9/98 — Frost, insect and drought damage has many growers in Saskatchewan and other parts of western Canada's growing region thinking about reseeding some of this year's crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jun 11/98 -- Chinese imports of field peas and dry edible beans should continue to grow with improvements in living standards in that country, believes Alberta Agriculture's Song Wang. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SAN JOSE -- Jun 11/98 -- The extended drought in northern Costa Rica has hurt the country's black bean growers the most, with the agriculture ministry pegging crop losses at U.S. $6.6 million. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jun 11/98 -- The latest varieties of oil sunflower seed are expected to produce oils which taste better and stay fresh longer, according to the USDA's Agriculture Research Service. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PANAMA -- Jun 11/98 -- Canadian pulses dominate the Panamanian import industry despite historically strong ties with the United States, judging from the latest import data available. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 12/98 -- Dramatic declines in ocean temperatures in the Pacific provide a clear signal El Nino is exiting stage left and La Nina arriving with a new set of weather disturbances. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 12/98 -- International dry edible bean markets ended the latest trading period on a strong note. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 12/98 -- One shipper jokingly referred to canaryseed markets as a dog last week, jumping up like a terrier trying to grab a bone from the table. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 12/98 -- Scattered thunder shower activity during the week in Canadian lentil production areas offered no help to the few bears circling markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 12/98 -- Bullish weather market conditions affecting other specialty crops continued to bypass field peas last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jun 12/98 -- A continuation of hot, dry weather in portions of Alberta and Saskatchewan in particular, is playing havoc with specialty crop market prices, asserted Alberta Agriculture in its latest review of market conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG -- Jun 13/98 -- Medicinal plants with the potential to be grown in Manitoba are being investigated in trials at the University of Manitoba's Carman research farm and the Parkland Crop Diversification Center in Roblin. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV -- Jul 18/98 -- Sunflowerseed production should increase as Ukrainian farmers took advantage of the commodities liquidity by expanding seeded area this spring to nearly 2.2 million hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY -- Jul 18/98 -- Mexico recorded the driest April and May in its history as annual rainfall level through April 1998 plunged 52.3% below last year's levels and 41% under the annual average. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Jul 19/98 -- The West Australian pulse industry would need to maintain pulse quality through crop management practices and post-harvest grading to ensure increased exports and market share. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jul 19/98 -- Optimism over western Canadian yield potential is fading despite shower activity during the week. Without a significant change in growing conditions it now seems unlikely crops will record average yields this summer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 19/98 -- Good demand continued to drive international dry edible bean markets during the week, maintaining the spot market price index at 782 points. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 19/98 -- North American birdseed ingredient markets recorded few changes during a week which saw little fresh demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 19/98 -- Limited demand was reported on international lentil markets during a week, which saw Turkey maintain its competitive pricing posture for red lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 19/98 -- Field pea markets recorded a generally lackluster performance as traders remain doubtful enough new demand can emerge to prevent stocks from rising during the coming season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jun 19/98 -- The dry spring has taken its toll on the timothy crop and the forecasted dry summer should allow the compactors to bale most of the production. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CALGARY -- Jun 19/98 -- Soil moisture conditions improved slightly in Alberta during the week, according to the latest crop progress report from Alberta Pool Elevators. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA -- Jul 23/98 -- Rainy conditions over much of western Canada's crop production zones last week turned around the soil moisture outlook in most crop districts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jun 23/98 -- Field activities slowed and crop conditions deteriorated as relentless thunderstorms brought heavy rainfall that caused severe erosion and flooding to several areas of the corn belt, stated the USDA in its latest crop progress report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jun 23/98 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here announced a food aid tender covering 12,310 MT of field peas, lentils and dry edible beans. . . . 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 15,670 MT, compared to 35,071 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 50,550 MT, compared to 54,660 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 76,610 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jun 23/98 -- Without being able to put concrete numbers to it, Alberta Agriculture makes it clear the latest round of shower activity was not widespread enough to prevent regions with drought stressed crops from deteriorating further. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jun 26/98 -- The USDA grain inspection service will change the devide used to measure moisture in sunflower seed to the Grain Analysis Computer Model 2100 (GAC 2100) effective August 1. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 27/98 -- A more relaxed tone on the part of North American weather forecasters is making it easier for specialty crop markets to adopt a quieter attitude in front of two important crop reports from Statistics Canada and the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 27/98 -- Colored bean markets managed a mixed performance despite continued demand, helping lift the U.S. spot market price index slightly to 788 points. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 27/98 -- Few changes were reported in birdseed ingredient markets during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 27/98 -- Slight improvements in moisture conditions in western Canada left markets looking for strong news in order to reestablish upward price trends. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 27/98 -- International field pea markets were mainly sideways despite reports of steady demand for product Latin American and Pacific Rim destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Jun 27/98 -- The precipitation over the past week help push prices lower on most special commodities at the grower level in western Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Jun 30/98 -- Land committed to specialty crop production in North America is higher than first expected, leading traders arriving at work early in the morning to conclude the latest seeded area estimates from Statistics Canada and the USDA are not bullish. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jun 30/98 -- Land committed to dry edible bean production in the United States is higher than first thought at just over two million acres for the second largest crop area of the decade, according to the latest seeded area estimates fromthe USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Jun 30/98 -- Plantings of minor and specialty oilseeds increased in the United States this spring, according to the latest seeded area estimates prepared by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Jun 30/98 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation Office here announced tender invitation 078A covering 1,000 MT of lentils and 1,000 MT of small red beans for shipment in August. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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