REGINA - Jun 1/99 - STAT -- Solid progress was made seeding crops in Saskatchewan the past week, but growers in that province are clearly having the most difficult time of the past decade getting crops in the ground. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jun 2/99 - STAT -- Following is a summary of Canada's pending specialty crop insurance plan -- named SCRIP, perhaps a reference to the fact scrip is a provisional certificate entitling the holder to a fractional share of stock or some otherjointly owned property. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jun 2/99 - STAT -- Regulations designed to create a special crops insurance plan for western Canada and administered by the Canadian Grain Commission have been published in the Canada Gazette, marking the start of a 30-day period for publiccomment. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jun 2/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here has requested offers on 2,470 MT of pinto beans and green peas for shipment as food aid this summer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BAGHDAD - Jun 3/99 - STAT -- Iraq is in the grips of what could become the worst drought of the century, leaving the country seriously short of food, despite the latest iteration of the United Nations sanctioned food for oil program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 5/99 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets managed a mixed performance during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 5/99 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets registered few important changes during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 5/99 - STAT -- Activity in international was focussed on Canadian product during the week as that origin led markets into higher average price levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 5/99 - STAT -- The global supply and demand outlook for lentils and chick peas has experienced tremendous fluctuations this calendar year as markets dealt with massive increases in Canadian seedings and more recently the expected impact of drought in the Middle East. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 5/99 - STAT -- International field pea markets found themselves stuck in a trading range the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Jun 8/99 - STAT -- Seeding inched forward during the past week in Saskatchewan, with growers unable to plant much more than another 10% of this year's expected acreage of most specialty crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 8/99 - STAT -- Efforts to ensure organic certification agencies in the United States operate in conforminty with Europe Union regulations were undertaken by the USDA In recent days. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jun 9/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,710 MT of kidney beans, field peas na dlentils for shipment as food this summer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jun 9/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is looking for offers on 1,500 MT of Great Northern and/or pea beans for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Jun 10/99 - STAT -- Saskatchewan farmers are getting an extra five days to get early maturing crops in the ground and still qualify for crop insurance. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jun 11/99 -- STAT -- Interest among Canadian specialty crop producers in chick pea production has increased significantly the past few years, reflecting a strong desire among that country's growers to massively diversify their crop production alternatives. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jun 11/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is requesting offers for 860 MT of pinto beans and yellow peas for shipment as food aid to Russia in July and August. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 12/99 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets managed a mixed performance during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 12/99 - STAT -- North American birdseed ingredient markets were generally firmer on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 12/99 - STAT -- North American lentil markets closed the week unchanged to stronger, with Canadian markets leading values higher. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 12/99 - STAT -- Field pea markets were generally quiet during the past week, with values for most products posting few changes. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Jun 12/99 - STAT -- Australia is looking for a marginal reduction in the total volume of pulses sown this year as growers respond to crop production problems last season and relatively poor market conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 12/99 - STAT -- As the production for field peas becomes clearer in more countries, it is obvious there will be a severe decline in the volume of new crop merchandise available to markets in the coming year as growers in the world’s most important production areas move 11% of their land from field peas to other crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jun 116/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here announced the purchase of 2,470 MT of pulses for shipment during the periods July 21 - August 5, 1999, for inland plants. Plants located at the port have the shipping period of August 6 - 20, 1999. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Jun 16/99 - STAT -- Australia expects to be self sufficient in navy beans during the coming season with the signing of a supply agreement between Heinz and Bean Growers Australia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 16/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is now using the Grain Analysis Computer Model 2100 (GAC 2100) to measure the moisture content of Black beans, Great Northern beans, Pea (Navy) beans,Pinto beans, canola, high-oil corn, rapeseed, and rye. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ANKARA - Jun 16/99 - STAT -- A recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache here added some clarity to the Turkey's agricultural situation in the wake of one of the worst droughts to hit the Middle East region this century. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 17/99 - STAT -- Only a small quantity of merchandise remains to be bought by the U.S. government on behalf of voluntary aid agencies involved in this year's massive relief effort in Russia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jun 17/99 - STAT -- Specialty crop clearances through the port of Thunder Bay are posting huge gains over the previous three marketing campaigns, according to the latest data compiled by the Lake Shippers Clearance Association. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 18/99 - STAT -- International chick pea production has the potential to manage a dramatic increase during the 1999-00 marketing year as long as farmers in India and Pakistan maintain current interest in expanded pulse production and weather conditions on the Indian subcontinent cooperate. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jun 18/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Comnmodity Credit Corporation office here split the its tender for 1,640 MT of white beans between navy and Great Northern. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 19/99 - STAT -- North American markets managed a mixed performance during the week, resulting in no net change in the value of the U.S. spot market index for dry edible beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 19/99 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets did not have a good week. Asking prices for Canadian and U.S. product were generally lower against weak end user demand and limited speculative trading interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 19/99 - STAT -- North American lentil markets eased with the completion of seeding efforts in Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 19/99 - STAT -- Field pea markets experienced a quiet week in light inter-dealer and export trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Jun 22/99 - STAT -- Limited buying demand saw pulses start the week mostly easier in India's inter dealer martets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Jun 22/99 - STAT -- Last week's warm weather allowed farmers in most parts of Saskatchewan to bring seeding to a close and promoted rapid growth in emerging crops, notes Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food in its weekly crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jun 22/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here announced a tender for 4,000 MT of whole green peas for shipment to Rwanda in July. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jun 22/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here today announced a tender for 9,730 MT of pulses for shipment as food 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 54,850 MT, compared to 17,570 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 72,140 MT, compared to 62,440 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 1998-99 shipping season to 126,990 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Jun 23/99 - STAT -- There were few bulk vessels discharghing pulses in India's ports, according to data provided by various port authorities this week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Jun 23/99 - STAT -- Several lines of disease resistant kabuli type chick peas have been identified in a cooperative plant breeding effort involving Australia's Grains Research and Development Corporation, CLIMA, Syria's International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) and Turkey's Agean Agricultural Research Institute. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 24/99 - STAT -- Shipments of U.S. origin dry edible bean to Mexico remain well behind last season's totals, dropping 23.6% during the first eight months of the 1998-99 marketing campaign to 60,410 MT. Border clearances during April totalled 2,210 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 25/88 - STAT -- There is a good chance international lentil output could advance this year from 2.1 to 2.17 million MT, keeping output in the range seen the previous six years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jun 25/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office amended the lates PL-480 food aid tender to include 6,000 MT of whole green pea for shipment to Rwanada in August. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 27/99 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets managed a mixed performance during the week, posting a decline in the value of the U.S. spot bean market price index from 731 to 715 points. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 27/99 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets managed few changes during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 27/99 - STAT -- International lentil markets were somweht easier in relatively light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 27/99 - STAT -- North American field pea markets ended the week without major price movement. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Jun 29/99 - STAT -- Seeding operations have ceased, except for some greenfeed acreage that may still be planted, according to the latest Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food's weekly crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/99 - STAT -- The USDA expects dry edible bean seedings in the United States to inch upward this spring, advaincing from 1.191 million acres last year to 1.94 million acres this season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/99 - STAT -- Sunflower seedings continued to expand in the United States this spring, but a signficant shift in attention from oilseed to confectionary types was noted by the latest USDA estimates of seeded area. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Jun 30/99 - STAT -- Researchers have found a way to improve the machine traditionally used to extract oil from mustard seed, for an important gain in the volume of oil extracted from the seed without any reduction in quality. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Jun 30/99 - STAT -- The USDA's Cpommodity Credit Corporation office here announced the purchase of 3,600 MT of whole green peas for delivery no later than July 30, 1999. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Jun 30/99 - STAT -- The Indian government's decision to import pulses through NAFED has upset many of the country's importers, who worry the entrance of a non profit motivated competitor may dresult in lower prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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