KANSAS CITY -- Mar 1/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 4,110 MT of green peas and 910 MT of lentils for shipment to Russia under Invitation No. 029D. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Mar 2/99 -- The number of vessels discharging pulses at India's ports dropped to justr four, a number considered more consistent with the country's strong availability of locally grown pulses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Mar 2/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here announced it has abandoned PL-480 tender invitation 039 and replaced it with invitation 039D. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FORT WORTH -- Mar 3/99 -- No major changes in specialty crop rates are expected by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway for the month of March. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Mar 4/99 -- Farmers in the northern half of New South Wales are finding several legumes normally found in tropical areas surprisingly well adapted to the region, providing solid benefits in terms of what they do to the soil and as alternatelivestock feed sources. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Mar 4/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchases of 640 MT of green peas and 290 MT of lentils against PL-480 export invitation 039C. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Mar 4/99 -- Important niche markets for pulses are developing in India's wealthier neighborhoods, creating new opportunities for premium quality pulses, including already processed and packaged products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Mar 5/99 -- The best way to sell a product is not to just sell something you . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 5/99 -- Dry edible bean markets experienced an unusually dull week, with limited fill in buying providing the only tangible demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 5/99 -- Poor domestic and export demand affected values for birdseed ingredient and other specialty crop markets, leaving markets in a mixed condition. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 5/99 -- North American lentil markets ended the week unchanged to weaker in light inter-dealer trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 5/99 -- Dull trading conditions left international field pea markets with a wide gulf between the price ideas of buyers and sellers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Mar 8/99 -- Fungicide treatments help minimize the impact of anthracnose on lupin crops, judging from research trials condusted last eyar by Agriculture Western Australia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Mar 8/99 -- Agriculture Western Australia has advised the State's lupin growers to manage the production of yellow and Albus lupins to minimise the risk of spreading anthracnose infection to other lupin crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Mar 9/99 -- The week opended with a good number of vessels discharging pulses at India's ports. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRASILIA -- Mar 9/99 -- The economic problems gripping Brazil and loss of purchasing power by the country's consumers could result in increased consumption of rice and beans as people move back to a less expensive, traditional diet. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Mar 10/99 -- Thirty six of India's medicinal plant varieties are endangered and 14 of them face extinction, according to results of a recent risk assessment of the status of wild plants in southern India. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CAPE TOWN -- Mar 10/99 -- Dry edible bean production in South Africa has the potentail to soar from 52,150 MT to 82,200 MT this season, according to data compiled by the National Crop Estimates Committee. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSS CITY -- Mar 10/99 -- The USDDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 7,120 MT of pulses against PL-480 food aid invitation 039D. . . . Continue or visitors click here

AUCKLAND -- Mar 11/99 -- Piracy of planting seed is a frequent occurance in countries around the world, but one New Zealand firm is taking a tough stand against companies and farmers illegally growing and trading its seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG -- Mar 11/99 -- Canadian field peas were among the 4,223 MT of product shipped in containers to Dalian, China last month by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 12/99 -- International dry edible bean markets are not happy with this year's round of economic problems sweeping through Latin America and bearish news about crops in other parts of the world. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 12/99 -- International dry edible bean markets were relatively quiet against light buying interest from Brazil and Venezuela. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 12/99 -- North American markets for other specialty crops ended the week unchanged to easier against growing competition for available demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 12/99 -- Canadian lentil markets ended the week on a softer note against predictions by the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers association more then 1.1 million acres could be planted in the province this spring. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 12/99 -- North American field pea traders were amazed by the latest seeded area predictions from the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers association. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Mar 19/99 -- Lupin growers in Western Australia's Esperance region continue to have a major problem with the incidence of Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) infection in their seed stocks, despite an over-all drop in the virus state-wide. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Mar 19/99 -- Australian researchers are turning to China to provide the key to faba bean research that will have benefits for farmers in northern New South Wales and Queensland. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA -- Mar 19/99 -- An expected jump in red lentil seedings to around 200,000 acres or one-fifth the expected total lentil seedings in the province is an exiciting level of diversification for the crop believes Ray McVicar, crop development specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Mar 19/99 -- Canadians meeting with traders and scientists across India are making it clear they aim to be the number one supplier of imported pulses in this country, compared to the country's 10% share during the 1997-98 marketing campaign. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 19/99 -- Efforts by significant numbers of traders to make their way to the United Arab Emirates for this year's biennial CICILS conference left markets listing at week's end. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 19/99 -- North American birdseed markets were mixed in light domestic and export dealer interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 19/99 -- International lentil markets were mostly unchanged in quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 19/99 -- Seasonally light trading was reported in international field pea and chickpea markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Mar 22/99 -- The Australian Barley Board started preparing growers in that country for duller pulse markets during 1999, predicting prices for most products would scale down in the face of lareg international crops and normal demand patterns. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Mar 23/99 -- Record yields in parts of the country for this winter's rabi crop is part of major recovery in pulse production levels, believes the Indian Agriculture Ministry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI -- Mar 23/99 -- The expected drop off in the number of ships discharging pulses at India ports on account of the recent rabi harvest, materialized this week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Mar 23/99 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation division issued PL-480 tender invitation 049, requesting offers on 7,490 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 43,870 MT, compared to 10,950 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 59,920 MT, compared to 33,880 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 103,790 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK -- Mar 25 -- Thailand expects to harvest close to 10,000 MT more beans this year than last, with the result exports stand a good chance of increasing from 18,908 MT during 1998 to around 25,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Mar 26/99 -- Navy bean processors were disappointed to see navy beans cut from the latest USDA PL-480 food aid tender in an amendment to the tender issued today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 26/99 -- International dry edible bean markets ended the week in a generally bearish mood. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 26/99 -- North American birdseed ingredient markets remained in their recent trading ranges. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 26/99 -- North American lentil markets managed a mixed performance during the week, despite a major increase in speculative trading interest in new crop red lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 26/99 -- Canadian field pea markets jumped on the roller coaster by themselves last week, with prices soaring on a surprising spurt in buying during the biennial CICILS pulse conference in the United Arab Emirates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA -- Mar 29/99 -- Although the current low prices for ginseng have cooled some of the initial excitement about growing this medicinal herb in Saskatchewan, a few growers and researchers continue to learn more about its production. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Mar 30/99 -- Chick peas growers should not underestimate the need to have planting seed properly tested and certified as being free of aschochyta blight, warns Queensland Department of Primary Industries Farming Systems Institute extension agronomist Kevin McCosker. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK -- Mar 30/99 -- Bangkok Burma exported 21,678 MT of beans and pulses in February, 1999, with shipments to India accounting for 64% of all shipments. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Mar 30/99 -- Winter pulse production levels in New South Wales should plunge based on projections by state agriculture officials seeded are could drop from around 191,000 hectares last season to just 144,000 hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Mar 31/99 -- Dry edible bean seedings in the United States are expected to climb this spring as growers work hard to maintain a good blend of crops to try to battle generally weaker international commodity values. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Mar 31/99 -- Sunflower seed growers in the United States plan to keep pushing sunflower seeded area upward, with a major advance in seedings of confectionary varieties planned for this spring in response to this season's relatively steady premiums over oil-type sunflower seed varieties. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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