ISLAMABAD - Nov 1/00 - STAT -- Worries about soil and irrigation moisture reserves after an underperforming monsoon season forced the Pakistan government to avoid signficant increases in its rabi season production targets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 1/00 - STAT -- Growers in most of Michigan are now eligible for some form of emergency farm aid, following the latest designation of 37 counties as eligible for USDA emergency farm loans because of losses caused by excessive rainfall,flash flooding, hail, and high winds, that occurred this spring. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Nov 2/00 - STAT -- There were no major surprises in the final crop report and local crop production estimates issued by Saskatchewan and Agriculture and Food. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Nov 2/00 - STAT -- Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food believes this year's specialty crop harvest came in with surprisingly good grade results, given widespread problems with disease and weather across the entire growing season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Nov 2/00 - STAT -- International demand for chickpeas is strong, with recent surveys showing they rank as the 10th most widely consumed food in the world, while in countries such as the United Kingdom, numerous new food products are being developed to make use of the bean. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Nov 2/00 - STAT -- AusBulk Grain Marketing boosted its Northfield lentil pool estimate for the 2000-01 marketing campaign A$30 MT to $530, while leaving the Aldinga pool unchanged at $500 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 2/00 - STAT -- Sunflower plant breeders working for the USDA's Agricultural Research Service are working hard to stay ahead of constantly evolving viruses which attck the plants in an effort to avoid a future calamity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Nov 2/00 - STAT -- The Canadian Special Crops Association wants the Canadian government to take action to stop illegal picketing which is stopping truckers from moving containers from loading faclilities to the dock. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Nov 2/00 - STAT -- Specialty crop shipments through the port of Thunder Bay are up sharply over levels recorded during the first quarter of the 1999-00 marketing campaign. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Nov 3/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,000 MT of pulses for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 3/00 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets ended the week with mixed results against limited export demand. Continued selling into Mexico was reported during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 3/00 - STAT -- International birdseed ingredient markets seemed to be left with little room to manoeuvre last week, as conflicting news buffeted markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 3/00 - STAT -- Canadian transportation problems continued to be a dominant topic of conversation in international and domestic lentil markets during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 3/00 - STAT -- Some Canadian chickpea exporters continued to express frustration with the absence of forceful international demand during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ISLAMABAD - Nov 4/00 - STAT -- Pakistan's State Trading Corporation (TCP) is trying again to buy 12,500 MT of whole black gram, a type of mung bean, in order to avoid potential shortages of the pulse during Ramadan. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ISLAMABAD - Nov 6/00 - STAT -- Faced with their second Ramadan season, Pakistan's military rulers again appear unable to control food price inflation for key agricultural commodities. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Nov 6/00 - STAT -- No significant changes in lentil grading patterns were noted in Canada during the past week, judging from results compiled by CGF Brokerage and Consulting. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Nov 6/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office issued a request for offers on 4,500 MT of lentils for prepositioning for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 7/00 - STAT -- This year's sunflower seed harvest is entering its final stages across the United States, but snow and rain made it hard going for growers in the northern half of the production area. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Nov 6/00 - STAT -- Moderate interest in selling chickpeas was shown by Saskatchewan growers last week, judging from the volume of desi and B90 kabuli type chickpeas submitted to CGF Brokerage and Consulting for grading. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Nov 6/00 - STAT -- Field pea grading results for western Canada continue to hold up, judging from samples submitted by growers to CGF Brokerage and Consulting for grading last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Nov 8/00 - STAT -- Container stuffing facilities in the Port of Montreal were able to start returning loaded containers back to port facilities following intervention by the Canada Industrial Relations Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Nov 8/00 - STAT -- Canada's decision to impose massive tariffs on U.S. corn is having a bullish impact on its feed grain complex. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 9/00 - STAT -- Significant increases in U.S. lentil and Austrian winter pea production partly offset equally large decreases in whole yellow and green field pea production in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Nov 9/00 - STAT -- The protein content of this year's field pea harvest looks good, judging from initial results of testing by the Canadian Grain Commission. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON, Ontario - Nov 9/00 - STAT -- The Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board may need to fundamentally change the way it does business in order to survive. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Nov 10/00 - STAT -- The Grain Pool of Western Australia has developed an identity preserved marketing campaign for lupins which should garner the marketing board 5,000 MT of business from Europe's food industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Nov 10/00 - STAT -- Indicator prices for last year's and the coming season's grain marketing pools were updated by the Grain Pool of Western Australia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HAVANA - Nov 10/00 - STAT -- A delegation of dry edible bean processors from Michigan failed to convince the Cuban government to buy their beans during the 2000-01 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/00 - STAT -- Light trading was reported in birdseed ingredient markets last week. Some sales of Canadian canaryseed were reported to Brazil at steep discounts to asking prices by Argentine exporters. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/00 - STAT -- Transportation difficulties started to ease in Montreal during the week, decreasing the level of tension among Canadian lentil exporters about their ability to maintain export sales programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/00 - STAT -- North American field pea and chickpea markets were supported during the week by the resumption of buying by India. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 11/00 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets maintained a sideways to slightly easier tone in relatively light demand conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Nov 14/00 - STAT -- A recent visit to Saudi Arabia by a trade team organized by Pulse Australia has resulted in guarded optimism the country will lift its ban on imports of Australian lentils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Nov 15/00 - STAT -- The Canadian Special Crop Association (CSCA) declared the trucking problems preventing the movement of containers through the Port of Montreal is all but over. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 17/00 - STAT -- Final numbers for European field pea production contained no real surprises, though results for some countries revealed significant shifts in the location of this year's crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 17/00 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets did not experience a good week. Though processors report steady demand, it remains just below the fundamental needs of the market, with the result prices remain under pressure. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 17/00 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets ended the week generally sideways because of an absence of any defining news. Slow demand is eroding the strength of millet markets in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 17/00 - STAT -- North American lentil markets recorded solid declines on inter-dealer markets in the face of light end user buying interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 17/00 - STAT -- International chickpea markets maintained their sideways to firmer direction during the week against continued buying from the Indian subcontinent. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 20/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service confirmed the purchase of 8,104,320 pounds or 3,676 MT of dry edible beans and 12.6 million pounds of canned beans for use in domestic food assistance programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Nov 20/00 - STAT -- Most of Canada's field pea grades remain in the No 1 and No 2 grade fractions, according to the latest grade results compiled by CGF Brokerage and Consulting. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Nov 20/00 - STAT -- There is no surprise in the observation kabuli type chickpea grade results are trending downwards in terms of average quality, though season to date results from private grading are significantly better than expected.The small dark desi type chickpea continue to record the best results, with just over 61% of the product delivered so far this year falling into the No 1 grade fraction. By contrast, 46.48% of the traditional kabuli varieties grown are grading No 1; w . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Nov 20/00 - STAT -- Most of Canada's field pea grades remain in the No 1 and No 2 grade fractions, according to the latest grade results compiled by CGF Brokerage and Consulting. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Nov 20/00 - STAT -- Season to date grading patterns for Western Canadian lentils continue to point to a mostly No 2 grade harvest for large green lentils, while other classes grown this year are tending toward the top grade fraction. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Nov 21/00 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here issued a PL-480 food aid tender requesting offers of 3,460 MT of pulses for shipment in January. . . . 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 14,390 MT, compared to 22,460 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 34,080 MT, compared to 29,680 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 48,470 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Nov 23/00 - STAT -- There is some concern among India's pulse trade that proposed sanctions against Myanmar by the International Labour Organization will gain enough support to interfere with pulse exports during the December through Februaryshipping period. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Nov 23/00 - STAT -- A minor, downward shift in average protein content in western Canadian peas was registered over the past two weeks, according to the latest analysis data from the Canadian Grain Commission. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 24/00 - STAT -- International chickpea markets have been feasting on an unusually abundant buffet of bullish market news as several key consuming an production regions deal with the consequences of weather related problems with crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 24/00 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets ended the week in generally quiet trading conditions, with exporters reporting mainly hand to mouth demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 24/00 - STAT -- Birdseed ingredient markets were unchanged to slight firmer on the basis of a slight improvement in demand from Latin America and other destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 24/00 - STAT -- International lentil markets ended the week slightly firmer in light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 24/00 - STAT -- Threatened bans on the use of meat and bone meal as a livestock feed ingredient in the European Union contributed to firmer field pea markets during the week. If the ban takes effect, it is expected to pull up prices for soybean meal and other livestock feed ingredients. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 27/00 - STAT -- Canadian specialty crop exporters could face another labor problem, this time in the Port of Vancouver in British Columbia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Nov 27/00 - STAT -- Chickpea growers in Saskatchewan appeared to be fairly active sellers last week, presenting another 2,111 MT of product for grading by CGF Brokerage and Consulting. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Nov 27/00 - STAT -- Western Canadian field pea grade results so far this marketing year remain good, judging from data compiled by CGF Brokerage and Consulting. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Nov 27/00 - STAT -- There were no major changes in season to date grade spreads for Canadian lentils, according to data compiled by CGF Brokerage and Consulting. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HAVANA - Nov 27/00 - STAT -- Cuba's foreign exchange earnings outlook is looking better despite the Cuban Sugar Ministry's reduction in forecast sugar production from 4.0 million to 3.9 million MT for the 2000-01 season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 28/00 - STAT -- Canadian feed pea markets should benefit from Germany's decision to ban the import and export of all feeds containing meat and bone meal effective Saturday, December 2. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 28/00 - STAT -- Dry edible bean prices in the United States are beginning to show some strength, but they remain well below last year because of fully stocked market pipelines, argues the USDA's Gary Lucier. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ISLAMABAD - Nov 29/00 - STAT -- Some officials within the Pakistan government are mulling over the idea of demanding compensation from Australia over vetch which was shipped to the country during the mid-1990s. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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