REGINA -- Sep 1/98 -- Western Canada's field and lentil harvest are in their final stages this week, despite mixed weather conditions which slowed harvest activity in some parts of the growing region. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON -- Sep 2/98 -- The United Nations has made an appeal for U.S. $20.5 million in food aid for Cuba, which the U.S. administration is strongly considering. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of most of the pulses requested on the amended PL-480 tender invitation number 098. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FORTH WORTH -- Sep 4/98 -- The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway has shaved per car rates on 52 car shipments of canola and/or rapeseed to Duluth/Superior. Published in item 74511 of BN 4023, the 52 car rates are discounted $150 to current 26 car rates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI —Sep 4/98 — A growing number of Indian states have banned the sale of mustard/rapeseed oil blends to combat problems created by large scale adulteration, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME -- Sep 3/98 -- The current food and humanitarian situation and outlook in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) give cause for serious concern, according to an emergency report from the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS -- Sep 4/98 -- European field pea seedings ended up slightly lower than expected at 1.177 million hectares, according to data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 4/98 -- North American dry edible bean markets continued their transition into new crop pricing levels during the week, resulting in a drop in the value of the spot market price index from 714 to 702 points. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 4/98 -- North American birdseed ingredient markets ended the week mixed against light demand and a slight improvement in harvest selling pressure by growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 4/98 -- North American lentils behaved in the expected way for this time of year, with prices continuing to ease in the face of increased supply from growers in both Canada and the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 4/98 -- Canadian field pea markets appeared to stabilize on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Sep 8/98 -- El Nino’s demise in the southern hemisphere is being accompanied by a significant increase in agricultural output in some countries. This is made clear by the latest Australian crop production estimates, which reveal a more optimistic outlook for this year’s yields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA -- Sep 9/98 -- Harvesting of this year's Canadian field pea and lentil crop is in its final stages as abnormally hot and dry conditions make it easy for growers to finish combining fields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG -- Sep 10/98 -- Specialty crop shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay posted a massive decline last season, according to numbers compiled by the Lake Shippers Clearance Association. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 11/98 -- The only cure for high prices are bull markets. Canadian pulse shippers are living the truth of that saying as harvesting this year's record field pea and larger than expected lentil crops is completed in near record time. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 11/98 -- Colored bean markets ended the week on a strongly mixed note, with black beans supported by rumored export business and pinto beans hurt by the absence of big sales. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 11/98 -- North American birdseed ingredient markets were little changed in relatively quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 11/98 -- With the exception of a few fields across the growing region, North America's lentil harvest was completed during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 11/98 -- International chick peas markets ended the week firm to sharply higher on production worries in Turkey and Australia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Sep 12/98 -- The forage seed harvest is nearing completion in the Peace River region with only red clover and alfalfa yet to be completed, acording to Alberta Agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON -- Sep 12/98 -- A researcher at the University of Saskatchewan's Crop Development Centre, professor emeritus Dr. Al Slinkard, says plant breeders will never achieve a pea variety that is totally resistant to mycosphaerella blight. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA -- Sep 12/98 -- The 1998 chickpea harvest may be in the bin but its producers can't relax yet, says Ray McVicar, provincial specialist, Special Crops, Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food (SAF). . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA -- Sep 16/98 -- This year's specialty crop harvest pushed forward at its fastest rate of the decade, resulting in what many consider a record early completion for Saskatchewan's pea and lentil harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Sep 16/98 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation Officer here issued two tenders outside the regular schedule for a total of 7,000 MT of pulses for shipment in November. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD -- Sep 18/98 -- Agriculture Western Australia principal pulse agronomist Kadambot Siddique has recently returned from India where he met with collaborating pulse scientists on a new research project aimed at improving chickpea yields in droughtprone environments. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV -- Sep 20/98 -- Adding field pea production estimates for the Ukraine to those for Hungary and the European Community makes it clear the change in total European production levels is not as great this summer as suggested by the strong advances recorded in western European output. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 20/98 -- North American dry edible bean markets ended the week on a firming note for both colored and white beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 20/98 -- Projected declines in North American white bean production on account of a general reduction in seeded area should result in a complete reversal of the supply situation by next summer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 20/98 -- With Canada's harvest more than half complete and off combine deliveries keeping stocks just ahead of the needs of processors, canaryseed prices posted further declines. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 20/98 -- International lentil markets were generally easier on the week, despite continued expressions of concern about Turkish pulse production levels and supplies. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 20/98 -- Canadian field pea markets continued to lead the market complex lower, despite growing resistance from growers in that country to selling at current values. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON -- Sep 20/98 -- Western Canadian specialty crop market could be showing the first impact of severe flooding in China, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Korea. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG, Sept. 18, 1998—The special crops insurance plan called for by recent amendments to the Canada Grain Act will be implemented Aug. 1, 1999. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 22/98 -- This year's unusually early completion of the North American specialty crop harvest is letting markets more quickly turn their attention to selling this season's output. As well as find ways to get growers to deliver productput into bins rather than delivered off their combines. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY -- Sep 22/98 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here issued a tender invitation covering 8,250 MT of field peas and lentils for shipment in November. . . . 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 10,270 MT, compared to 3,810 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 25,710 MT, compared to 12,730 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 35,980 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 25/98 -- The latest round of USDA PL-480 food aid tender activity added support to North American dry edible beans markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 25/98 -- Canada’s canaryseed harvest ended the week virtually complete, limiting off-combine selling pressure on spot markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 25/98 -- North American lentil markets ended the week on a firming note as stocks tightened in spot shipping positions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Sep 25/98 -- North American field pea exporters found themselves slightly short of product to meet short term sales commitments, forcing inter-dealer markets sharply higher for Canadian product. . . . Continue or visitors click here

September 29/98 -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 2,000 MT of peas and lentils on its latest PL-480 food aid tender invitations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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