E C O N O M I C   R E S E A R C H  S E R V I C E		

                  DRY PEA and LENTIL DATA PRODUCT
                          DOCUMENTATION 
                            05/10/06

These 80 statistical tables include much of the known published data on
U.S. dry peas and lentils. Although USDA groups chickpea data with
dry edible beans, some chickpea data is also included in this data product
for the convenience of those preferring to group them with dry peas and
lentils.  The data set contains U.S. acreage, production, price, crop value,
per capita use, import, and export statistics for a number of years. World
acreage, production, imports, and exports are also included.
								
These tables are stored as Excel (.xls) worksheets.  The files can be						
retrieved and used by any software capable of reading .xls files.  Each
file generally represents one table.

In the following documentation, 'filename' is the name of the file associated
with a particular table.  To view the table, simply open the worksheet file
name which corresponds to the table listed in this documentation.  If your
browser does not allow the file to be opened, try downloading the file, save
it to your hard drive, and then open the file from your spreadsheet package.

The following is a file inventory for the dry pea and lentil data set:

  														
Filename          Yrs  Frq  Source              Description					
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CensusAcre	 82-02  A  CNSUS    Dry peas & lentils: Census acres harvested
CensusFarms	 82-02  A  CNSUS    Dry peas & lentils: Number of US farms	
AWPDLRPrice	 88-06  M  AMS	    Austrian Winter Pea: Monthly dealer prices
AWPGrPrice	 75-06  M  AMS	    Austrian Winter Pea: Monthly grower prices
AWPDrExpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Austrian Winter Pea: US exports by country

DPLSDP		 65-06  A  ERS      Dry peas & lentils: Supply & use
DPLAcreUS	 70-05  A  NASS     Dry pea & lentil acres harvested by class
DPLYieldUS	 60-05  A  NASS     Dry pea & lentil yield by class
DPLProdUS	 60-05  A  NASS     Dry pea & lentil US production by class
DPLPrIndex	 92-06  M  BLS      Dry pea & lentil Producer index prices
DPLClassExUS	 70-05  A  CNSUS    Dry pea & lentil US exports by class
DPLMoFOB	 88-05  M  CNSUS    Dry pea & lentil FOB grower prices
DPLExpValCYCntry 89-05  A  CNSUS    DPL crop year export val by class & country
DPLExpVolCYCntry 89-05  A  CNSUS    DPL crop year export vol by class & country
DPLImpValCYCntry 89-05  A  CNSUS    DPL crop year import val by class & country
DPLImpVolCYCntry 89-05  A  CNSUS    DPL crop year import vol by class & country
DPLSAPriceUS	 60-05  A  NASS	    Dry peas & lentils: Grower price by class
DPLValueUS	 60-05  A  NASS     Dry peas & lentils: Crop value by class
DPAcPrdValUS	 40-05  A  NASS	    Dry peas: Acres, yield, prodn & value
DPeaWAcre	 70-05  A  FAO	    Dry peas: World harvested area
DPeaWProd	 70-05  A  FAO	    Dry peas: World production
DPWExpVol	 70-04  A  FAO	    Dry peas: World exports by country
DPWImpVol	 70-04  A  FAO	    Dry peas: World imports by country
DPLMoImpUS	 89-06  M  CNSUS    Dry peas: Monthly U.S. imports by class
DPLMoExpUS	 89-06  M  CNSUS    Dry peas: Monthly U.S. exports by class

LentilDLRPrice	 88-06  M  AMS	    Lentils: Monthly dealer prices
LentilGrPrice	 75-06  M  AMS	    Lentils: Grower prices								
LentilAcPrdValUS 80-05  A  NASS	    Lentils: US area, yield, prodn & value
LentilWAcre	 70-05  A  FAO	    Lentils: World harvested area
LentilWProd	 70-05  A  FAO	    Lentils: World production
LentilDrImpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Lentils: U.S. dry imports by country
LentilSdExpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Lentils: U.S. planting seed exports
LentilFrImpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Lentils: U.S. fresh market imports
LentilDrExpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Lentils: U.S. dry exports by country
LentilWExpVol	 70-04  A  FAO      Lentils: World exports by country
LentilWImpVol	 70-04  A  FAO      Lentils: World imports by country

OPeaDrImpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Other dry peas: US imports by country
OPeaDrExpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Other dry peas: US exports by country

PLWkPrice90	 1990   W  AMS      Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 1990
PLWkPrice91	 1991   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 1991				
PLWkPrice92	 1992   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 1992				
PLWkPrice93	 1993   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 1993			
PLWkPrice94	 1994   W  AMS      Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 1994			
PLWkPrice95	 1995   W  AMS 	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 1995		
PLWkPrice96	 1996   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 1996
PLWkPrice97	 1997   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 1997
PLWkPrice98	 1998   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 1998
PLWkPrice99	 1999   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 1999
PLWkPrice00	 2000   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 2000
PLWkPrice01	 2001   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 2001
PLWkPrice02	 2002   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 2002
PLWkPrice03	 2003   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 2003
PLWkPrice04	 2004   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 2004
PLWkPrice05	 2005   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 2005
PLWkPrice06	 2006   W  AMS	    Dry pea & lentil weekly prices, 2006 (partial)

CkpCnImpUS	 90-05  A  CNSUS    Chickpeas: US canned imports by country
CkpDrExpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Chickpeas: US dry exports by country
CkpDrImpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Chickpeas: US dry imports by country
CkpFrImpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Chickpeas: US fresh imports by country
CkpFzImpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Chickpeas: US frozen imports by country
CkpSdExpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Chickpeas: US seed exports by country
CkpSdImpUS	 90-05  A  CNSUS    Chickpeas: US seed imports by country
CkpWAcres	 70-05  A  FAO	    Chickpeas: World harvested area by country
CkpWProd	 70-05  A  FAO      Chickpeas: World production by country
CkpWExVal	 70-04  A  FAO	    Chickpeas: World export value by country
CkpWExVol	 70-04  A  FAO      Chickpeas: World export volume by country
CkpWImpVol	 70-04  A  FAO      Chickpeas: World import volume by country
CkpAcPrdValUS    80-05  A  NASS	    Chickpeas: US area, yield, prodn & value

GPeaDLRPrice	 88-05  A  AMS      Green peas: Monthly FOB dealer price
GPeaGrPrice	 75-05  A  AMS      Green peas: Monthly grower prices
GPeaDrImpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Green peas: US dry imports by country
GPeaDrExpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Green peas: US dry exports by country
GPeaSdExpUs	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Green peas: US planting seed exports
GPeaSdImpUs	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Green peas: US planting seed imports

SPeaDrExpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Peas, split: US exports by country
SPeaDrImpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Peas, split: US imports by country

YPeaDLRPrice	 88-05  A  AMS	    Yellow peas: Monthly FOB dealer prices
YPeaGrPrice	 75-05  A  AMS      Yellow peas: Grower prices
YPeaDrExpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Yellow peas: US dry exports by country
YPeaDrImpUS	 89-05  A  CNSUS    Yellow peas: US dry imports by country

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NASS - National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA
AMS - "Bean Market News", Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA
CNSUS - Bureau of the Census, US Dept of Commerce
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
USDL - Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Dept of Labor
ERS - Economic Research Service, USDA
DPLC - USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council

Cost of production information for dry peas, chickpeas, and lentils can be
found at various University websites.  For example, the University of Idaho
has budget links for all three of these crops for 2003 & 2005 at the
following link:
  http://www.ag.uidaho.edu/aers/r_crops.htm

North Dakota State University extension budgets for 2006 can be found at:
  http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/ecguides.htm


ERS regularly updates and attempts to improve data products such as this one for
dry peas and lentils. Your suggestions regarding content and style are welcome.

For comments or further information about U.S. pulse data, contact:
     Gary Lucier	(202) 694-5253
     e-mail: glucier@ers.usda.gov

For current information on peas and lentils, please refer to the "Vegetables
and Melons Outlook" newsletter.  The web link to this free newsletter is:

http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/vgs/

This newsletter is released bi-monthly (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec) and
is supplemented by a Yearbook issue in July.

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