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Black Bean Growth Slows in U.S.WASHINGTON - Aug 18/05 - SNS -- The growth in black bean usage is slowing, making it more difficult for acreage to be expanded in the United States without hurting prices, suggests Gary Lucier in the USDA's Economic Research Service August, 2005 Vegetables and Melons Outlook report. "Per capita disappearance of black beans appears to have lost some of the strong momentum built during the 1990s," Lucier says. "Prior to the 1990s, per capita use of black beans averaged less than one-tenth of a pound. In the 1970s and 1980s, per capita use averaged 0.02 and 0.03 pounds, respectively." Subscribers can read the full text of the article by Clicking here
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