Modest Improvement in China's Pulse Crops
WASHINGTON - Mar 9/13 - SNS -- Pulse production in China increased for the 2012-13 marketing year despite growing interest in planting corn and other grains, believes the U.S. agricultural attache for the country.
Output of all pulses likely rose 5% to 4.4 million metric tons (MT) because of larger kidney and broad bean crops. However, many farmers opted to plant corn over other types of beans, peas and lentils, with the result land in those types of pulses dropped.
Pulse production accounts for less than 1% of China's annual grain and feed output, and receives no production support from the central government.
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