Mexico Expects Smaller Bean Harvest
WASHINGTON - Jul 25/13 - SNS -- Dry edible bean production in Mexico will be smaller than initially expected during the 2013-14 production cycle because drought conditions in several agricultural regions across the country.
This has affected production prospects for all crops. "Especially hard hit are the sorghum producing areas of Mexico," reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country, "although production estimates are down as well as for corn, wheat, rice and dry beans."
Dry edible bean production is now expected to total 1.05 million metric tons (MT), down 100,000 from earlier estimates. More importantly, however, agriculture ministry officials and local bean traders worry the crop could be smaller still because of scarce and irregular rains in the main producing areas of Zacatecas, Durango and Chihuahua, where most cultivated areas are rain fed.
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