WASHINGTON - Apr 1/04 - SNS -- USDA Researchers have developed a new variety of pinto bean which is resistant to soilborne fungi that cause root rot, including Fusarium solani, Rhizoctonia solani, and Pythium species. It's also moderately resistant to common bacterial blight. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety . . . Subscribers Only

VANCOUVER - Apr 2/04 - STAT -- International dry edible bean markets continued to strengthen during the past week against expectations of smaller harvests in the United States and Argentina. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Apr 2/04 - STAT -- Dry edible bean production in the United States stands a good chance of falling below the one million ton mark for only the second time in the past decade. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Apr 6/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) office here is seeking offers of 660 metric tons (MT) of light red kidney beans for shipment as food to Jamaica. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Apr 9/04 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets continued to strengthen during the past week on account of tight current crop supplies and an expected decline in this year's harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Apr 16/04 - STAT -- Dry edible bean markets continued to strengthen, with the spot market index for U.S. origin product inching up four points on the week to close 731. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Apr 19/04 - STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 77,930 MT, compared to 54,380 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PRETORIA - Apr 20/04 - SNS -- This season's edible bean crop in South Africa is now expected to total 70,090 metric tons (MT), up from last month's 68,390 MT estimate, according to the latest estimates from the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS) . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Apr 24/04 - STAT -- North American dry edible beans markets were supported by a tangible increase in current crop demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Apr 27/04 - STAT -- As seeding of this year's pulse crops got underway in Canada and the United States it was clear the winter's bullish soybean market was having a significant impact on the mix of crops going in the ground. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Apr 28/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 660 metric tons (MT) of light red kidney beans for shipment as food aid during last half May. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BEIJING - Apr 30/04 - STAT -- Pulse production in China this year could reach six million metric tons(MT), up from 5.7 million MT last year, according to data assembled by the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Apr 30/04 - STAT -- North American dry edible bean markets started responding to projections seeded area for many classes will decline this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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