Dry Edible Bean Market News for April 2011

Falling Acreage Firms Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 2/11 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week on a firm note, with many market participants seeing the seeding intentions in the United States as bullish. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Chocolate Spot in UK Broad Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 6/11 - SNS -- There have been further reports of chocolate spot symptoms in winter broad bean crops in the United Kingdom, according to ProMED-mail, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases, is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Brazil Forecasts Bigger Bean Crop

VANCOUVER - Apr 8/11 - SNS -- Total field crop and dry edible bean production in Brazil is expected to increase significantly this year, according to the third production estimate for 2011 from the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Firming Tone in Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 9/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading with a relatively firm undertone against ongoing demand and concerns about the depth of acreage decreases in North America. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Myanmar's March Exports Hold Steady

VANCOUVER - Apr 14/11 - SNS -- Pulse exports from Myanmar were steady through March, with total shipments hitting 87,129 metric tons (MT) during the month, down almost 46,000 MT from the same month last year, and similar to the 87,418 MT shipped in February. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mixed Week in Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 15/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets posted a mixed finish on the week, with some classes of beans showing a weaker undertone on international markets, while others were firmer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Further Decline in S African Bean Crop

VANCOUVER - Apr 20/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean production in South Africa will be smaller than initially expected on account of worsening yield forecasts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Bean Market Outlook Taking Shape

VANCOUVER - Apr 21/11 - SNS -- The situation facing dry edible bean markets in the coming marketing year is starting to take shape, with markets having a better idea of what to expect from North American farmers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Quiet Week In Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - Apr 22/11 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading little changed under relatively quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

North American Edible Bean Summary - Apr 2011

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U.S. Bean Consumption Rose 19% in 2010

WASHINGTON - Apr 30/11 - SNS -- Per capita dry edible bean consumption rose in the United States in 2010, but could slip this year, according to preliminary date compiled by the USDA's Economic Research Service. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Beans Mostly Unchanged

VANCOUVER - Apr 30/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets were mostly unchanged under relatively light trading interest during the past week, with many traders attending this year's CICILS convention in Barcelona, Spain. . . . Continue or visitors click here