Dry Edible Bean Market News for February 2011

Beans Firm on Brazilian Buying

VANCOUVER - Feb 4/11 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets maintained their firm tone through the past week against improved buying by Brazilian importers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Myanmar Pulse Exports Ruse in December

VANCOUVER - Feb 10/11 - SNS -- Pulse exporters in Myanmar finished the 2010 calendar on a strong note, with shipments in December totalling 117,453 metric tons (MT), more than double the same month last year and almost triple November's movement. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Modest Strength in Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - Feb 12/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets maintained a firm undertone through the past week on weather problems in key consuming countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Myanmar Starts 2011 Export Season on Good Note

VANCOUVER - Feb 14/11 - SNS -- Pulse exports from Myanmar started the 2011 calendar year on a stronger note than last year, with total shipments hitting 81,145 metric tons (MT), up almost 17,000 MT from the same month last year, but down sharply from the 117,453 MT shipped in December. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Bean Acreage Could Fall 25%

WASHINGTON - Feb 18/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean seedings in the United States could fall as much as 25% this year as high prospective returns for corn, wheat and soybeans pulls land from that class of pulse, argues USDA economist Gary Lucier in the latest Vegetables and Melons Outlook report from the Economic Research Service (ERS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

Bullish Finish For Edible Beans

VANCOUVER - Feb 18/11 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading on a bullish note, with prices more most major classes posting solid gains on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Edible Beans Post Firm Finish

VANCOUVER - Feb 26/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets in North America maintained their bullish tone through the past week, with prices more most major classes once again advancing on the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here