Dry Edible Bean Market News for October 2012

Mixed Week in Dry Beans

VANCOUVER - Oct 5/12 - SNS -- The world's dry edible bean markets recorded a mixed performance during the week . . . Continue or visitors click here

Edible Bean Output Jumps 56%

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- This year's dry edible bean crop in the United States is expected to total 31 million 100 pound bags or 1.408 million meric tons (MT), according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA NASS Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety

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USDA NASS Bean Production Estimates By State

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North American Beans Remain Under Pressure

VANCOUVER - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- North America's dry edible bean outlook is starting to become more balanced from a supply and demand perspective, though there is a underlying fear high prices may have changed the demand fundamentals. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Few Changes in Beans

VANCOUVER - Oct 12/12 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets were little changed during the week, with a large number of market participants attending this year's SIAL food show in Paris. . . . Continue or visitors click here

N.A. New Crop Adjustment Continues

VANCOUVER - Oct 20/12 - SNS -- Dry edible beans registered a mixed performance on the week, with North American markets continuing to move more in line with world markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

South Africa Strives to Boost Bean Area

VANCOUVER - Oct 25/12 - SNS -- Farmers in South Africa intend to plant more dry edible beans during the summer cropping cycle in hopes of taking advantage of unusually strong prices for the sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Edible Beans Remain Firm

VANCOUVER - Oct 28/12 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading on a relatively firm note against ongoing worries about exportable surpluses in South America and defensive pricing by North American shippers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Mexican Bean Crop Rebounds

WASHINGTON - Oct 31/12 - SNS -- Dry edible bean traders in Canada and the United States have been getting increasingly worried the market reaction to last year's crop failure in Mexico could end up destabilizing markets through the remainder of the marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here