LANSING - Dec 3/04 - SNS -- Researchers at Michigan State University's (MSU) Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) have discovered a new type of Soldier bean they call Redcoat and which is available under license from MSU. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 3/04 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean markets recovered from the previous week's holiday shortened trading week to end on a firmer note. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 7/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Grain Commission's (CGC) Eastern Standards Committee (ESC) has recommended the CGC adopt standard samples for No 1 Canada yellow soybeans and as a visual guide for "good natural color" in pea beans or navy beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA 2004 Bean Estimates by State . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA 2004 Bean Production by Class . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Dec 10/04 - SNS -- Dry edible bean production in the United States ended up at 18.1 million cwt or 821,843 metric tons (MT) for 2004, down 3% from the October forecast and 19% below last year's 1,021,348 MT result, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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

VANCOUVER - Dec 10/04 - SNS -- North American dry edible beans eased during the past week, as the industry is becoming more concerned with the question of how they will sell what was grown this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Dec 14/04 - STAT -- The total quantity of dry edible beans covered by USDA PL-480 food aid tenders this season now totals 26,250 MT, compared to 67,270 MT last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 17/04 - SNS -- Strong prices for dry edible beans should prevail across the 2004-05 marketing year, with the result seedings in the United States would be expected to rise sharply in 2005, says Gary Lucier of the USDA's Economic Research Service in the latest USDA Vegetables and Melons Outlook. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 17/04 - SNS -- The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) in the United States is proposing to remove the special grade designation "off-color" from the U.S. Standards for (dry edible) Beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 17/04 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets in North American continued to ease during the past week as the industry started to switch to holiday mode. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PRETORIA - Dec 20/04 - SNS -- Pulse production levels in South Africa remain under pressure, with the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS), further reducing its winter lupin output forecast. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 23/04 - SNS -- International dry edible bean production has maintained a slight upward trend during the past decade, notes Stan Skrypetz, Agriculture Canada's Pulse and Special Crops Analyst in an analysis of that pulse sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 23/04 - SNS -- There is general acceptance in the North American bean industry of the view that seeded area will rise in 2005, but numerous market participants assert planting seed availability will be a limiting factor. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 23/04 - SNS -- The USDA is making germplasm available to breeders from six new lines of the Great Northern dry bean -- the first lines to have four resistance genes to a key rust pathogen. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 24/04 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets finished the holiday shortened trading week with few changes on account of limited trading interest by end users, growers and processors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Dec 31/04 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets are finishing the 2004 calendar year on a quiet note and traders across most of Europe, North and South America took the past week off to celebrate Christmas and New Years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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