Dry Edible Bean Market News for June 2012

Modest Strength in Beans

VANCOUVER - Jun 2/12 - SNS -- The world's dry edible bean markets finished the week's trading with a slightly firmer undertone against expectations of improved demand from Brazil and other Latin American destinations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Lower Per Capita Bean Consumption in 2011

VANCOUVER - Jun 4/12 - SNS -- Per capita dry edible bean consumption dropped in the United States in 2011, reflecting both a tighter domestic supply situation and higher average prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Tenders for 90 MT Beans

KANSAS CITY - Jun 8/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 90 metric tons (MT) of pinto beans for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Beans Manage to Hold Firm Tone

VANCOUVER - Jun 9/12 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets maintained their firm tone against worries about the quality of this year’s harvest in Argentina and the crop outlook in Mexico. . . . Continue or visitors click here

No Bullish Weather News in Beans

VANCOUVER - Jun 16/12 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets maintained their firm tone under relatively light trading interest despite the absence of bullish weather events in some of the key production areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Bean Seeding Done, Markets on Hold

VANCOUVER - Jun 22/12 - SNS -- Dry edible bean markets were generally unchanged under relatively light trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

South African Bean Crop Unchanged

PRETORIA - Jun 26/12 - SNS -- South Africa's dry edible bean crop estimate was left unchanged in the country's latest summer crop forecast for the 2011-12 season, while this year's soybean, groundnut and sorghum harvests are expected to be smaller than first thought. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Canada Dry Edible Bean Seeded Area Summary - Jun 2012

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Edible Bean Seedings Jump 35%

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/12 - SNS -- Dry edible bean growers in the United States did not completely follow through on this year's seeding intentions, boosting seeded area 35% to 1.63 million acres, down 40,000 from what they had hoped to plant. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA NASS Bean Production Estimates By State

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USDA NASS Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety

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NAFTA Region Remains Tight on Beans

VANCOUVER - Jun 29/12 - SNS -- North American dry edible bean production could be up 40% over last year at around 1.46 million metric tons (MT) if yields are their recent five-year average and there are no substantial differences between this week's seeded area estimates for Canada and the United States and the final acreage numbers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Beans Unchanged Before Holidays

VANCOUVER - Jun 30/12 - SNS -- International dry edible bean markets finished the week mainly unchanged in relatively quiet trading conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here