Mexican Bean Crop Forecast Cut
WASHINGTON - Oct 31/11 - SNS -- Dry edible bean production will be down in Mexico again this year, believes the U.S. agricultural attache for the country.
Drought in Durango, Zacatecas, Chihuahua and San Luis Potosi is expected to result in a reduction in total seeded area, contributing to a 7.6% reduction is forecast output to 880,000 metric tons (MT), for the third consecutive year over year drop in production.
"According to private sources," the U.S. agricultural attache said, "the spring/summer dry bean states struggled with the planting of beans due to delays in the rainy season in April-June. The lack of rainfall forced them to plant late and in dry soil, which put the
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