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It’s a piece of equipment that prob-ably isn’t on many Midwest farmers’ radars at this time, but could eventually be a new tool against the growing herbicide-resistant weed problem, reports Stephanie Henry on the University of Illinois Exten-sion Website.

With the effectiveness of many herbicide options being compromised due to the evolution of weed resistance and no new products on the immediate horizon, University of Illinois crop scientist Aaron Hager said now is the time to look at non-chemical tactics that can be integrated into a management system.

Hager and Adam Davis, a crop sci-entist at the U of I and the USDA, were recently awarded funding from the USDA to bring the Harrington Seed Destructor, which was developed and is used in Aus-tralia, to the U of I South Farms. The seed destructor is a portable mill that attaches to the combine. As the combine collects the chaff at harvest, the pull-behind mill pulverizes the weed seeds, preventing them from growing into new plants the follow-ing spring - the idea being to control the weed seed at harvest.

Hager said while Australia’s problem weed species are different than those in central Illinois, producers in that country have seen similar resistance evolution problems, particularly with ryegrass. How-ever, Australian farmers using the seed

destructor are seeing some success. The company that manufactures the machine reports that the seed destructor destroys at least 95% of annual weed seeds.

“Based on the success that they’ve seen in Australia, we would be confident in saying that, on some of our larger-seeded species, it would be effective. We need to get a better feel of how it will work on smaller-seeded species.”

“We’ll continue to need herbicides,” Hager said. “Hopefully this will be something that adds another tool by using a technique that we haven’t used much before.”

For now, Hager said they are on a wait-and-see basis to determine how the machine will work against Midwest weed species. Hager, Davis, and their crew are still working to retrofit the seed destructor to a combine to begin the planned research trials.

“For us, it’s new,” he said. “We’re running out of effective herbicide options, and what we see now with resistance may not be the same in 5 or 6 years. It could be much worse. For years, we’ve said that we need to stop controlling weeds and learn how to manage them. This falls into the management idea. Based on what the data will tell us, it could be something very effective.

Australia’s Seed Destructor Could Be New Tool Against Weed Resistance

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Dry bean production for 2015 is forecast at 731,000 hundredweight, down 12 percent from the 835,000 hundred-weight produced a year earlier. Yields are expected to average 1,700 pounds per acre, down from 1,900 pounds per acre last year. Growers expect to harvest 43,000 acres this year, down 1,000 acres from 44,000 acres last year. Sugarbeet production is forecast at 857,000 tons, down 7 percent from the 917,000 tons produced in 2014. Growers expect to harvest 26,700 acres this year compared with 29,300 a year ago. Yields are expected to average 32.1 tons per acre, up from 31.3 tons per acre a year ago.

FIGHT CONTINUES FOR MAP/FMD

The primary source of funding for the USDBC's global market development programs are the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Develop-ment (FMD) program. USDBC is a long time participant in this critically success-ful public/private partnership along with numerous other agricultural trade groups and the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Despite the fact that both MAP and FMD are funded in five-year tranches through the Farm Bill, both pro-grams come under attack every year during appropriations. Every year, a group of

vocal Congressional representatives ask for the elimination of these programs largely because they lack full understanding of the enormous benefits they bring to the US economy through agricultural exports and they fail to see the return on investment for every dollar invested in this program which can be as high as $35 to $1.

USBDC along with many other agri-cultural trade groups relies on this program to provide education and information to potential buyers around the world, and to move our products through the global trade system. The House and Senate Agri-culture Appropriations Subcommittees are expected to markup their respective ver-

sions of the FY 16 Agriculture Appropria-tions bill in the next few weeks. House members and Senators, especially mem-bers of the House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittees may be contacted at the following links: • http://appropriations.house.gov/about/members/

agricultureruralfda.htm• http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/subcom-

mittee/agriculture-rural-development-food-and-drug-administration-and-related-agencies

Contacting your House members and Senators makes a difference. It's important to remind them that while our MAP and FMD program funding is being reduced by sequestration, administrative costs, and the diminished value in real dol-lars of the funding levels (since 2006 for MAP and 2002 for FMD) our interna-tional competitors are increasing funding for their agricultural export promotion and market development efforts. MAP and FMD are two proven tools U.S. agriculture has to compete in an increasingly com-petitive international marketplace. If you need any additional talking points please contact USDBC.

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In early August, the House Commit-tee on Oversight and Government Reform released documents, some labeled “litiga-tion sensitive,” in which the Army Corps of Engineers sometimes strongly disagreed with the U.S. EPA on the process of draft-ing the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule.

The documents suggest that there are numerous disagreements between the two agencies who co authored the rule, over various aspects of the proposed language including the scientific and legal basis for how EPA crafted the document. Some of the documents suggest that EPA’s lan-guage in the final rule is inconsistent with prior Supreme Court decisions.

The overregulation proposed in WO-TUS is not something remotely palatable for U.S. farmers, including US dry bean growers and producers. USDBC along with other agricultural commodity groups supports delaying any implementation of WOTUS until less burdensome, science and precedent based language can be agreed upon.

CAlIFORNIA DROUGHT UPDATE

California continues to struggle with the effects of a prolonged drought. In response, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) recently introduced a new bill to access federal dollars for drought relief. Separate-ly, a House bill has been introduced asking for more water from the San Joaquin Val-ley and relaxing environmental protections for endangered species. Disparate efforts to access federal drought relief funding must present a unified approach agreed upon by California's Congressional delegation in order to results in Congressional action.

In a separate response, California Governor Brown has declared a state of emergency in response to wildfires, exacerbated by the drought conditions and extreme weather. The goal is to access ad-ditional firefighting and disaster response resources. These have certainly been challenging conditions for California's ag-ricultural productivity. We hope that these efforts will be successful in leveraging relief as soon as possible. (Source: California Bean Shippers)

Is “Godzilla” El Niño ovErhypEd?From www.agweb.com - Aug 17, 2015

That question has evolved in the days since Bill Patzert, a climatologist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory told the Los Angeles Times, “This definitely has the potential of being the Godzilla El Niño.” Many news organizations refer-enced the Godzilla description for the looming El Niño that has the potential to erase California’s historic drought. The “Godzilla” moniker has irked many me-teorologists, and some worry the phenom-enon is being overhyped. What’s certain is that a strong El Niño event can disrupt weather patterns across the globe, boosting global temperatures and causing drought in some regions while bringing heavy rains to others. Asian countries are typically hit hard by an El Niño, with droughts that lead to energy, food and water insecurity.

USDBC TO RAMP UP INDIA MARKET DEVElOPMENT NEW PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ON THE HORIzON

Anticipating a highly competitive global market in the next year, US-DBC is turning its attention to under explored emerging markets and mar-ket segments. USDBC's grant from USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is designed to support ongoing global market promotion but also to fund the analysis and cultivation of new and untapped markets.

Over the next year, USDBC will begin analysis of market opportunities in India, the largest market for all varieties of pulses. India is of particular in-terest for the potential market size and a pattern that shows growing demand that consistently outpaces production, leaving India in a pulse deficit of 5 to 6 million tons for all varieties. This pattern of negative supply is predicted to continue and grow along with population and economic expansion. This presents several opportunities for U.S. dry beans as India has shown interest in pinto, black eye, and white beans.

Over the next year, USDBC will be working closely with an on the ground industry expert and FAS/Delhi to determine specific supply and production patterns, consumer preferences, end uses, buyers, and market seg-ments. While the next year will be focused primarily on analysis, USDBC is considering participation in at least one promotional event. We expect to have an initial market scoping report by August 2015 which will be shared with the industry and used as a blue print to develop follow on promotional activities


Official Mexico statistics show prices on June 10, 2015 as follows:

Origin Price Origin Price Origin PriceF. BAYO 1 Zacatecas 13.0 Zacatecas 10.5 N.D. N.C.

F. BAYO BERRENDO N.D. N.C. Jalisco 21.0 N.D. N.C.

F. AZUFRADO N.D. N.C. Zacatecas 16.5 N.D. N.C.

F. CANARIO 1 N.D. N.C. Zacatecas 10.5 N.D. N.C.

F. FLOR DE MAYO 1 Zacatecas 15.0 Zacatecas 13.5 N.D. N.C.

F. FLOR DE JUNIO 1 Zacatecas 17.0 Zacatecas 13.5 N.D. N.C.

F. GARBANCILLO Zacatecas 13.5 N.D. N.C. N.D. N.C.

F. NEGRO Importación 19.0 Importación 19.0 Importación 19.0

F. NEGRO NAYARIT N.D. N.C. Zacatecas 13.5 N.D. N.C.

F. NEGRO Veracruz 14.5 N.D. N.C. N.D. N.C.

F. MAYOCOBA N.D. N.C. Sinaloa 20.0 N.D. N.C.

F. PERUANO 1 Sinaloa 23.0 Sinaloa 27.0 Sinaloa 22.0

F. PINTO N.D. N.C. N.D. N.C. Importación 15.0

F. PINTO 1 Chihuahua 11.0 Nayarit 10.5 Chihuahua 9.8

F. PINTO 2 Importación 13.5 N.D. N.C. N.D. N.C.

Distrito Federal Guadalajara MonterreyProduct

Source: ASERCA con datos de SNIIM.

Introduction:Dry beans are one of the Mexican

diet’s staples. The crop accounts for 2% percent of the total agriculture production with a value of close to 14 billion pesos (an approximate of 832 million dollars at a 16.80 pesos per US dollar exchange rate) It is planted in about 1.8 million hectares (2.4 million acres) or 7.4% of the total arable surface in Mexico. There are more than 70 varieties of black, yellow, white, purple, bayo, pinto and speckled beans. In 2012, dry bean production in Mexico reached 1.1 million MT. In 2013 1.3 million MT and in 2014, 1.2 million MT. Average yield is 700 kilos per hectare (6.25 CWT per acre) according to the Mexican Department of Agriculture – SAGARPA. Dry bean production in Mexico is pre-dominantly rain fed with 70 % of the total planted areas depending on a good raining season, vulnerable to unfavorable weather events. In 2011 as an example, Mexico ob-tained a total production of 568 thousand MT, only half of the expected because of an intense extended drought in all of the Mexican territory.

Mexico is self-sufficient in terms of dry bean production, however, is also a net importer of this staple. Between 2008 and 2013, Mexico imported an average of 140 thousand MT per year mainly from the United States (86%) and Canada (9%). In the same period Mexico exported an average of 26 thousand MT of dry beans per year. 71% of the Mexican dry bean production is concentrated in six states accounting for 70.6% of its total value. In order of importance, Zacatecas state produces 28.2% of the total dry beans, followed by Sinaloa with 10.5%, Durango 10.2%, Chihuahua 9.7%, Nayarit 6.8% and Chiapas 6.8%.

Between 2011 and 2012, dry bean prices registered strong increases due to the shortage resulted from the intense drought. At the end of 2012 and in 2013, weather conditions improved allowing the recovery of the national production and in consequence the significant lower prices. In 2014 because of the favorable produc-tion, prices continued to decrease, however

Excerpt from The 2015 Mexico Planting Update US Dry Bean Council - USDBC Copyright 2015 / Mexico City Office

in the first half of 2015 prices of some varieties such as black beans and azufra-dos started to increase due to a gradual decrease in the inventories.

For 2015, the federal government has proposed to the producers to reduce the bean-planting surface in order to protect the prices. In exchange, producers have been offered different options and support to plant other crops such as oats, malted barley and oilseeds. Especially in Zacate-cas and Durango, producers have shown a lot of interest in reducing the pinto bean planting surface to increase the black beans planting surface because of the much more attractive prices.

Planted SurfaceAccording to the information provid-

ed by SAGARPA, at the end of the 2014 season (Spring-Summer and Fall-Winter) the national dry bean planted surface was 1,773,997 hectares from which 1,689,897 hectares were harvested obtaining an aver-age yield of 760 kilos per hectare and a production of 1,273,957 MT. Rural prices

were 8,709.08 pesos per MT and the total value of the national production reached 11.2 billion pesos. In regards with the 2014 Spring-Summer cycle only, accord-ing to SAGARPA, the final planted dry bean surface was 1,487,070 hectares from which 1,402,555 were harvested obtaining average yields of 700 kilos per hectare and a final production of 978, 610 MT.

For the current 2015 Spring-Summer cycle, SAGARPA programmed a dry bean planting surface of 1,504,192 hectares, slightly higher than the previous year. Ac-cording to the latest planting report of July 31st, 1,328,474 hectares have been planted with dry beans; this is 88.3% of the total programmed in the year. In the official numbers of the program the estimated average yields are 677 kilos per hectare, which means an expected total production of 1,018,462 MT in the agricultural year for the entire nation.



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MExICO’S BEAN CROP FOR THE AUTUM-WINTER PERIOD, ENDING WITH SINAlOA AND NAyARIT, IS AlREADy FINISHED.

As per May 31, 2015, the production was as follows:

Production (ton)

Yield (ton/ha)

Planted Harvested Damaged Obtained Obtained

Baja California Sur 424 215 3 211 0.982

Campeche 2,064 2,056 8 1,367 0.665

Colima 16 16 12 0.750

Chiapas 42,731 42,637 1 23,723 0.556

Chihuahua 44 44 17 0.389

Guanajuato 948 860 1,809 2.102

Guerrero 4,669 4,487 5 3,537 0.788

Hidalgo 4,548 4,108 2,817 0.686

Jalisco 2,648 2,580 10 2,846 1.103

Mexico 110 76 118 1.524

Michoacan 1,738 1,353 1,670 1.234

Morelos 232 148 217 1.469

Nayarit 51,450 31,442 20,008 26,551 0.844

Oaxaca 6,877 6,614 0 5,161 0.780

Puebla 796 132 207 1.572

Queretaro 185 180 224 1.244

Quintana Roo 3,873 2,988 300 1,886 0.631

San Luis Potosi 4,362 4,341 4 3,554 0.819

Sinaloa 58,550 55,750 2,800 84,534 1.516

Sonora 4,088 3,986 59 6,429 1.613

Tabasco 4,416 3,694 11 2,372 0.642

Tamaulipas 1,543 888 53 614 0.691

Veracruz 23,267 19,730 58 14,953 0.758

Yucatan 584 524 165 0.315

Total 220,163 188,849 23,322 184,995 0.980

Surface (ha)State

The Mexican government has projec-tions to have a production of over 240,000 tons, but yield was less than expected reaching only nearly 185,000 tons. Nayarit lost over 20,000 hectares due to non-typi-cal rains during February-March.

Although it is very difficult to estab-lish reliable and updated figures on the current bean inventories held by collectors, it is recognized that can be from 80,000 up to 100,000 tons. Collectors from the states of Chihuahua, Durango and Zacatecas met with SAGARPA and wholesalers from Central de Abastos to agree trading schemes for current volumes. In addition, we must add the stocks held by producers, brokers, wholesalers, packers, etc.

And even though an increase in price was expected, as a result of lower plant-ings and the effects on grain quality of the harvest of Sinaloa and Nayarit, prices of most varieties have remained stable dur-ing recent weeks, and in the case of pinto Saltillo, with a slight downward pressure.

Some brokers mentioned to us that Pinto Saltillo is now gaining market versus the American beans mostly because of Price. Current trading prices for Pinto Saltillo are fluctuating from $7 to $10 MXP kilo ($0.47- $0.65 cents USD/kg). The high exchange rate (above $15 MXP/USD) is not an incentive to buy US beans. In comparison, Canadian beans are enter-ing to the market (exchange rate is only $12.70 CAD/MXP). Brokers mentioned that there is enough volume stored in Mexico.

Mexico’s bean crop for the Spring-Summer period is ready to start. Producers are waiting for more humidity in the soil to start planting after June 20. It is expect-ed that the same surface will be planted in comparison to last year; it might only be a reduction of 5% as Zacatecas government is planning to reconvert a small amount of hectares in other cultivars.

The total production for the Spring-Summer period is expected to reach 1 million tons in total. Considering that the Spring-Summer harvest represents 85% of the total bean production in the country, the real volume is yet to be planted.

There is a matter only to see if cli-matic conditions are favorable in the next coming months, and, if there is not a major natural disaster, then production is expect-ed to have good volumes, and therefore will be not a good year for the US beans in Mexico for yellow and pinto beans.

In the case of black beans, there is the market niche that has been developed over the years and demand will be similar of last year, as there is not enough seed to increase the planted surface.

Broker mentioned that they have been slowing down purchases from the US in the last two months, and that they only have closed sales starting until next October.

Official statistics show that during the first three months of the year ( Jan-March), Mexico imported:

Country of origin White beans (tons) Black beans (tons) Other beans (tons)Canada 405 1,600 750

US 840 14,365 3,840

In opposite, as per the exports during the first three months of the year, Mexico ex-ported nearly 6500 tons of dry beans (HS 0713), and 17000 of beans (HS 0708) to the US.


I would like to introduce Nora Gon-zalez, our Colorado Department of Agri-culture (CDA) contractor who was hired just over a year ago. She has a wealth of experience and knowledge in the produce and other food industries and is based in Guadalajara, Mexico. Nora’s many years of experience in the industry have brought Colorado producers a tremendous number of contacts and resources in Mexico. Her father also happens to be the president of the association of importers for Mexico.

She assisted CDA with the annual Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Summit trade show (U.S.) as well as the ANTAD Trade show in Mexico. She excelled in both these missions and has also been very helpful in assisting our potato growers in the San Luis Valley.

This year, with funding from the Dry Bean Administrative Committee, she was tasked with providing intelligence re-ports on the Mexico bean industry. These intelligence reports focus on the market in Mexico, quantity of beans in storage, prices, how much is planted or planned to plant and bean conditions as they change. Nora has submitted two reports so far this year and will be sending a new one in September.

The CDA Markets Division has obtained funding through the USDA Specialty Crops Block Grant to bring Nora to Colorado to assist the dry bean and produce industries. On September 22nd and 23rd Nora will be in Weld County doing the following:• Holdingameetingand

presentation for the bean industry to share a comprehensive database of all the bean buyers, dealers and distributors in Mexico, and explain-ing how to best use these contacts

• TouringafewbeanfieldsinColoradotoget hands-on knowledge

• Hearingdirectlyfromthegrowersandindustry on what she could be doing in Mexico for the Dry Bean Committee for the remaining of this year and the future

• Givingabriefingonherintelligencereports and adding anything new

• Touringafewproducecompaniesinthearea

January-June 2015 Export Statistics In January through June 2015, the

US exported $176 million in dry beans, which was $30 million less than the first six months of 2014. Top export markets for the US include Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Italy and the United Kingdom.

In the first six months, Colorado dry bean exports doubled from $2 million to $4 million from 2014 to 2015. Colorado exported to ten countries around the world the top markets including Dominican Republic, Mexico, Turkey, Guatemala and Australia.

CDA CONTRACTOR IN MExICO TO HElP THE COlORADO DRy BEAN INDUSTRy

Top 5 US Dry Bean exporT MarkeTS

2013 2014 2015 World $198 $206 $176 -15

Canada $32 $39 $39 -0.8Mexico $68 $31 $31 -2

Partner CountryUnited States Millions Dollars %Δ 15/14

Dominican Republic $9 $11 $14 24Italy $8 $7 $11 55

United Kingdom $7 $14 $10 -29

Top 5 ColoraDo Dry Bean exporT MarkeTS

2013 2014 2015 World $5.0 $2.0 $4.0

Dominican Republic $0.2 $0.8 $1.0Mexico $4.0 $0.0 $1.0

Partner Country United States Millions Dollars

Turkey $0.0 $0.0 $0.6Guatemala $0.0 $0.0 $0.3

Australia $0.3 $0.2 $0.2

MEXiCo position pApEr

By, Raul Caballero, IMR Mexico

Mexico is on its way to become the 7th most important Economy in the World. To achieve this, Mexico is in a transition from a vertical authoritarian-ism oiled by corruption to a democracy that needs to have a strong state. In order to achieve this, Mexico needed to imple-ment a number of reforms. In only 25 years, Mexico has implemented reforms that took the US and Europe hundreds of years. In the last 75 years, Mexico hasn’t had economic growth over 2% per year, and in order to achieve an impor-tant growth, Mexico has succesfully reached the labor, educational, financial, energy,telecommunications and penal, human rights and transperency reforms that will help Mexico to have the neces-sary resources to grow and become the most important Latin American Economy in the Continent hand to hand with the USA. Mexico needs to have a strong State, build strong laws and work with high goals of productivity.

And while all these takes place, Mexico will continue to have the necessary staples to feed it is current 125,435 million inhabitants and the future 143,662 million inhabitants in 2030. Effects in the regu-latory frame law recently established by the Mexican Government to help reduce obesity have helped decrease consumption of high caloric foods and instead, as the consumer educates themselves about what they have to eat, consumers are becom-ing more health oriented, despite the social and economic position where they are situated. Legumes are the perfect and most complete food that Mexicans need to re-discover.

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PintosN.E. Colorado 28.00-30.00 20.00

W. Nebraska/E. Wyoming 28.00-30.00 20.00

N. Dakota/Minnesota 24.00-26.00 19.00-20.00

N. Wyoming/ S.C. Montana Not Established Not Established

Washington/Idaho 30.00-32.00 22

Great NorthernNebraska/Wyoming 30.00-31.00 18

N. Dakota Not Established Not Established

Light Red KidneyColorado/Nebraska Not Established Not Established

Michigan Not Established Not Established

Wisconsin/Minnesota Not Established Not Established

Dark Red KidneyMichigan Not Established Not Established

Minnesota/Wisconsin Ltd 48.00 Not Established

PinkWashington/Idaho Not Established Not Established

N. Dakota/Minnesota Not Established Not Established

Small RedWashington/Idaho 48.00-49.00 Ltd 35.00

Michigan 44.00-45.00 Not Established

N. Dakota/Minnesota 41.00-42.00 Not Established

BlackMichigan 32.00-33.00 Ltd 26.00

N. Dakota/Minnesota 29.00-31.00 21.00-22.00

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Source: USDA-CO Dept of Ag Market News Service, Greeley, COJonathan Gittlein 970-353-9750 Greeley. [email protected] www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/GL_GR851.txthttp://marketnews.usda.gov/portal/lg

OPENING NEW MARKETS FOR US DRy BEANS

The US Dry Bean Council is charged with promoting exports around the world and opening new markets. This summer, USDBC will be expanding into Bulgaria for the first time with a half day seminar followed by one on one trade meetings. The event will provide information on production,

varieties, sustainability and nutri-tional properties of US dry beans targeting all of the key players in the trade, retail, food service, and specialized media. This seminar will be held together with the local office of USDA's Foreign Agri-cultural Service and the US Dry Pea and Lentil Council. This is an important and exciting opportunity to expand into new markets and increase exports of US dry beans.


As we all know, dy beans are the number one staple in Mexico as well as Corn. The estimated 1.1-1.0 million MT produced and consumed in Mexico con-tinues to be required year to year. Accord-ing to GOM studies, the consumption of dry beans is around 7.5kg per capita and this amount almost reaches the 1 mil-lion MT per year, which is the minimum amount that is consumed by Mexico on a yearly basis today.

Exports of US dry beans to Mexico have helped complement Mexico needs on different varietes in specific times of the year, as Mexico has two production cycles which most of the time suffer climate events that affect the productions. As we all know, there are different varieties preferred in Mexico, the colored beans in the North, a mix of beans in Central Mexico and Blacks in the South. Due to the Quality of the US dry beans, the United States has been able to develop a market niche where consumers that eat dry beans as a main protein intake, prefer the qualities of US, despite having to pay for a premium price. This is because, some decades ago, CONASUPO a decentral-ized GOM agency would be in charge of keeping a strategic food reserve on dry beans. Sometimes those beans would go from the bins to the market 3-4 years later and the quality of the beans would be unacceptable, having the consumer to spend more gas while cooking 2-3 hours vs. the 45 minutes of the cooking of fresh US dry beans.

Since NAFTA and according to the table shown, Mexico has been supplied with US dry beans during poor crop years and during good crop years. In theory, the US dry bean supplies to Mexico comple-ment around 10-20% of their total con-sumption per year. Nonetheless, on years where Mexico has climate problems, the USA has supplied high amounts of beans. In 2009 and 2013, Mexico imported close to 200,000 MT and over 200,000 MT respectively.

Mexico has been able to produce in the last two years record crops that have limited the importation of US dry beans into Mexico. The importance that the dry bean crop in Mexico has been reduced in the last years due to the low revenue that

creates to producers, as some converstion planting has taken place with other more

profitable crops. In addition the low tech-nification of the production and the water data based on natural years with GATS, FAS-USDA online

availability to produce dry beans result into very poor crops or important crops like the last two years. Basically the indus-try has been at the mercy of the climate, however, historic data shows that Mexico is more subject to droughts than to good periods of rain during plating season.

For 2015, Mexico has been using the carryover from 2014 towards the end of the year and waiting for the results of the spring summer cycle production in Mexico which as of today, the dry beans are in the planting stages, but still in the hands of climate as planting was done late and

dry beans are in risk with rain and frosts towards the end of Sept. and Oct. of 2015.

Source: GATS, FAS-USDA online

From September through June of 2015, Mexico has imported a total of 17% more dry beans vs. 2014. The increase has been in 45% of blacks as pinto bean production in Mexico in 2014 was big and imports register a 38% decrease. In addi-tion there has been an increase of 50% of “Other Kidney Beans” and a 821% in Dark Red Kidney Beans.

Nonetheless this phenomena is not new. In both cases, Mexico imports high amounts of pintos or blacks when these are required. From September 2014 to June 2015, Mexico has imported the same amount that was imported for the entire year in 2014. To date, the Ministry of Commerce has the International Import Quota for dry beans of other origins (China or Argentina for example) opened or valid until November 30th. According to the trade in Mexico, it will not be easy to import dry beans from those origins as these have to be purchased first in order to be able to receive up to 25,000 MT Quo-tas per company. The lead time importing this beans vs. the coming production could be a high risk for the importers and only well oiled organizations could take this challenge and still be at risk.

The USA Dry bean industry is well established within the Mexican trade and the consumer in Mexico. Mexico is not going anywhere for the United States. The USA will continue to be the most strategic supplier of US dry beans to Mexico in the long term. For its density Mexico is and will be the number one net importer of dry beans from the United States. The current exchange rate fluctuation with the

strengthening of the dollar will play an im-portant role in the coming months.

At the end of the day, Mexico is still a price driven market and consumers are looking for better price at all times.

The US Dry bean industry needs to reinforce the message to the trade and to the consumer with the merchandising of POS materials to the central markets. Today, there is no presence in that way, and the US needs to remind to the consumer of the high quality of US beans.

Area/Partners of Destination September - AugustAnd Commodities Exported Cumulative To Date Values in Thousands of dollars

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2015

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Change(Value)

Mexico Dried Beans 31,797 62,556 62,435 67,368 120,922 98,634 83,807 160,630 129,117 57,589 49,047 57,591 17

Mexico 0713395110 - BLACK BEANS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25,138 42,713 22,633 18,851 27,306 45Mexico 0713333000 - NAVY/PEA BEANS 1,728 1,851 1,360 1,334 2,227 2,655 2,250 3,254 4,380 16,745 15,041 13,771 -8Mexico 0713395150 - PINTO BEANS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67,783 45,073 8,263 7,519 4,683 -38

Mexico 0713335070 - OTH KIDNEY BEANS 6,195 7,188 8,918 10,151 14,107 7,145 3,758 20,989 27,131 5,342 4,430 6,643 50Mexico 0713350000 - COWPEAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14,928 5,805 1,994 1,346 371 -72Mexico 0713395120 - GRT NTHRN BEANS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 342 2,164 1,002 1,002 600 -40Mexico 0713335020 - DK RD KIDNEY BNS 0 156 0 65 319 0 469 1,003 292 485 198 1,823 821Mexico 0713395190 - BEANS, NESOI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 302 1,002 439 439 20 -95

Mexico 0713316000 - VIGNA MUNGO BNS 375 673 374 338 759 408 164 561 102 336 86 1,669 1,846Mexico 0713335050 - DRIED PINK BEANS 0 684 141 302 237 836 264 1,029 201 215 0 254 --Mexico Other Dried Beans 23,499 52,004 51,642 55,178 103,272 87,591 76,902 25,300 253 135 135 451 235Grand Total 31,797 62,556 62,435 67,368 120,922 98,634 83,807 160,630 129,117 57,589 49,047 57,591 17

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Area/Partners of Destination September - AugustAnd Commodities Exported Cumulative To Date Values in Thousands of dollars

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Sep - Jun

2014

Sep - Jun

2015

Partner Product Value Value Value Value Value Value Value

Period/Period%

Change (Value)

Mexico Dried Beans 98,634 83,807 160,630 129,117 57,589 49,047 57,591 17Canada Dried Beans 24,452 30,446 35,207 43,254 46,635 42,928 43,939 2United Kingdom Dried Beans 25,650 22,995 24,604 20,027 32,525 27,004 20,878 -23Dominican Republic Dried Beans 23,305 23,404 21,807 32,557 23,252 21,464 21,835 2France(*) Dried Beans 4,519 4,766 5,053 7,978 16,297 14,738 15,474 5Italy(*) Dried Beans 4,697 14,265 11,319 12,544 16,058 14,919 21,859 47Taiwan Dried Beans 11,322 18,791 23,702 12,368 15,997 15,122 6,582 -56Spain Dried Beans 1,497 819 506 2,743 15,442 15,144 5,937 -61Angola Dried Beans 8,414 7,413 1,886 11,259 13,871 9,979 4,508 -55Algeria Dried Beans 1,907 2,044 0 6,743 12,791 12,791 5,500 -57Turkey Dried Beans 3,277 154 1,150 7,696 11,279 11,279 13,019 15Japan Dried Beans 13,474 12,945 10,537 12,385 10,517 9,561 12,181 27Portugal Dried Beans 437 1,123 20 4,541 7,281 7,236 7,853 9New Zealand(*) Dried Beans 613 2,612 4,689 5,360 5,894 5,171 1,164 -77Belgium-Luxembourg(*) Dried Beans 2,701 3,466 1,691 3,363 5,027 4,914 4,605 -6Haiti Dried Beans 13,844 4,579 1,160 9,590 4,911 4,414 5,960 35South Africa Dried Beans 267 129 33 1,099 4,530 4,390 1,480 -66Guatemala Dried Beans 6,924 4,130 4,144 5,158 4,443 3,481 3,957 14Togo Dried Beans 0 0 0 0 4,389 4,294 0 --Russia Dried Beans 128 25 1,899 2,543 4,162 3,581 0 --Australia(*) Dried Beans 2,415 2,856 3,824 4,371 3,962 3,494 4,820 38Netherlands Dried Beans 1,389 650 1,479 1,994 3,597 3,479 2,126 -39Venezuela Dried Beans 25 26 7 0 3,171 3,171 0 --Jamaica Dried Beans 1,956 1,502 2,451 2,120 2,878 2,224 2,736 23India Dried Beans 1,485 823 316 2,897 2,727 2,727 129 -95Vietnam Dried Beans 0 0 0 924 2,426 1,850 1,861 1Malaysia Dried Beans 1,074 920 1,873 2,067 2,404 2,021 2,173 8United Arab Emirates Dried Beans 1,347 596 134 70 1,862 1,859 50 -97French West Indies(*) Dried Beans 1,283 1,379 1,414 1,762 1,799 1,461 1,553 6Chile Dried Beans 46 179 49 287 1,730 1,480 604 -59Germany(*) Dried Beans 432 1,171 509 1,303 1,543 1,540 860 -44Bulgaria Dried Beans 0 0 0 101 1,486 1,486 455 -69Saudi Arabia Dried Beans 0 0 11 0 1,194 747 30 -96Korea, South Dried Beans 1,231 903 538 1,166 1,182 829 1,065 29Africa, not elsewhere specified(*) Dried Beans 203 870 1,524 354 1,173 1,153 0 --Panama Dried Beans 419 1,741 367 1,156 1,146 951 558 -41Trinidad and Tobago Dried Beans 56 198 293 493 1,099 919 98 -89Philippines Dried Beans 611 481 514 896 1,073 962 535 -44


ArgEntinA plAnts rECord drY BEAn Crop

With few options available in 2015, Argentine farmers in the major bean pro-ducing areas bet their money on dry beans, resulting in a huge increase in planted area and record level production. Almost all varieties saw increases in planting levels compared to 2014. Most notable were black bean plantings, which increased from 130,000 hectares in 2014 to an astounding 190,000 hectares in 2015 (469,500 acres). Alubia beans increased from 115,000 hect-ares to 165,000 hectares (407,724 acres) in 2015. The major color bean classes (cran-berry, LRK, DRK) increased to 51,000 hectares (126,023 acres).

Weather has been favorable in the major bean growing regions and yields are likely to be above the ten-year aver-age. USDBC projects exportable supplies from Argentina at 168,300 MT based on yield of 1.2 MT per hectare and further projects that 85% of production is export-able. This is likely to have an impact on US bean export competitiveness in some established Latin American markets and on new market initiatives as well such as efforts in Brazil.

Dry Edible Bean Pricing Excerpt from “Dry Bean Production and Pest Management”

The price of dry beans is closely relat-ed to the movement of corn prices in the Central High Plains region. Processors must price beans competitively in order for dry beans to maintain acreage. A com-parison of dry bean and corn prices in the Central High Plains shows on a per pound basis, dry edible beans are usually priced four times as much as corn. For example if the corn price is $4.50/bu. or $0.08 per pound, dry edible prices are approximately $32.14/cwt or $0.32 per pound. This price relationship does not always hold true as supply and demand factors play a signifi-cant role in pricing of both commodities. However, it is a simple method to estimate bean prices.

Dry edible beans also have a distinct crop price pattern. Both the pinto and great northern market classes experience lowest prices during harvest and peak prices during summer months. There is 13

and 17% price increase from low to high prices (based on 5 years of price data) for pinto and great northern market classes respectively. These definite price patterns encourage producers to store beans until prices rebound after harvest.

Dry beans are a crop that meets the requirements of a competitive market in terms of the ability for producers to enter and exit the market easily. With few restrictions to entry and exit, high price in one season invites excess production in the next, causing large swings in production, and associated large swings in bean prices. In this type of market, it is difficult for producers to do any risk management in terms of pricing strategies, other than stor-ing beans until the price is favorable.

The federal government has not di-rectly intervened in the dry bean market by offering crop program payments or other direct incentives for producers to increase or decrease production. However, current farm policy does directly influence the production of other Central High Plains commodities. When the amount of corn or sugarbeet acreage in the region changes because of policy incentives, the dry edible bean crop may be indirectly impacted.

Because dry beans are considered a vegetable crop, there are planting restric-tions for farm program participants under the Commodity Title of the 2014 Farm Bill. The Commodity Title restricts plant-ings of fruits, vegetables, and wild rice on acres that are enrolled in and receiving payments from commodity programs. While previous rules greatly limited plantings on base acres, the changes in the 2014 Farm Bill have eased some of the restrictions, and only limit the restrictions to paid base acres, which are a percentage of total base acres. If dry beans are planted on base acres, an acre-per acre-reduction in payments will be incurred on plantings that exceed 15% of the base acres on a farm enrolled in Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Coverage - county cov-erage; or on plantings that exceed 35% of base acres on a farm enrolled in Agricul-tural Risk Coverage - individual coverage.

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A global outlook at dry beans CICIlS/GpC WorlD pUlSeS ConvenTIon In laS veGaS.

By Dario Bard

The 2015 CICILS/GPC World Pulses Convention held in Las Vegas from April 12th to the 15th was an unequivocal success. The event set a new attendance record, with the presence of more than 980 delegates from 50 countries representing all sectors of the pulse industry, and delivered a powerful lineup of speakers and panel dis-cussions that energized the conference hall in anticipation of Interna-tional Year of Pulses in 2016.

As always, the global outlooks on the various pulse crops were among the most eagerly awaited presentations. What follows is a summary of the most salient points made by the industry experts from the various countries represented at the global outlook sessions on dry beans and peas.

GlOBAl BEANS OUTlOOKThe Global Beans Outlook panel was moderated by Joe Cramer

of the Michigan Bean Commission and opened with a global per-spective by IFT China consultant Dr. Randall Fairman of Fairman International Business Consulting. Dr. Fairman’s presentation was a recap of his six-part series, “An Overview of the Worldwide White and Colored Bean Trade,” published by IFT in the weeks leading up to the convention. Readers are invited to review the series at their leisure; the present article will only touch on the major points made.

Dr. Fairman began by observing that global import demand for dry beans is of two types: steady demand from Europe (between 400,000 MT to 500,000 MT of mostly white and red beans) and fluctuating demand for speckled and black beans, which he suspects is due to variations in South American production and import needs. Looking at the current situation, Dr. Fairman noted excessive supplies of both black and white beans. He estimates the global black bean trade at 1.55 million MT per year, and estimates an excess of 200,000 MT of exportable supply in 2015. The white bean situation is also marked by overproduction; Dr. Fairman estimates the global white bean trade at 750,000 MT per year, with exportable supply in 2015 at 775,000 MT. Looking at the other varieties, Dr. Fairman estimates an export volume of 758,000 MT for speckled beans, 20,000 MT below the long-term average, and increasing supply and demand for red beans and faba beans.

PANEl PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSIONArgentinaRepresenting Argentina’s CLERA (chamber of legume produc-

ers, processors and exporters), Martin Rosenkjaer began his presenta-tion by reviewing the past few campaigns. He began with 2013, when a devastating drought wiped out much of the crop and generated market distortions. The drought also resulted in the loss of seed for the following campaign, and although volume rebounded to normal levels, the 2014 crop was marked by quality issues. This year, low prices for the major commodity crops combined with domestic issues such as taxes and exchange rate distortions, created what Rosenkjaer referred to as an “explosive cocktail” when planting decisions were made. The result: a significant shift to pulses, with planting increases


across all classes. Alubia plantings are at 165,000 hectares, 25% above aver-age. Black bean plantings are at 190,000 hectares, 75% above average. Cranberry plantings are at 19,000 hectares, the high-est level in the past five years. And red bean plantings are at 32,000 hectares, with 17,000 hectares for light red kidney beans and 15,000 hectares for dark red kidney beans. All told, Argentina is expected to plant 431,000 hectares of dry beans this campaign.

Planting was staggered this year, with some areas short on water and growers having to work around excessive moisture in others. As a result, the last of the crop went in the ground late and therefore early frost is a concern. At the time of the con-vention, the crop was entering the flower-ing stage in good shape, but there were still two months till harvest.

In closing, Rosenkjaer declared that Argentina has put the problems of the past two campaigns behind it and is well posi-tioned to recover its position as a reliable supplier of pulses in 2015

Argentina Estimated Dry Bean Plantings and Production, 2015

EuropeAndy Bury of Frontier Agriculture

spoke next on the outlook for Europe. He began by addressing the increase in worldwide faba bean plantings this year, from 1.2 million hectares in 2014/15 to an estimated 1.48 million hectares in 2015/16. Plantings are up in Europe, he said, because of low canola prices, a need to grow more spring crops, weed control issues, and EU agriculture policy reforms, such as the Three Crop Rule and Ecologi-cal Focus Areas. Bury projected worldwide production at 1.4 million MT, most of which will be exported.

Egypt, said Bury, is the driver of the premium faba bean market, as well as one of the world’s major faba bean buyers. This campaign, however, the North African nation is facing financial and foreign ex-change issues. He noted interesting growth in faba bean production from Canada, but said the crop quality is not yet up to Egyptian market standards.

In closing, Bury highlighted the aquaculture industry’s increasing demand for faba beans over the past 15 years. Faba

beans, he explained, serve as excellent binders for feed pellets. As the aquaculture industry grows, so too will the demand for faba beans, he predicted.

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AustraliaFrancois Darcas of AgriOz Exports

reported on Australia. He began by dis-cussing the drop in Australian faba bean production, from 450,000 MT in 2013/14 to 280,000 MT in 2014/15. He attributed the low production to dry spring condi-tions leading to a drastic decrease in yields from 2.5 MT per hectare to 1.5 MT per hectare. Given the reduced supply, exports this campaign are forecast at 230,000 MT, down from 370,000 MT the previ-ous campaign. Egypt is the primary buyer of Australian faba beans, but with limited quantities, Darcas estimates Australia’s 2015 exports of faba beans to Egypt at 160,000 MT, down from 240,000 MT in 2014.

Sowing for the next crop will take place over the next two months. Based on planting intentions, the seeded area should be up 15%, but if conditions remain dry, growers may reconsider. In terms of new crop production, Darcas’ gave a wide range from a low of 250,000 MT on poor yields to a high of more than 500,000 MT should rains materialize.

North AmericaJudd Keller of Kelley Bean gave the

dry bean outlook for North America. Overall plantings, he said, are at about the same level as last year, with only a slight 1% to 2% increase. There are significant changes, however, in the class breakdown:• Pintobeanplantingsaredown7%to

10%• Blackbeanplantingsareup26%• Navybeanplantingsareup4%to5%• Greatnorthernbeanplantingsaredown

36%• Darkredkidneybeanplantingsareup

8%• Cranberrybeanplantingsareup5%to

10%• Lightredkidneybeanplantingsareup

5%• Smallredbeanplantingsareup22%

The 36% drop in great northern bean plantings represents a return to normal

levels; demand for this bean class spiked as a substitute for alubias following the Argentine drought of 2013. Keller also said more dark red and light red kidney beans, as well as cranberry beans, would have been planted had seed supplies not run out.

In California, continued drought is forecast and therefore black-eye pea and large and baby lima production is expected to decrease considerably. In the central bean growing area, on the other hand, fair to average weather is expected. Conse-quently, Keller projects an average-sized crop this campaign.

Asked about drifting speckled bean consumption during the Q&A, Keller admitted that the U.S. pinto bean trade to Mexico is in decline. He attributed this trend to improved Mexican varieties and increased black bean consumption in the U.S., which he believes has led growers there to shift from pinto beans to black beans.

EgyptAdham El Weley of El Weley Group

spoke next on Egypt. White kidney beans, he said, are one of Egypt’s main crops, with two harvests a year, the first in late May/early June, and the second in late November/early December. Respond-ing to the high prices resulting from the worldwide white bean shortage caused by Argentina’s 2013 drought, Egyptian farm-ers began planting more white beans and exports increased drastically from 75,000 MT during the 2012/13 campaign to 130,000 MT during the 2013/14 cam-paign. Top buyers include Algeria (25%), Iraq (15%) and Turkey (15%). The remain-der was imported by other nations in the region and in Europe.

The increase in Egyptian white bean production coupled with Argentina’s return to the scene during the 2014/15 campaign led to worldwide overproduc-tion and a drop in prices from US$ 1,700 per MT to US$ 850 per MT. El Weley estimates Egypt’s old crop carryover at 20,000 MT, but expects it will be absorbed by increased domestic consumption. This campaign, he expects a high quality crop with exports of 120,000 MT to 130,000 MT.

In closing, El Weley made clear that Egypt’s dry bean industry is bent on



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USDA – Dry Bean ReportDry Edible Gean Area Planted and Beans Produced in States and United States: 2014

and Forecasted August 1, 2015.

Dry Edible Beans Area Planted and Harvested, 2014-2015.

State 2014 2015 2014 2015AZ 10.9 8.9 211.0 174.0CA 47.5 42.5 1,040.0 978.0CO 44.0 43.0 835.0 731.0ID 124.0 129.0 2,232.0 2,193.0KS 6.9 7.5 118.0 143.0MI 245.3 246.0 4,749.0 4,674.0MN 148.0 182.0 2,887.0 3,640.0MT 37.0 45.0 603.0 810.0NE 152.0 139.0 3,800.0 3,336.0NM 10.5 12.4 200.0 260.0NY 7.7 8.0 115.0 152.0ND 615.0 635.0 8,795.0 8,890.0OR 8.5 10.0 192.0 230.0SD 12.9 11.2 243.0 230.0TX 21.0 26.0 256.0 273.0WA 129.0 119.0 1,935.0 1,785.0WI 7.9 7.9 196.0 198.0WY 37.6 29.5 799.0 590.0

United States 1,665.7 1,701.9 29,206.0 29,287.0

Area Harvested (000 A) Production (000 cwt)

BudgetIncome

4000 Dues 300,000.00Total Income $ 300,000.00 Gross Profit $ 300,000.00 Expenses

6200 Bank Fees 2,500.00 6210 Membership, dues, subscriptions 2,000.00

6350 Communications 10,500.00website resdign and maintenance 7,000.00phones, fax, newsletter distribution, etc. 3,500.00

6570 Management & headquarters 202,500.00Salaries, RB, CB 160,000.00Gordley retainer 36,000.00Overhead/management 3,000.00Sclerotinia Initiative 3,500.00

6572 Domestic Marketing Expense 8,000.00arcstone fees - web, newsletter format, $300/Mo 3,600.00Rdesign fees for graphics, logo, etc. 3,000.00Trade shows, promo opportunities 1,400.00

6575 Staff travel 7,500.00airfare, hotel, meals travel to DC, summer mtg, field visits 7,500.00

6580 Annual audit - fixed fee 10,000.00 6585 Legal fees 0.00 6586 Accounting - fees to Mark Watson 24,000.00 6595 Insurance 3,000.00 6600 Print, postage, office supplies 3,000.00 6640 Contingency & Opportunity Fund 1,000.00

6940 USDBC meetings 26,000.00Winter Meeting 14,000.00Summer meeting 8,000.00Other - usaedc, DC, ATAC 4,000.00

Total Expenses $ 300,000.00 Net Operating Income $ -

Net Income $ -

US Dry Bean CouncilDraft Budget Line items 2016

January - December 2016

maintaining its recently won share of the international white bean trade and has made several investments to improve qual-ity, including a changeover from manual to mechanical sorting. In terms of size, Egyptian white beans now range from 180 to 190 grains per 100 grams. With improved quality and its advantageous geographic location, Egypt’s white bean trade is not going away, stated El Weley.

EthiopiaTewodros Yilma of Alpha Trading

followed with a presentation on Ethio-pia. Over the past few years, Ethiopia has increased its annual pulse production to about 3 million MT and now exports pulses to nearly 75 countries. The main dry bean classes grown there are red kidney beans, white pea beans, pinto beans and faba beans. Typically, the country produces 700,000 MT of faba beans, of which about 50,000 MT are for export and the rest is consumed domestically, as well as 250,000 MT of red kidney beans and white pea beans and 200,000 MT of other variet-ies, including pintos. In fact, Ethiopia has emerged as one of the top red kidney

bean suppliers in Africa. The top buyers of Ethiopian pulses are, in order of import volume, Pakistan, Sudan, India and Nica-ragua. The table below on Ethiopian dry bean exports is based on numbers provided by Yilma during his presentation.

TurkeyThe presentation on Turkey was deliv-

ered by Asaf Konca of Yayla Agro. In Tur-key, dry beans are planted in the months of April and May for harvest in August and September. Annual white bean production ranges from 110,000 MT to 120,000 MT. Turkey’s bean exports include a portion of its own production as well as volumes imported from other sources which Turkey then re-exports. In a typical year, Turkey imports 75,000 MT of dry beans from a number of sources, including Kurdistan, Egypt, Argentina, Canada, the U.S. and China, of which 40% is consumed domes-tically and 60% (approximately 45,000 MT) is re-exported. The biggest buyer of Turkish dry bean exports is Iraq.

For 2015, dry bean plantings in Tur-key are expected to be down 10% to 20% on low prices in 2014.

ChinaThe panel’s final presentation was

given by Feng Jingliang of Hainan Taikoo Cereals, who reported on the situation in China. China’s annual dry bean exports fluctuate from 500,000 MT to 800,000 MT and are comprised primarily of speck-led kidney beans, dark red kidney beans, black beans and white beans. Planting takes place in May.

In 2013, light speckled bean (long shape) prices hit a high of US$ 1,650 per MT FOB. Therefore, in 2014, encouraged by these prices, China’s bean growers near-ly doubled the previous year’s planted area. Consequently, the 2014 harvest came in at 200,000 MT and knocked prices down to US$ 740 at the time of the convention. Farmers are therefore holding onto their beans in the hopes of better prices in the future and are cutting back on plantings in 2015.

Turning to dark red kidney beans, Jingliang estimated 2015 plantings at about the same level as in 2014, when 45,000 MT were produced. She also noted that domestic demand for dark red kidney


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beans is on the rise; she estimates national consumption at 10,000 MT.

In terms of black beans, Jingliang stated that, because high prices encouraged farmers to sow black beans in 2014, the harvest that year came in at 180,000 MT. With the drop in prices from US$ 1,100 in 2013 to US$ 700 in 2014, most farmers are now sitting on their stocks and waiting for the market to improve, she said.

The white bean picture is a mixed bag. China grows several varieties of white beans. This year, the best bet for growers turned out to be the Baishake type, with prices at US$ 900 per MT. The white Japa-nese and alubia types are not as attractive due to limited demand and less competi-tive pricing. International prices for navy beans are also low this campaign, but they are selling well in China’s domestic market. Lastly, large white beans are in a similar situation as dark red kidney beans, with plantings projected to be about the same as last year and strong demand from the domestic market.

Summing up, Jingliang said China’s dry bean plantings will be down in 2015 on low prices and weak demand. Hence, a small crop is expected.

CHINESE SPECKlED BEAN PRODUC-TION lOWER THAN PROjECTED

A recent report commissioned by US-DBC from Fairman International Business Consulting on China’s bean planting notes that despite a relatively dry year, bean progress in all major Chinese regions is good but production is anticipated to be a bit lower this year. The most notable news is the reduction in speckled bean planting, which has dropped more than previously anticipated based on April planting inten-tions. The report predicts that most of last year’s light speckled kidney beans will be sold prior to the arrival of the new crop and the new crop will be short. The could mean a price correction and a favorable en-vironment for other beans like pintos. For the US dry bean industry, this could also translate into increased competitiveness of our product into markets like Angola and India. Source (Fairman Business Consult-ing China Bean Crop Progress Report July 2015).

Source: Fairman International Business Consulting

STUDy: Crop roTaTIon HaS poSITIve IM-paCT on SoIl MICroBIal CoMMUnITIeS

Posted By: Matt Hopkins | June 22, 2015

A study authored by Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences assistant professor Lisa Tiemann is the first of its kind to show that crop rotations, in isolation from other management factors, can increase the functions performed by soil microbial communities that benefit plant growth. The findings were published online May 25 in Ecology Letters, a highly selective peer-reviewed journal.

Research for the project took place at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, an MSU research center in Hickory Corners, Michigan, northeast of Kalamazoo. In the paper, Tiemann and her co-authors address the relationships among crop rotational diversity, soil structure, microbial community structure and activity, and soil organic matter chemistry.

“Although the aboveground benefits of crop diversity have been well-docu-mented, the belowground effects remain uncertain,” Tiemann said. “Understand-ing how crop diversity alters microbial community dynamics and the specific mechanisms controlling positive impacts of biodiversity belowground is critical for sustainable soil management.”

A byproduct of increased pressure on soils from agricultural intensification is a negative impact on microbial diversity. Over-farming is problematic worldwide and can lessen soil’s ability to perform im-portant ecosystem functions. Results may include threats to long-term food security, increases in greenhouse gas emission, flooding and a reduction in water quality.

Researchers sought to combat these challenges through crop rotation, restoring positive interactions above- and below-ground by increasing biodiversity. The group concluded that a diverse set of crops can sustain soil biological communities, with positive effects on soil organic matter and soil fertility.

“The data we present are the first to support the hypothesis that increasing rotational diversity fundamentally changes microbial community structure and activity, with positive effects on aggregate formation and soil organic matter accrual,”



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Tiemann said. “These findings provide further support for the use of rotational di-versity as a viable management practice for promoting agroecosystem sustainability.”

Tiemann, whose work is funded in part by MSU AgBioResearch, indicated that this knowledge can ultimately be used to help land managers determine how to maximize soil sustainability, particularly in low-input cropping systems.

Co-authors for the study are Stuart Grandy and Marshall McDaniel, De-partment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hamp-shire; and Emily Atkinson and Erika Marin-Spiotta, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The study was supported by the USDA Soil Processes Program, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Sci-ence, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the U.S. National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecologi-cal Research Program.

EASy ART OF COOKING DRIED BEANS

By Sara MoultonAssociated Press

Until I went off to college and became a vegetarian out of financial necessity, beans really weren’t a part of my life.

But once I found myself pinching pennies while sharing a house with three other women, beans became a great and affordable source of bulk and protein. And though the initial motivation was saving money, we eventually grew to love the unique flavors and textures of beans, and I have continued to cook with them ever since.

And the best way to make beans? Starting with dried beans. Why take the time to cook dried beans when you can find a wide variety of canned available? There are several reasons.

Dried beans cooked from scratch have a more uniform texture than most canned beans (some of which tend to get mushed in the can). Also, you can control what gets added to the beans (particularly salt). And they cost much less than canned beans. A 16-ounce bag of dried beans yields roughly 5 or 6 cups of cooked beans, while a 15-ounce can of cooked beans yields roughly 1½cups. Finally, homemade beans

freeze beautifully, so why not make a big batch on the weekend and use it in recipes later in the week?

But there are a few things to keep in mind regarding dried beans.

Dried beans seem to last forever on the shelf, but beware: The older the bean, the longer it will take to cook. So try to buy your beans from a store that has plenty of turnover.

There has been a long debate about whether to soak beans before cooking them. The main reason for the pre-soak is to speed up the cooking time. And a pre-soak does indeed do that, by about 30 minutes. But Cook’s Illustrated magazine has uncovered an even better reason. If you soak beans in salted water overnight, they not only absorb some of the salt (which seasons them), they also come out more tender. For years we were all told that salt made beans tough, but it’s quite the contrary. So I recommend a pre-soak in salted water.

Acid of any kind, however — toma-toes, citrus, vinegar, wine, etc. — is the enemy. It will prevent the beans from cooking properly. If you want to add a touch of acid to your beans, add it only when the cooking is nearly done.

The basics for cooking almost all dried beans (except dried lentils and split peas, which cook so quickly you can make them from start to finish in about 20 minutes) are below. I won’t offer exact cooking times because the timing can vary widely depending on the variety and size of the beans, as well as how fresh they are. I have offered cooking methods using both stovetop and a slow cooker. Whichever you choose, save the cooking liquid. It is delicious added to soups and stews.


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