A Fast and Fabulous Dinner Option
Don’t waste precious time! Dinner can really be both fast and fabulous. Even with just three ingredients, three-ingredient curried beans with cauliflower mirrors the flavors of a meal cooked from scratch. Get the recipe.
Dry Bean Scene
North Dakota and Minnesota farmers pushed to get dry beans harvested before the rain and snow set in. Quality is becoming more of a concern as time goes on. Get the details in this week’s Dry Bean Scene made possible, in part, by the Northarvest Bean Growers Association.
USDA Drops Dry Bean Production Forecast in October Report
USDA released its October Crop Production Report on Thursday. U.S. production of dry edible beans is forecast at 23.8 million cwt, down three percent from the August forecast and down 37 percent from 2018. Area planted is estimated at 1.31 million acres, down two percent from the August forecast and down 37 percent from 2018. […]
Weekly Dry Bean Market News
Dry bean trading activity remains limited with moderate demand. According to USDA’s Weekly Market News, North Dakota and Minnesota grower prices for pinto beans are $21 to $23 per hundredweight. Black beans remained steady at $22 to $24 per hundredweight, while navy beans are at $24 per hundredweight. Kidney bean prices for Minnesota are at […]
Harvest Progress – October 7
According to USDA’s Weekly Crop Progress report, dry bean harvest in North Dakota is at 41 percent, increasing only two percent from the previous week. That is well behind 93 percent last year and 82 percent average. In Minnesota, harvest increased from 39 to 48 percent complete. That is also behind 97 percent last year […]
Dry Bean Scene
Like many other crops, dry edible beans have been a headache to harvest this year. The calendar has turned to October and more than half of the crop remains in North Dakota and Minnesota fields. Hear a harvest update in the Dry Bean Scene made possible, in part, by the Northarvest Bean Growers Association.
Weekly Dry Bean Market News
Dry bean trading activity remains limited with moderate demand. According to USDA’s Weekly Market News, North Dakota and Minnesota grower prices for pinto beans increased to $22 to $23 per hundredweight. Black beans also jumped to $22 to $24 per hundredweight, while navy beans remain steady at $22 to 24 per hundredweight. Kidney bean prices […]
Harvest Progress – September 30
According to USDA’s Weekly Crop Progress report, dry bean harvest in North Dakota is at 39 percent, compared to 28 percent last week. That is well behind 90 percent last year and 72 percent average. In Minnesota, harvest increased from 20 to 39 percent complete, which is also behind 92 percent last year and 82 […]
Weather Hampers Dry Bean Harvest
By Jonathan Knutson, Agweek Tim Courneya sighed when asked how the region’s 2019 dry bean harvest is faring. “It’s so hard to tell,” said Courneya, executive vice president of the Northarvest Bean Growers Association, based in Frazee, Minn. “It’s all over the board.” This much is clear: though a handful of dry bean farmers […]
Chinese Dry Bean Production Pegged at 195,000 MT
China’s dry bean production for 2019 is estimated at 195,000 metric tons, with supplies of 221,000 MT. Both planting and harvest area for black beans in China has been significantly reduced due to a conversion to soybeans and low market prices. The planting and harvest area for dark red kidney beans increased 35 percent from […]