Weekly Dry Bean Market News
According to USDA’s Weekly Market News, trading activity remains slow for dry edible beans with very light demand. Contract product is moving steady. Grower prices for all classes of dry beans remain unchanged from one week ago. View the report here.
USDA Crop Progress – June 10
Dry bean planting in North Dakota is at 89 percent, compared to 72 percent last week. That is near 94 percent last year and 90 percent average. Emergence is at 38 percent, well behind 61 percent last year and 58 percent average. In Minnesota, dry bean planting is at 87 percent, compared to 64 […]
MFP Details Coming Soon
The details of the new Market Facilitation Program will be released within a matter of days. “I believe people deserve an answer sooner rather than later,” said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. Perdue emphasized the goals of the MFP payments differ from prevented plant coverage. “The Market Facilitation Program is designed for tariff disruptions and we […]
Weekly Dry Bean Market News
According to USDA’s Weekly Market News, trading activity remains slow for dry edible beans with very light demand. Contract product is moving steady. Grower prices for pintos, blacks and navies are unchanged from one week ago. View the report here.
USDA Crop Progress – June 3
Dry bean planting in North Dakota is at 72 percent, compared to 49 percent last week. That is behind 80 percent last year and near 76 percent average. Emergence is at nine percent, behind 23 percent last year and 27 percent average. In Minnesota, dry bean planting is at 64 percent, compared to 38 […]
Trade Assistance Package Provides Support for Dry Bean Industry
U.S. dry bean growers and producers feeling the impact of ongoing global trade disruptions will soon feel relief with USDA’s announcement of a new assistance package. Dry beans are included in a list of over 20 crops that will receive a payment through USDA’s Market Facilitation Program for 2019. “While we remain hopeful that we […]
Weekly Dry Bean Market News
Compared to a week ago, trading activity was slow with very light demand. Contract product is moving steady. View the report here.
USDA Crop Progress- May 27
North Dakota farmers made planting progress over the last week, with 3.5 days fit for fieldwork. Dry bean plantings are reported at 49 percent, compared to 23 percent last week. That is behind 56 percent last year and 50 percent average. Emergence is at one percent, near four percent last year. Minnesota farmers had […]
A Variety of Bean Classes Bought by USDA
USDA has purchased a variety of dry edible bean classes for distribution to the child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for Fiscal Year 2019. The purchase total is over $1.9 million and included baby lima, blackeye, Great Northern, light red kidney and pinto beans. More details on the purchase can be viewed […]
Proposals Being Accepted for the Pulse Crop Health Initiative
The Pulse Crop Health Initiative is seeking submissions for research proposals for fiscal year 2019 funding. The goal of the Initiative is to use cooperative research on pulse crops, including dry beans, to provide solutions to the critical health and sustainability challenges facing the United States and the global community. The Initiative is guided by […]