Bean Market July 2012 Week 3 Bean Market July 2012 Week 3: The most exciting thing about the dry bean market this week was watching corn, wheat, and soybeans continue to rally. Dry bean prices were flat across the board and the only news that matters to dry bean growers at this point involves the…
Bean Market June 2012
Bean Market June 2012 Bean Market June 2012: Firstly, weekly USDA dry bean prices were flat again this week. Growers performed some spring cleaning within their plants and prepared for new crop inventory. The usual suspects of pintos, blacks, small reds, and garbanzos stayed in their current price zones based on quality and availability. Seeding…
Bean Market May 2012 Week 2
Smallest Harvested Area Since 1921 Bean Market May 2012 Week 2 U.S. dry bean markets find themselves moving up into relatively unfamiliar territory as prices continue to reach for the sky in reaction to a small 2011 crop, strong prices for other field crops, and moderate demand. The October U.S. dry bean production estimate was…
Bean Market May 2012 Week 1
Bean Market May 2012 Week 1 Bean Market May 2012 Week 1 Very quiet all varieties held steady this week while trading was light to slow. Pintos saw a $1 bump up from WA/ID dealers on the bids, and Small Reds were not established again which actually is interesting considering there was some low sixties…
Bean Market April Week 2 2012
Bean Market April Week 2 2012 Bean Market April Week 2 2012 Dry edible bean prices for the week of April 10, 2012 were overall steady to mixed. Pintos, Light-Red Kidney’s, Garbanzos, and Green & Yellow peas led the price action insignificantly nowhere. Quality variations within the same bean varieties are still causing large spreads between…
Bean Market April Week 1 2012
Bean Market April Week 1 2012 Bean Market April Week 1 2012 Dry edible bean prices saw some mixed price action for the week of April 3, 2012 caused by the bean planting intentions data released from US bean producing states. With states producing more beans overall then last year, most pinto dealers provided a…
Bean Market March Week 5 2012
Bean Market March Week 5 2012 Bean Market March Week 5 2012 Bean dealers were expecting plantings intentions on March 30, prices were elevated slightly by mostly $1 across all varieties. Pinto bean dealers asked for a one dollar premium on the ask side of a transaction with the only exception coming from dealers in…
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