Insights and Stories on Edible Beans

Nov. 1, 2024 at 9:49 am CDT

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff Organic grain prices in Canada were something of a mixed bag in October as the market shifted into the post-harvest period. A common denominator, in Ontario and on the Prairies, was the market becoming well covered for the balance of 2024. Harro Wehrmann of […]

By OrganicBiz

Sep. 24, 2024 at 5:31 pm CDT

Yields for Manitoba dry beans and peas vary depending on where you are in the province, according to the Manitoba government's pulse specialist.

By Adam Peleshaty

Aug. 9, 2024 at 10:20 am CDT

Fifteen-inch cranberry beans are unheard of in southwestern Ontario, but things are done differently in Grey County. Wayne Metzger, co-owner of Highland Custom Farming (HCF), fielded questions on the Etna variety cranberry bean he planted on May 27 during the Grey County Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s July 16 crop […]

By Diana Martin

Jan. 16, 2024 at 4:04 pm CST

Final production estimates for the past growing season from the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed larger lentil, dry pea and chickpea crops in the country in 2023/24 compared to the previous year, as yields improved for all three crops. However, edible bean production was down slightly as both yields and seeded area were down for the crop.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Oct. 17, 2023 at 3:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Variable weather conditions during the 2023 growing season cut into edible bean production in some key North American growing regions, with tighter supplies overall likely to keep prices well supported. “The whole world is a little short of beans this year,” said Mitch Coulter, executive director of the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin