date:Jul 31, 2013
aid. He added that carry-over from the 2012 crop is scant.
He said many U.S. growers werent positioned correctly and didnt plant enough acres in 2013 to have big crops, given the poor weather that plagued the Upper Midwest earlier in the growing season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its June 28 Acreage report said, in the 18 main growing states, a total of 1,459,400 acres were planted to edible beans, down 16% from 1,742,500 acres planted to edible beans in 2012. The U.S.D.A. forecast 2