The Managing Director of Nanjing Bonagro expects kidney bean acreage to grow in 2025 as strong prices and government support align—but also signals China may gradually open to South American black beans, driven by cost and supply dynamics.

We sat down with Matías Macera of Desdelsur to discuss the 2025 bean harvest and assess the ups and downs of a tumultuous year in world pulses, including Argentina’s big moves in pea exports to China.

In a report from July 17, the Cámara de Legumbres de la República Argentina outlines the extent of the frost-related losses to the crops of alubia, black, cranberry and red beans. More info will be released at the end of the month.

The Pulse Atlas is here! Find your feet with this new tool by watching our webinar on how to make the most out of it.

If your post-holidays health drive is starting to fizzle out, fear not. We’ve looked at the ways different pulses can benefit your health and help create a new year diet to keep you feeling fighting it.

Introducing the proposed program for the GPC’s first ever regional event, with a special focus on pulse trade across the Americas!

The purchasing director at Mexico’s leading bean distributor, Verde Valle, chats to Luke Wilkinson about the staying power of yellow beans and how GPC events help maintain working relationships.

Sanna Hirvonen reports on increasing black bean consumption in Colombia and Peru caused by Venezuelan immigration and what this says about the importance of food as identity.

Event is scheduled for July 29, 2021.

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As demand for pulses spikes around the world in reaction to the coronavirus, the GPC takes a closer look at the phenomenon in this major dry bean consuming region.

Strong prices saw more hectares seeded to beans this year, but a dry spell quashed all hopes of repeating last year’s high yields.

Snow and rain made for a messy harvest in the major dry bean growing regions.

Mexico has two growing cycles: the spring-summer cycle, when practically all of Mexico’s dry beans are grown, and the fall-winter cycle, when its chickpea crop is produced together with a smaller dry bean crop than in the spring-summer cycle.

Harvest of the third and final crop of 2018/19 is underway.

Harvest dragged on into mid-August, well beyond the traditional window, due to weather delays at both planting and harvest.

The dry bean area is up on lower prices for major commodity crops, but the crop was planted late and frost is a major concern.

Harvest of second crop is wrapping up; third and final crop is in the ground.

If approved, the initial recommendation would allow 2,199 MT of dry beans to enter the country duty-free.

Planting of the third and final crop of the 2018/19 cycle wrapped up in mid-July.

Second and third crop production expected to offset first crop losses.

Good production offsets first crop losses.

By Shyam Narsaria, Ceo, Arvee International Pte Ltd.

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By Marcelo Eduardo

Lara Gilmour chats to the Director of Institutional Relations at IBRAFE about exports, consumption and sustainability in the Brazilian market.

The Head of International Business Development at Interco talks to Lara Gilmour about export opportunities in the Brazilian market and the ongoing challenge of logistics.

Lara Gilmour talks to Daniel Raulerson about growing US dry bean consumption at home and abroad and why he believes relationships are key.

Luke Wilkinson chats with Dylan about US bean consumption, changes in this year’s pulse acreage, and how state-wide torrential rains have impeded planting.

General director of Centro Abarrotero del Bajío, Santiago Del Rio Samano, chatted with Luke Wilkinson about the price of yellow beans and his optimism for the upcoming Mexican harvest.

Felipe Sandoval is the general director of BeGrait. Ahead of his analyst role at the Americas Pulses Congress, Luke Wilkinson chatted to him about why information is the key to good business.

Luke Wilkinson met Jean Marco Campos of Costa Rican bean specialists, Pronutre to discuss the country’s long history of eating pulses and the importance of their fruitful trade relationship with the USA.

Ahead of his analyst role at the Americas Pulses Congress, Brian Clancey gives Luke Wilkinson a sneak peek into what he’ll be discussing at the event and how he uses data to make predictions.

A senior business developer at Comercializadora Columbia in Mexico City, Ricardo Ocejo Sandoval knows a thing or two about the pulse trade. He sat down with Luke Wilkinson to talk about new African markets, the pitfalls of international logistics, and the threat posed by pecans, as commodity prices waver.

After a turbulent six months for the pulse trade, Benjamin Perez of Comercializadora Gran Colmado talks about his country’s love for pulses, a black bean boost from Venezuela, and the untapped potential for self-sufficiency in Colombia’s seasonless but fertile farmlands.

Stephen Edkins is CEO of the DCX Group, a digital platform that’s bringing transparency and trust to the global trade in agricultural commodities. Jesse Sam spoke to him ahead of Pulses 22, where the company will introduce its new platform, DCX Pulses.

Madaline Dunn talked to Orion Roy-Wright, trade manager, and Jason Burns, general manager at ADM Edible Beans, to get their insight into the evolution of the pulse industry, how it's coping with recent trade challenges, and what's ahead for the company

The head of Fazenda Nova Geração spoke to Luke Wilkinson on how she’s dealing with fierce competition from soy and corn, the aftermath of drought and a potential fertilizer shortage.

The Peruvian market may be facing challenges from the EU but Jorge Fernandez Gil says new doors are opening for Agro Fergi’s exports and domestic demand is ever-increasing.

The CEO of Columbia Grain on why more and more young people are getting into the industry and what advice he’s passing on to his son.

Kira Nash spoke to Mike Anderson of Anderson Northwest in Washington state, USA, about company philosophy, the changing landscape of the North American market and the opportunities on the horizon in the post-Covid future.

Sergio Rafaelli, general manager of Wenstrade SA, has held 5 Presidency terms at the Argentine Chamber of Pulses and is an Executive Member of the GPC. In an interview with Ana Krepp, he reflects on a life spent in the industry and shares some wisdom.

New York-based Rule Breaker is a range of brownies, blondies and snack bites all made with chickpeas as the first ingredient. Every product they make is allergen-free, preservative-free, vegan, and certified kosher and free from GMOs.

With a hundred years of history and tradition behind it, the company looks beyond the COVID-19 pandemic to the future of Spain’s pulse industry.

The company started 35 years ago exporting mainly black beans to Mexico; today, despite the economic hardships brought by the global pandemic, the company continues to find ways to grow.

Alicampo’s founder talks about his company’s successful strategy with growers and the outlook heading into Argentina’s pulse planting season.