During the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, black bean consumption spiked as panicked consumers cleared out store shelves ahead of national lockdowns.

Demand for red and speckled beans is presently strong, but is this a short- or long-term phenomena?

More beans were seeded this year than last, but adverse weather impacted yields and grain size.

High corn prices and adverse weather have kept Brazil from expanding its bean area.

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

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

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 Zirack Andrew, National Coordinator of Tanzania, Pulses Network in Dar ES Salaam, Tanzania

By Marcelo Eduardo Luders

BRAZILIAN Statement on Subitem 18.8: World Pulses Day

By Marcelo Eduardo Luders

By G. Chandrashekhar

By Marcelo Eduardo

As part of the GPC’s continuing coverage of kabuli markets from around the world, Matias Macera of Desdelsur talks with the GPC’s Dario Bard and Global Garbanzo’s Navneet Chhabra about Argentina’s 2020 chickpea crop.

The early scoop on this year’s pulse crops from one of Canada’s leading pulse processors and exporters.