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New players, price speculation, and the latest harvest in Sinaloan history/
An update on Mexican pulses in 2025

Felipe Sandoval of BeGrait discusses this year’s Sinaloan pulse harvest. He talks bean and chickpea production, fresh players in exports, and why farmers might still be pulling up pulses come the summer.

Hurricane Norma brings seeding delays to Mexican pulses/
Could much-needed rains improve acreages?

Hurricane Norma’s addition of water to Mexico’s struggling reservoirs may increase acreage for beans and chickpeas despite delaying seedings.

GPC President Cindy Brown/
"4 reasons I’m attending Americas Pulses Congress"

GPC's President Cindy Brown talks about GPC Conferences and gives us 4 motives to register for the Americas Pulses Congress.

Commercial benefits & valuable information/
Hector de Luna on why he’s attending the Americas Pulses Congress

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.

Shortfalls in sight?/
The Yellow Bean Crop in Sinaloa

Predictions in the Mexican press indicating that the yellow bean crop in Sinaloa would fall short of demand due to an acreage of less than 40,000 hectares look to have been somewhat premature, although some discrepancies are likely. Luke Wilkinson investigates.

Market Update/
Mexico's Fall/Winter Crop 2021

BeGrait's Felipe Sandoval updates yellow bean and chickpea production figures.

Market Update/
Torrential Rains Put Mexico’s Fall-Winter Pulse Crops at Risk

Widespread flooding and infrastructure damage reported in key pulse-growing states.

Market Update/
Mexico Crop Report: November 2019

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.

Market Update/
Preview of Mexico’s Kabuli Chickpea Planting

A month ahead of planting, experts weigh in on what to expect from Mexico’s chickpea crop.

TRADE TALKS

Mexican beans and chickpeas in 2024/
Sahid Hernandez on the impact of drought and a fluctuating peso

We talk to Sahid Hernández, Trade Manager for Agroservicios Terminel, about black bean imports, this year’s chickpea acres, and the potential for change in the USA/Mexico trade relationship

Mexican kabuli markets in 23/24/
"Chickpeas could disappear in Sonora if the lack of water continues”

David Larios, CEO of Aliansa, sat down with the GPC to discuss the recent drought’s effect on seedings, ongoing issues with shipping, and how water scarcity is changing the landscape for Mexican Kabulis

“Imports could hit a new record”/
Hector de Luna on the impact of Mexico’s bean deficit

Pulse retailer Verde Valle’s purchasing manager Hector de Luna on Mexico's upcoming seedings, the ongoing effects of poor climate, and why this year could be a record for Mexican bean imports.

“Mexico’s chickpea crop is 20-25% smaller than last year”/
Sahid Hernández on what it means for markets

Agroservicios Terminel’s Trade Manager, Sahid Hernández, comes back to chat with Luke Wilkinson about this year’s unusually small harvest, the threat to chickpeas from corn, and how a short Indian crop has put pressure on the Mexican market.

“Speculative and unsustainable”/
Santiago del Rio Samano on Mexico’s yellow bean prices

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.

High corn prices & good water levels/
Why Mexico could be seeing lower bean & chickpea inventories in 2023

Roberto Pérez, commercial manager of PURP, a pulse and grain trader and agricultural supplier in Sinaloa, talked to Luke Wilkinson about the resurgence of corn and shrinking pulse seedings.

Pablo Fernández of La Macarena/
“See you at the Americas Pulses Congress - we’ll be on the chickpea panel”!

Ahead of his panelist role at the Americas Pulses Congress in Cancun, Pablo Fernández spoke to Luke Wilkinson about the upcoming chickpea harvest and the storied history of his family business.

Pulses or pecans?/
The situation for Mexican chickpea farmers in 2022

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.

“GPC events allow us to share more exact information regarding our harvests"/
Sahid Hernandez on the modern chickpea trade

As trade manager of one of Sinaloa’s most important chickpea traders, Sahid Hernandez has a lot to say about the modern chickpea trade. Speaking with Luke Wilkinson, she shared some of her insights about the shipping crisis in Mexico and why it's quickly becoming a plant-eater’s paradise.

The Mexican market needs stability/
an early outlook on the chickpea harvest

Ahead of the upcoming harvest, Luke Wilkinson chatted to the CEO of Aliansa, David Larios, about starting from zero carryover and what the future looks like for Mexican chickpeas.

Andrea Gomez of Progranos/
An overview of Mexican beans and chickpeas

Andrea Gomez is the commercial director of Progranos, a Mexican company trading in corn, beans, soybeans and chickpeas. This week, she chatted to the GPC’s Ana Krepp about the Mexican pulses industry.

Perseverance and curiosity/
Felipe Sandoval on what it takes to be successful in pulses trading

With decades of experience in pulses trading, Felipe Sandoval of BeGrait is a true authority on the industry.

Filling a Niche/
An Interview with Cristobal Lopez

The General Manager of Comercializadora de Granos Los Arbolitos shares some insight into the Mexican yellow bean market.

Trade Talk with Eleazar Cota/
Mexico's 2021 Kabuli Chickpea Crop

Dario Bard and Navneet Chhabra chat with Eleazar Cota of Alazan about Mexico's 2021 Kabuli chickpea crop.

Talking Pulses in Mexico/
An Interview with Felipe Sandoval from BeGrait

Back in June at the Pulses 2019 Convention in Rio, BeGrait CEO Felipe Sandoval sat down with us to talk pulses in Mexico. Following an overview of the country’s dry bean and chickpea growing seasons, he recapped the spring-summer dry bean harvest and explained how low chickpea prices would see a drastic reduction in the chickpea area this fall-winter season.

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24 SEARCH RESULTS FOUND FOR Sinaloa

POD FEED

New players, price speculation, and the latest harvest in Sinaloan history/ An update on Mexican pulses in 2025

Hurricane Norma brings seeding delays to Mexican pulses/ Could much-needed rains improve acreages?

GPC President Cindy Brown/ "4 reasons I’m attending Americas Pulses Congress"

Commercial benefits & valuable information/ Hector de Luna on why he’s attending the Americas Pulses Congress

Shortfalls in sight?/ The Yellow Bean Crop in Sinaloa

Market Update/ Mexico's Fall/Winter Crop 2021

Market Update/ Torrential Rains Put Mexico’s Fall-Winter Pulse Crops at Risk

Market Update/ Mexico Crop Report: November 2019

Market Update/ Preview of Mexico’s Kabuli Chickpea Planting

TRADE TALKS

Mexican beans and chickpeas in 2024/ Sahid Hernandez on the impact of drought and a fluctuating peso

Mexican kabuli markets in 23/24/ "Chickpeas could disappear in Sonora if the lack of water continues”

“Imports could hit a new record”/ Hector de Luna on the impact of Mexico’s bean deficit

“Mexico’s chickpea crop is 20-25% smaller than last year”/ Sahid Hernández on what it means for markets

“Speculative and unsustainable”/ Santiago del Rio Samano on Mexico’s yellow bean prices

High corn prices & good water levels/ Why Mexico could be seeing lower bean & chickpea inventories in 2023

Pablo Fernández of La Macarena/ “See you at the Americas Pulses Congress - we’ll be on the chickpea panel”!

Pulses or pecans?/ The situation for Mexican chickpea farmers in 2022

“GPC events allow us to share more exact information regarding our harvests"/ Sahid Hernandez on the modern chickpea trade

The Mexican market needs stability/ an early outlook on the chickpea harvest

Andrea Gomez of Progranos/ An overview of Mexican beans and chickpeas

Perseverance and curiosity/ Felipe Sandoval on what it takes to be successful in pulses trading

Filling a Niche/ An Interview with Cristobal Lopez

Trade Talk with Eleazar Cota/ Mexico's 2021 Kabuli Chickpea Crop

Talking Pulses in Mexico/ An Interview with Felipe Sandoval from BeGrait

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