Pea trade with China booms, Brazilian competition looms, and beans bounce back/ Argentina’s 2025 pulse trade in focus 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.
Argentina 2024 bean harvest update/ CLERA reports on the “worst harvest since 2013” 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 2023 Argentinian pulse harvest/ Alubia and black bean production down significantly Looking at Pulse Atlas Data and talking to trade experts, Luke Wilkinson gives an overview of the outlook for Argentina’s pulses after a drought-impacted harvest.
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.
Dry bean markets in the USA and beyond/ 10 questions with Pierfrancesco Sportelli The International Trading Manager at Kelley Bean talks to Lara Gilmour about the U.S. harvest, white bean markets and trade with the EU.
Matías Macera on Argentina’s pulses market/ “Agriculture is the new government’s most important ally!” Desdelsur’s Trading Manager, Matías Macera on the effects of El Niño, farmers' selling intentions, and how the farmlands will help the new Argentinian government generate much-needed economic recovery.
Poland’s 2023 bean crop/ Better yields signal turnaround after a slew of bad years Radjek Hojda, Managing Director for international trade and sales at HARS Foods, discusses the climate challenges that have hampered yields and the prospects for this year’s improved harvest.
Denis Xausa and Orfeo Cantele/ It’s too early to tell how the lifting of the EU import tariff will affect trade with the US Kira Nash spoke with Denis Xausa and Orfeo Cantele of Italian firm Caxa about the evolution of the Italian market, the lifting of EU import tariffs and the growing trouble with phosphonic acid.
European self-sufficiency can be a reality - but it will take years/ Henk van Leeuwen on the complications of EU tariffs Henk van Leeuwen joined the company in 1990 and Kira Nash spoke to him about EU tariffs, European self-sufficiency, the French pulses market and the shipping industry.
A unique market/ Carlo Scazzola on canning pulses in Italy Kira Nash spoke with Carlo Scazzola, president of Italian brokers Agras Pulses, which was established in 1984 as part of Agras group and deals largely in pulse exports into Italy, about Italian consumption, export issues and the intricacies of the canning industry.
Gonzalo de la Cierva of Industrias Racionero/ An in-depth look at the Spanish pulses market This week, Luke Wilkinson chatted to Gonzalo about his life in pulses, changing tastes, and the present and future of the Spanish market.
Legumbres Luengo Hits the Century Mark/ An Interview with Pedro Luengo 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.
"I’ve always been interested in working with farmers"/ An interview with Horacio Fragola Alicampo’s founder talks about his company’s successful strategy with growers and the outlook heading into Argentina’s pulse planting season.