Bean & Faba Bean Update

Chuck Penner gave the update on dry beans and faba beans.
Dry beans stocks to use ratio are still tight this season.

Beans 

• 2024: less white beans, more coloured beans, 
• 75% of beans still to be harvested and Manitoba had a lot of rain at harvest.
• Inventory of all classes were cleaned up this summer (that’s not normal) so pipeline empty.
• acres up 24% according to StatsCan
• Acres may be up next season in beans again

 
Faba bean

• acres down 11%
• 95,000 mt faba bean in 2024 in Canada is the estimate