The major uses of dry beans include dry packaged beans for home use, canned beans (both whole beans and otherwise), brine-packed whole beans and bean flour for commercial baking. The four largest producers of beans are India, Brazil, Mexico and the United States. The United States exports pinto, navy, great northern and light red kidney beans. October 2005 . . . Edible Dry Beans
- Bean Market News Summary 2006, Ag Marketing Service, USDA.
- Dry Beans, Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Dry Beans, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- Economic Issues with Dry Edible Beans, Kansas State University, 2002.
- Nebraska Dry Bean Commission - The Commission’s primary function is to adopt and devise a dry bean program consisting of research, education, advertising, publicity and promotion to increase total consumption of dry beans on a state, national and international basis.
- Pinto Beans, Vegetables and Melons, ERS, USDA,
- USDA Ag Market News, Grain and Oilseed Reports, University of Nebraska - National report on bean, pea and lentil weekly markets.
- U.S. Dry Bean Council - A private trade association in the United States that represents growers and shippers of U.S. edible dry beans.
- BeanGenes - A plant genome database that currently contains information relevant to Phaseolus and Vigna species.
- Dry Beans, Integrated Pest Management guidelines, University of California, Davis.
- Integrated Pest Management Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education (IPMPIPE) - An online warning system to help soybean farmers protect their crop from Asian Soybean Rust (ASR). Farmers can use maps of nationwide sentinel planting results to assess the likelihood of disease and whether there is need for preventative fungicide applications. Other management tools and information are available on this site.
Links checked January 2008.