By Commodity News Service Canada
June 20 (CNS Canada) – Beans have received a boost from climate change researchers with a new study that suggests if American consumers shifted entirely to edible beans away from beef, the United States could meet its emissions target by 2020.
A study published in the journal Climate Change stated beans provide similar nutrition to beef without the methane given off by cattle during digestion. As well, edible beans are more beneficial to the environment because they can convert nitrogen from the atmosphere into soil nutrients, the report stated.
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Bean growers across the United States were closely watching for fallout following President Donald Trump’s trade pullback from Cuba.
Trump announced last week that the U.S. would cancel its latest deal with Cuba, signed by previous president Barack Obama.
Joe Cramer of the Michigan Bean Commission called Trump’s decision a setback, but he added it did not completely shut the door to a future bean trade with Cuba.
The European Union has unveiled a plan to increase acreage planted to pulse crops.
A 500,000 euro project is designed to help EU nations produce more of their own protein while using less fertilizer. The bloc currently imports about 70 per cent of its protein and uses only about three per cent of its arable land to grow pulses.
