What is a Sugar Bean?
The Red Speckled bean commonly known as the sugar bean is a legume. It is grown for it’s seed, which is eaten as a vegetable.
Sugar Beans Suppliers In South Africa
How much is 1 ton of sugar beans in South Africa?
There is still a huge local market to be supplied. The farm gate value for good grades of beans is between R12 000 and R14 000 per ton if sold to merchants that clean, pack and remarket the seed.
Farmers can usually average between 1,8 tons/ha and 2,2 tons/ha of saleable seed with good dryland production practices.
What is the best time to plant sugar beans in South Africa?
Yields can vary from 600kg per hectare up to 1,5 tonnes per hectare. Generally, they are planted early January to late February in the highveld and right through to mid-August in the low veld frost-free areas.
How many kgs of beans can be got from an acre?
With good agronomic practices, 700 to 800 kilograms of dry beans should be harvested from an acre.”
Is bean farming profitable in South Africa?
Good quality red-speckled sugar beans, for example, can obtain commodity prices as high as R12 000/ton and even more.
Local demand for this commodity currently exceeds local supply abilities. The average of dry beans produced in South Africa over the previous five production seasons stands at 59,500 tons.
How many days does it take sugar beans to mature?
The crop matures in 85 to 120 days from planting. As the pods mature they change from green to light brown or tan.