What is the mung bean price trend and planting outlook for 2019?

Mung bean smoothies, mung bean cakes, mung bean soup and so on are all common ways of eating mung beans, and the mung bean planting area in our country is also fairly extensive.So what is the mung bean price trend for 2019? How is the planting outlook?

I. A brief introduction to mung beans

1. The origin of mung beans

Mung bean has a cultivation history of more than two thousand years in our country. Also known as green small bean, lu bean, and zhi bean, it is an erect herbaceous plant. Its place of origin is the India and Myanmar region, and it is now widely cultivated in various countries of East Asia. In addition, it is also grown in small amounts in regions and countries such as Africa, Europe and the United States. At present, the important mung bean exporting countries in the world include China and Myanmar.

2. The value of mung beans

Mung beans contain rich nutrients such as protein, minerals and vitamins. Eating them has antibacterial and bacteriostatic, blood lipid-lowering, anti-tumor and heat-clearing and fire-reducing effects. Drinking mung bean milk has the effect of treating poisoning. If mung beans are eaten regularly, they can improve intestinal flora, reduce the absorption of harmful substances, and prevent certain cancers, and the effect in auxiliary treatment of obesity and diabetes patients is still relatively obvious.

3. Dietary contraindications for mung beans

Mung beans are cold in nature and are not suitable for people with yang deficiency, cold pain in the waist and legs, cold limbs and fatigue, deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, and diarrhea. In addition, children should not consume large amounts of mung beans, and mung beans should not be eaten in winter.

II. What is the mung bean price trend for 2019?

1. At present, the mung bean price in January 2019 is 7-11 yuan/kg. This is the off-season for mung bean demand, with only a small amount of goods moving in the market. Basically, merchants stock up according to need, and the transaction volume is relatively small. Compared with this year, 2018 was a year of sharp rises and falls in mung bean prices. In the first half of the year, the price of commercial mung beans rose from 3.60 yuan/jin at the beginning of the year to 4.20 yuan/jin in June, an increase of 0.60 yuan/jin, or 16.67%. In the second half of the year, the price fell sharply, from 4.20 yuan/jin at the end of June to 3.65 yuan/jin at the end of December, a decrease of 0.55 yuan/jin, or 13.09%. Therefore, in view of this, the mung bean price trend in 2019 still remains to be seen.

2. The table below is a reference table of recent mung bean prices in some regions:

III. How is the mung bean planting outlook for 2019?

1. Because mung beans are somewhat seasonal, and their effects and functions are not irreplaceable, even though the market selling price of mung beans is relatively high, growers' planting profits are not very high. In addition, mung beans are not a staple food crop, and when the market is unclear, returns cannot be guaranteed, so naturally there are fewer growers.

2. Mung beans are greatly affected by other miscellaneous beans. When mung bean prices are high, black beans and kidney beans can serve as substitutes. Generally, the yield per mu of planted mung beans is 300-600 jin. If calculated at a price of 4 yuan/jin, the income per mu is 1,200-2,400 yuan, while the seed cost, land rent, chemical fertilizers and pesticides per mu add up to seven or eight hundred yuan per mu, so the profit margin is not very large.

In the future, if imports of mung beans are reduced and planting management techniques are strengthened to increase yield per mu, there will still be a certain profit margin in future planting. The vast number of growers must grasp the dynamic changes in market conditions and must never blindly expand planting or abandon planting.