About 35 representatives of foreign governments spent a week touring farms, research sites and agribusinesses across Minnesota, in the Otter Berry Farm, which grows dry edible beans.
Pinto and navy bean prices in North Dakota and Minnesota were $0.44 to $0.48 per pound on June 27, Black beans, meanwhile, were fetching $0.45 per pound, said Randy Martinson, owner of Martinson Ag Risk Management in Fargo, North Dakota.