Mungbeans
Australian mungbean buyers for domestic and international markets
PB Agrifood over the last 10 years has established itself as a key buyer of Australian mungbeans.
PB Agrifood can offer growers quick turnaround times for grading of mungbeans. It has a vast range of domestic and international mungbean buyers ready to buy Australian mungbeans.
Mungbeans in Australia are classified into the classes listed below:
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Sprouting
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Processing No. 1
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Processing
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Manufacturing
The most popular varieties of mungbeans grown in Australia are:
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Jade
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Crystal
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Regur (black mung beans)
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Satin 11 – typically used for sprouting
For further information on Australian mungbeans:
Visit the Australian Mungbean Association website www.mungbean.org.au.
VARIETY
Crystal
Crystal is a large-seed bright green mungbean.
Crystal offers significant advantages in grain quality and evenness of colour, brightness and shape.
Crystal has a widespread adaptation to a range of planting times and is suitable for both spring and summer plantings.
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Jade
Jade-AU is a shiny green variety, which has a larger seed than Crystal mungbeans.
It is suitable for both a spring (Sept/early Oct) and summer planting (Dec/Jan).
Jade has high grain quality characteristics and is suitable for No. 1, Processing and Manufacturing markets.
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Regur
Regur (black mung bean) has good resistance to cracking and weather damage at maturity. Under wet conditions, Regur is more likely to produce seed of reasonable quality.
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