Meetings, Meetings...

The first full week of January was full of meetings for Dave Dietrich & I...  Monday started out with a Nebraska Dry Bean Commission Meeting and discussion of the funding we will provide for the 2013 year.  A wide variety of projects were proposed and we did our best to allocate funds in support of various topics and interests from dry bean production & breeding to the development of new products with dry bean ingredients.

Tuesday was the Annual Dry Bean Day hosted by the Nebraska Dry Bean Growers Association.  The day started out with a power-outage, but we were soon up and running with many interesting presenters & booths.  

 

Wednesday we hosted the first two of our Pea Grower Meetings!  We had a nice turnout at both Alliance & Hay Springs and appreciate everyone who came!  We will continue with meetings in Gering, NE & Albin, WY this week.

Thursday was the Crop Production Clinic for this area at the Gering Civic Center.  I renewed my pesticide license and learned about new herbicides, fungicides, and some tools that will be useful in determining what growers are able to produce in limited irrigation situations. 

Friday was a welcomed snowstorm!  Fortunately we didn't have to travel anywhere.  Even though the wind blew most of the 2-4" we received in the ditch, we hope the mountains got a good dose...