Bean Day - January 8th

The Nebraska Dry Bean Growers Association will be hosting their Annual Bean Day on January 8th, 2013 at the Gering Civic Center in Gering, Nebraska!  Stateline will have a booth at the event, so stop by and visit us to learn more about membership, seed availability, grower meetings, and marketing opportunities!

More info available on their website: http://www.beangrower.com/bean-day.html

Below is a photo of our booth at Bean Day 2012.

Words of Wisdom...

If you are riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.

 

Clean Bean Awards

Every year at our annual meeting, awards are given out to the growers who delivered the cleanest beans throughout harvest.  We take the total CWT delivered and calculate the percentage of shrink due to dirt and splits.  The growers with the lowest percentage are presented with a plaque and cash award.  Stateline really appreciates all of our growers' diligence in bringing in a high quality product that we can market with pride!

This year the winners were:
Great Northerns
1st Place - Kerry Birdsall 1.30%
2nd Place - Ryan Dietrich Farms 1.47%
3rd Place - Letcher Farms 1.76%

Pintos
1st Place - J. Jenkins Farms 2.09%
2nd Place - M Gompert Farms 2.37%
3rd Place - Letcher Farms 2.52%

Grower Photos

Below are more of the photos submitted by our members for the slideshow I put together for our annual membership meeting in November.  I wanted to share them with everyone because I enjoyed all of them so much!  These kids know where their food comes from : )

 

 

NE Trivia

Nebraska is an American Indian term meaning ‘flat water,’ referring to the big river that traverses the state. French traders later called the river the Platte, which also means flat.

Read more: http://americanprofile.com/articles/nebraska-means-flat-water/#ixzz2DN7i2QQC 

 



Happy Turkey Day

Stateline wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! The harvest season should be wrapping up for most of you so you can take some time to spend with your families and friends. Those of you waiting to receive the pool contract information should find it in your mailbox or inbox today. Also, many of you have been meeting with your accountants in the recent days - If you would like to have us defer any of your bean payments to 2013, please contact us before we write the contract checks next week! Happy Turkey Day!

 

Split Pea Recipes?





Since I gave away some yellow split peas at the annual meeting, I have been receiving requests for recipes to use them in...  I don't really want to admit it, but I have never cooked with them before.  If anyone out there has a recipe they would like to suggest, please email it to me - I would like to share them with other blog followers.  Courtney@Statelinebean.com    

Thank you in advance for your help!