Calling all Stateline Members!

As in the past, I will be putting together a slide show for our annual meeting on November 13th.  I would love to include photos from our members of their families & crews throughout the dry bean planting, field work, irrigating, and harvest season!  Please email or text them to me at your convenience.  Almost everyone has some sort of electronic device with a camera with them at all times, so there is no excuse!  Last year I received photos from 3 members out of around 260 - I think you can do a little better than that.  Thank you in advance everyone  :-)

 

Henkel Farms

Dave Dietrich is out at Henkel Farms this afternoon running the weigh wagon on their test plot.  It was a slow day for combining with all of the widespread fog this morning.  Hopefully the next few days are a bit more conducive to combining!

Variety Trial Harvest Update

Update on Pinto Variety Trial Harvests:

Roger Rasmussen - Tuesday, October 2nd - 11am

Henkel Farms - Friday, September 28th - 11am - Weather Permitting!

 

There have been some showers around the region with the front that has been passing through... Stay tuned for changes in the schedule.  Results will be available in the coming weeks on all of our variety trials.

Torrington Station

The Torrington facility has been running smoothly & the beans are looking great!  I have been known to cook a few burgers during harvest & I might fire up the grill next week if you want to stop by for one...  Jalapeno poppers may be on the menu as well...
 
Just head south on Highway 85, take a right after Bomgaars & look for four bins on the north side of the road...

'Coyne' Great Northern

 

'Coyne' is a new variety of Great Northern that has been commercially grown in the region for two years.  It was developed by Dr. Carlos Urrea at the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research & Extension Center.  The seed quality is excellent - You can immediately tell that a truck is delivering Coyne when you climb the ladder to take a sample.  The load seems to shine in the sunlight.  Coyne is a semi-upright variety with a maturity of approximately 91 days.  It is resistant to common blight and common rust, which is a big plus in our area.  On our website, http://www.statelinebean.com/Growers.html , you will find a link to the results from our growers who produced Coyne in 2011.  Many of them planted it side-by-side with varieties including Orion, Marquis and Prairie.  It consistently had less disease pressure and ripened more uniformly at harvest.  The yields were variable, but it outperformed many of the other varieties depending on the situation.  We will have more information available following this year's harvest.  Contact us if you would like to purchase seed for the 2013 year!

Harvest Update

Variety Trial Harvest Update

Flats Farms Variety Trial - Harvested Sunday, September 24th

Rasmussen Direct Harvest Trial - Scheduled for Thursday, September 27th at 11am

Henkel Farms Variety Trial - Rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 26th or Friday, Sept. 28th

 

Directions to all plots can be found on the blog post from September 6th.

 

These are some photos from my tour around the "Dutch Flats" this weekend.  There are several fields cut, but very few harvested thus far...  Stateline has a transfer station north of Morrill that we loaded some "Coyne" Great Northerns out of this morning.  They were hauled to our Bridgeport processing facility.

Harvest Custom Haulers...

Today I noticed harvest starting to pick up around the region.  We've had some decent drying days but some fields just don't seem to be ripening as quickly as we would hope.  I have been dispatching trucks to the fields for some of our growers and the cool dewy mornings are great for cutting, but not so great when the combine needs to be running.  If you anticipate needing a custom hauler, please call 308-225-1775 and I will put you on the schedule.  This year, with many crops being harvested simultaneously, last minute trucks are hard to find.  I don't think the drivers realize how much Stateline appreciates their flexibility and patience during harvest!  Picking up beans out of the grower's field is a little more time consuming than hauling corn or beets...  Thank you!