Trade Trip to Central America

The photos below are from the US Dry Bean Council trade mission to Central America in December 2013.  We visited importers, exporters, processors and traders in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador.  The council supports trade missions like this one every year to many regios of the world.  Please contact me if you would like more information on how to participate!

Walmart's dry bean aisle in Costa Rica.

Buying beans at a local Guatemalan market.

Nicaraguan bean fields.

Nicaraguan bean transportation.

Lake Atitlan - Guatemala

Nicaraguan red bean field.

Rice & beans in top right - called "Gallo Pinto" - typical Central American breakfast dish.

Grower Meeting Success!

 Stateline is about halfway through our scheduled grower meetings and we have presented to over 150 potential and current growers to date through 8 meetings!  We appreciate all of you coming out to hear what we have to say when it comes to dry bean markets & production as well as a field pea division update & production info.  If you haven't been able to make it to the meetings, you can find some of the handouts HERE.  We hope to see you soon as we make our way to Burlington, CO and Grant, NE next week for some workshops and conferences.

• February 4-5 - Booth at CCTA Conference in Burlington, CO - Click Here for Info
• Monday, February 10th - 9:00 AM - Legacy of the Plains Museum (Formerly Farm And Ranch Museum) - Gering, NE
• Tuesday, February 11th - 9:00 AM - Eagles Club - Kimball, NE
• Thursday, February 13th - Booth at NRCS Workshop in Holyoke, CO - Click Here for Info
• Wednesday, February 19th - 9:30 AM - Alliance Public Library - Alliance, NE
• Thursday, February 20th - Morrill/Mitchell, NE
• Tuesday, February 25th - 9:00 AM - Torrington, WY 

Dry Bean Direct Harvest Meeting - Grant, NE

Attention!  All Dry Bean Growers interested in Direct Harvest
An informational meeting is being put on by University of Nebraska Extension on direct harvesting dry beans and will be held at the

Perkins County Fairgrounds in Grant, NE

on Thursday, February 6th at 9:30 AM

 

In order to be counted for lunch - you must pre-register by January 31st!

There will be multiple speakers on topics including:

• Field Preparation
• Crop Insurance
• Weed Control
• Combine Header Operation
• Desiccants
• Estimating Harvest Loss
• Grower Panel - Q & A

Small Grower Meeting Updates - Bayard, Kimball

Below is the updated schedule for bean/pea meetings. FYI – Meetings in Blue are BEAN & PEA, Meetings in Orange are just FIELD PEA

We hope to see you soon at one of the meetings!

• Thursday, January 23rd – 8:30 AM MST– Valentino’s Meeting Room - Ogallala, NE
• Thursday, January 23rd – 2:30 PM CST– Carlson’s, 78910 Road 411, Gothenburg, NE (From Gothenburg, take Hwy 47 North 24 miles, turn East on Hwy 40, travel 1 mile and building is on the North side of the road)
• Friday, January 24th – 9:00 AM CST– Ag West Commodities, 415 West 4^th Ave. - Holdrege, NE
• Tuesday, January 28^th - 9:00 AM - American Legion – Bayard, NE
• Wednesday, January 29^th – 9:00 AM – Stateline Producers Office, 9260 South Railroad Ave. - Bridgeport, NE
• February 4-5 - Booth at CCTA Conference in Burlington, CO
• Monday, February 10th – 9:00 AM – Legacy of the Plains Museum (Formerly Farm And Ranch Museum) - Gering, NE
• Tuesday, February 11th - 9:00 AM - Eagles Club - Kimball, NE
• Thursday, February 13^th - Booth at NRCS Workshop in Holyoke, CO
• Wednesday, February 19th – 9:30 AM – Alliance Public Library - Alliance, NE
• Thursday, February 20th - Morrill/Mitchell, NE
• Tuesday, February 25th – 9:00 AM – Stateline Receiving Station, 4756 State Hwy 154 - Torrington, WY

Grower Meeting Update

Below is the updated schedule for bean/pea meetings.  FYI – Meetings in Blue are BEAN & PEA, Meetings in Orange are just FIELD PEA

We hope to see you soon at one of the meetings!

• Tuesday, January 21st – 9:30 AM – Room 167 at WNCC - Sidney, NE
•  Thursday, January 23rd – 8:30 AM MST– Valentino’s Meeting Room - Ogallala, NE
• Thursday, January 23rd – 2:30 PM CST–  Carlson’s, 78910 Road 411, Gothenburg, NE (From Gothenburg, take Hwy 47 North 24 miles, turn East on Hwy 40, travel 1 mile and building is on the North side of the road)
• Friday, January 24th – 9:00 AM CST– Ag West Commodities, 415 West 4^th Ave. - Holdrege, NE
• Tuesday, January 28^th – Bayard, NE
• Wednesday, January 29^th – 9:00 AM – Stateline Producers Office, 9260 South Railroad Ave. - Bridgeport, NE
• Monday, February 10th – 9:00 AM – Legacy of the Plains Museum (Formerly Farm And Ranch Museum) - Gering, NE
• Tuesday, February 11th - Kimball, NE
• Thursday, February 13^th or Friday, February 14th - Holyoke, CO  
• Wednesday, February 19th – 9:30 AM – Alliance Public Library - Alliance, NE
• Thursday, February 20th - Morrill/Mitchell, NE
• Tuesday, February 25th – 9:00 AM – Stateline Receiving Station, 4756 State Hwy 154 - Torrington, WY

Small Grower Meetings - Yellow Peas & Dry Beans

Below is the current Stateline Grower Meeting Schedule for both Pea & Bean Growers.  Some growing regions will only be pea meetings and others will cover both beans & peas.
 

The Meeting Program will include – Pea Production Presentation, Presentation and Discussion about Stateline and its new Pea Division, Pea & Bean Market Update, Production Costs, etc…

 

Thursday, January 16th – 9:30 AM – St. Peters Lutheran Church Hall - Mirage Flats, NE

Friday, January 17th - 10:30 AM – Martin Livestock Auction - Martin, SD

Tuesday, January 21st – 9:30 AM – Room 167 at WNCC - Sidney, NE

Thursday, January 23rd AM - Ogallala, NE

Thursday, January 23rd PM - Gothenburg, NE

Friday, January 24th – 9:00 AM – Ag West Commodities, 415 West 4^th Ave. - Holdrege, NE

Tuesday, January 28^th – Bayard, NE

Wednesday, January 29^th – 9:00 AM – Stateline Producers Office, 9260 South Railroad Ave. - Bridgeport, NE

Monday, February 10th – 9:00 AM – Legacy of the Plains Museum (Formerly Farm And Ranch Museum) - Gering, NE

Tuesday, February 11th - Kimball, NE

Friday, February 14th - Holyoke, CO

Wednesday, February 19th – 9:30 AM – Alliance Public Library - Alliance, NE

Thursday, February 20th - Morrill/Mitchell, NE

Tuesday, February 25th – 9:00 AM – Stateline Receiving Station, 4756 State Hwy 154 - Torrington, WY

 Visit StatelineProducers.com for updates or add your name to our email list if you’d like to receive email updates.

 

 

Tare Awards - 2013

Each year at our Annual Meeting we give out awards to the Growers who bring us the cleanest beans at harvest.  Historically there has been a category for Pintos and one for Great Northerns.  This year, of course, we added the Field Pea category.  Below are the winners for 2013!  If you were not present at the meeting to claim your award, please stop by the Gering Office to pick it up!

Pintos

1^st Place – Michael Becker   0.78%

2^nd Place – Nathan Davis     1.50%

3^rd Place – Mickey Ryan       1.80%

Great Northerns

1^st Place – LRK Farms                     1.68%

2^nd Place – Rodney Schwartzkopf   1.75%

3^rd Place – Howell Farms                 1.82%

 

Yellow Peas

1^st Place – Carl Thomas        0.10%

2^nd Place – Laux Seed Farm 1.00%

3^rd Place – Four Lazy H Inc.  1.23%