BEAN DAY - Northarvest Bean Growers Association

Vol. 7 No. 1 www.northarvestbean.org Jan.- Feb. 2001 

Tim Skjoiten 

Hatton, ND 

BEAN 

DAY 

Jan. 25-26 

Details inside 

Groups 

Oppose NDSU 

Research Fee 

on New Bean 

Varieties 

Full Pipeline, Weak 

Exports 

Hinder Market 

Baking 

Beans 

With 

Martha Stewart 

New Crop Report

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NORTHARVEST BEAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION 

Board of Directors and Council Members 

Northarvest Bean Growers Association 

President 

Mark Myrdal, Edinburg, ND 

701-993-8243 

Vice-President 

Mark Streed, Milan, MN 

320-734-4706 

Treasurer 

Randy Carow, Perham, MN 

218-346-5393 

Marty Hettervig, Buxton, ND 

701-847-2434 

Gary Paur, Gilby, ND 

701-869-2892 

Gary Friskop, Wahpeton, ND 

701-642-2378 

Cecil Meyer, Raymond, MN 

320-847-3581 

Alan Juliuson, Hope, ND 

701-945-2672 

Kevin Anderson, 

E.Grand Forks, MN 

218-773-8159 

Minnesota Dry Bean 

Research and Promotion Council 

Chairman 

Dan Hughes, Danvers 

320-567-2283 

Vice Chairman 

Mark Dombeck, Perham 

218-346-5952 

Treasurer 

Mike Beelner, Park Rapids 

218-732-5792 

Secretary 

Cecil Meyer, Raymond 

320-847-3581 

George McDonald, Fisher 

218-773-2192 

Minnesota 

Commissioner 

of Agriculture 

North Dakota Dry Bean Council 

Chairman 

Mark Sletten 

Hatton 

701-543-4079 

Vice Chairman 

Hattie Melvin 

Buffalo 

701-633-5234 

Treasurer 

Tim Skjoiten 

Hatton 

701-543-4106 

John Dunnigan 

Walhalla 

701-462-3879 

Paul Schulz 

Washburn 

701-462-3728 

North Dakota 

Commissioner 


Executive Vice-President — Tim Courneya 

50072 E. Lake Seven Road, Frazee, MN 56544 

Phone: 218-334-6351 Fax: 218-334-6360 

Email: nhbean@means.net 

Northarvest Bean Grower 

January February 2001 Vol. 7 No. 1 

The Northarvest Bean Grower is published five times 

a year (January, March, June, August and November) by 

the Northarvest Bean Growers Association, 50072 E. 

Lake Seven Road, Frazee, MN 56544. Phone (218) 

334-6351. 

Website: www.northarvestbean.org 

Email: nhbean@means.net 

Editorial and advertising material may be sent to 

6258 90th Ave. N, Glyndon, MN 56547. 

Ph: (218) 236-8420. Fax (218)-236-1134. 

Contents 

BEAN DAY: Everything you need to know about 

the Jan. 25-26 event at the 

Fargo Holiday is here. Read 

about the banquet, the 

agenda and more. Pages 5- 

10. 

ANNUAL REPORT: The 

Northarvest Bean Growers 

Association sums up its promotion, 

market development 

and other activities for 

the year. Pages 13-21. 

RESEARCH FEE: The 


Association and North Dry 

Bean Council oppose 

NDSU’s decision to assess 

a research fee new varieties, 

beginning with Arthur. 

Pages 24 25. 

SEED CAUTION: Know 

where your seed comes 

from. Page 39. 

On the cover 

Tim Skjoiten, Hatton, 

N.D., adjusts an anhydrous 

ammonia applicator 

. A dry bean grower 

and North Dakota Dry 

Bean Council member , 

Tim has a unique view 

on farming in North 

Dakota that was shaped 

by his experiences 

working on oil rigs in 

Yemen when the Gulf 

War began. It’s good to 

be home, he says. 

Publication of editorial or advertising material in the 

Northarvest Bean Grower magazine does not imply 

endorsement by the Northarvest Bean Growers 

Association. Check agronomic advice with local 

sources and always read and follow product labels. 

NORTHARVEST BEAN GROWER January-February 2001 Page 3

“HOW THE AMADAS handled nightshade was hard to imagine. It didn’t bust up any 

berries or smear any beans.” -- Roger, Winbledon Grain. 

“IN 35+ YEARS of farming, the Amadas is without a 

doubt the best piece of equipment we have had on 

this farm.” -- Rick Mutschler, Wimbledon, N.D. 

“WE HAVE HAD ZERO checks before in our 

kidneys with our Lilliston, but with the Amadas 

not only did we have zero checks and zero FM, 

we covered between 4 and 5 times the acres 

per hour.” 

-- Randy Thompson, Page, N.D. 

WHEN A LOAD of pintos came 

across our scale with zero 

FM, we became curious 

what this producer was 

doing different. The 

Amadas was the difference 

-- Farmers 

Finest Bean Co., Inc., 

East Grand Forks, 

Minn. 

AMADAS 

Quality and Capacity -- Nothing Compares 

See us at: 

* Bean Day -- Jan. 25-26, 

Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND, 

* International Crop Expo -- 

March 7-8, Alerus Center, 

Grand Forks, ND 

JAMESTOWN IMPLEMENT CO. 

Jct of I-94 and Highway 281 N, Jamestown, ND 

Tim Hoggarth/Gary Olson 

Office: 1-800-247-0691. Cell phone: 1-701-269-1751

26TH ANNUAL BEAN DAY 

JANUARY 26, 2000 

FARGO HOLIDAY INN - FARGO, ND 

AGENDA 

Morning Program 

Master of Ceremonies 

Cecil Meyer, Raymond, MN 

Director, Northarvest Bean Growers Association 

9:00 - 10:15 a.m. Registration & Coffee 

10:15 - 10:25 a.m. Setting The Agenda 

Mark Myrdal, President 


Association 

10:25 - 10:40 a.m. Alert Notice About Anthracnose 

And A Special Report on 

Fungicides, Tilt and Folicur 

Dr. Art Lamey, 

Extension Plant Pathologist 

NDSU Extension Service 

North Dakota State University 

Fargo, ND 

10:40 - 10:55 a.m. Section 18 Emergency Label 

- Explaining The Pesticide 

Registration Process And What’s 

Next on Chemical Harmonization 

Jim Gray 

Registration Specialist 

ND Department of Agriculture 

Bismarck, ND 

10:55 - 11:10 a.m. Roundup Registration - EPA, 

Why This Label Is Proving So 

Difficult To Obtain 

Matthew Pauli, 

Monsanto, Agricultural Sector 

Market Development 

Fargo, ND 

11:10 - 11:25 a.m. Bean Production, Risk 

Management Strategies 

Dr. Duane Bergland 

Extension Agronomist 



Fargo, ND 

11:25 - 11:40 a.m . War On Weeds - The Effective 

Use Of The Weapons Available In 

2001 

Dr. Richard Zollinger 

Extension Weed Specialist 



Fargo, ND 

11:40 - 12 p.m. Grower Survey Of Pest Problems 

And Varieties 

Dr. Art Lamey 

Extension Plant Pathologist 



Fargo, ND 

12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch 

Afternoon Program 

Master of Ceremonies 

Mark Sletten, Hatton, ND 

Chairman, North Dakota Dry Bean Council 

1:15 - 1:30 p.m. Association Business 

District Director Elections 

1:30 - 1:50 p.m. The Bean Market Usually Works in Cycles 

But Has This Poker Game Developed A 

New Set Of Players? 

Paul Lambert 

President 

PL International, LLC 

Tiburon, CA 

1:50 - 2:10 p.m. Farm Policy Outlook In The 107th 

Congress 

Daryn McBeth, Associate Vice President, 

Gordley & Associates, Washington D.C. 

2:10 - 2:30 p.m. How We Are Addressing The Farm Needs 

Versus Food Safety 

Tom Randgaard 

Director, Corporate Vegetable Production 

Faribault Foods, Inc. 

Faribault, MN 

2:30 -2:50 p.m. Selling Dry Beans In ND or MN? Know 

Your Rights and Your Responsibilities 

Jon Mielke 

Executive Secretary, Licensing, and Rail 

ND Public Service Commission 

Bismarck, ND 

Jim Gryniewski 

Assistant Director 

Ag Marketing Service Division, 

Ag Certification 

MN Department of Agriculture 

St. Paul, MN 

Pre-Bean Day Banquet Jan. 25 


LUNCH SPONSORS 

Agricore 

6900 Wedgewood Rd 

Suite 130 

Maple Grove, MN 55311 

612-416-5900 

Fax 612-416-5959 

ASI 

P.O. Box 124, Hwy. 7 W. 

Appleton, MN 56208 

320-289-2430 

Fax 320-289-2008 

ASI 

P.O. Box 28 

16455 Hwy. 13 

Barney, ND 58008 

701-439-2266 

Fax 701-439-2723 

ASI 

P.O. Box 249 

1804 Front Street 

Casselton, ND 58012 

701-347-5321 

Fax 701-347-5552 

ASI 

9451 Hwy. 18 

P.O. Box 290 

Cavalier, ND 58220 

701-265-8385 

Fax 701-265-4804 

ASI 

P.O. Box 98 

108 MN Ave. W. 

Galesburg, ND 58035 

701-488-2214 

Fax 701-488-2538 

ASI 

77 East 3rd Street 

P.O. Box 25 

Grafton, ND 58237 

701-352-1030 

Fax 701-352-3430 

ASI 

P.O. Box 437 

Northwood, ND 58267 

701-587-5900 

Fax 701-587-5927 

ASI 

P.O. Box 149, 22nd St. N. 

Olivia, MN 56277 

320-523-1637 

Fax 320-523-5683 

ASI 

P.O. Box 255 

557 Industrial Drive 

St. Thomas, ND 58276 

701-257-6721 

Fax 701-257-6577 

Alvarado Bean Co. 

P.O. Box 961, 100 

Main Street 

Alvarado, MN 56710 

218-965-4668 

Fax 218-965-4916 

The Bean Mill 

R.R. 2, Box 86E 

Perham, MN 56573 

218-346-2151 

Fax 218-346-2451 

Bird Island Bean Co. 

PO Box 249 E Hwy 212 

Bird Island, MN 55310 

320-365-3070 

Fax: 320-365-3811 

Cavalier Bean Co. 

P.O. Box 297, 308 

Industrial Park 


701-265-8495 

Fax 701-265-8576 

Central Valley Bean 

Cooperative 

P.O. Box 162 

401 Broadway 

Buxton, ND 58218 

701-847-2622 

Fax 701-847-2623 

Page 6 NORTHARVEST BEAN GROWER January-February 2001 

Chippewa Valley Bean 

N2960 730th St. 

Menomonie, WI 54751 

715-664-8342 

Fax 715-664-8344 

Circle C Seeds 

2493 380th St. 

Gary, MN 56545 

218-356-8214 

Fax 218-356-8218 

Colgate Commodities 

HC 2, Box 17 

Colgate, ND 58046 

701-945-2580 

Fax 701-945-2634 

Crookston Bean 

P.O. Box 53 

Crookston, MN 56716 

218-281-2567 

Fax 218-281-2567 

Dahlen Farmers 

Elevator & Oil Co. 

218 N. Main 

Dahlen, ND 58224 

701-384-6144 

Fax 701-384-6148 

Falkirk Farmers 

Elevator Co. 

101 Main St. 

Washburn, ND 58577 

701-462-8572 

Fax 701-462-8574 

Farmers Elevator Co. 

of Honeyford 

2472 30th St. NE 

Gilby, ND 58235-9711 

701-869-2466 

Fax 701-869-2456 

Farmers Equity Elevator 

RR 1, Box 2 

New Rockford, ND 58356 

701-947-5712 

Fax 701-947-2619 

Farmers Finest Bean 

Co. 

P.O. Box 374 

Highway 2 East 

East Grand Forks, MN 

56721 

218-773-8834 

Fax 218-773-9809 

Fessenden Co-op Assn. 

P.O. Box 126, 900 

Railway St. 

Fessenden, ND 58438 

701-547-3354 

Fax701-547-3574 

Forest River 

Bean Co., Inc. 

P.O. Box 68, #1 Side 

Road 

Forest River, ND 58233 

701-248-3261 

Fax 701-248-3766 

Galesburg Co-op 

Elevator 

105 Dakota Ave. W. 

P.O. Box 115 

Galesburg, ND 58035- 

0115 

701-488-2216 

Fax 701-488-2280 

Grand Forks Bean Co. 

2120 N. Washington 

Street, P.O. Box 5357 

Grand Forks, ND 

58206-5357 

701-775-3984 

Fax 701-775-3985 

Green Valley Bean 

RR2 Box 114 

Park Rapids, MN 56470 

218-573-3400 

Fax 218-573-3434 

Haberer Foods 

International 

RR1 Box 772 

Morris, MN 56267 

320-795-2468 

Fax 320-795-2986

LUNCH SPONSORS 

Headwaters 

Commodities, Inc. 

37229 Red Top Road 

Ponsford, MN 56575 

218-573-3782 

Fax 218-573-2131 

Hubbard 

Prairie Bean Co. 

Rt. 4, Box 208 


218-732-5552 

Fax 218-732-8945 

Johnstown Bean Co. 

3295 Johnstown St. 

Johnstown, ND 58235 

701-869-2680 

Fax 701-869-2692 

KBC Trading 

& Processing Co. 

Hwy. 18 S. 


701-265-8328 

Fax 701-265-8533 

KBC Trading 


1328 Dakota Ave. 

P.O. Box 230 

Hatton, ND 58240 

701-543-3000 

Fax 701-543-4195 

KBC Trading 


R.R. 2, Box 11A 

Hwy. 18 South 

Mayville, ND 58257 

701-786-2997 

Fax 701-786-4214 

KBC Trading 


524 S. 7th St. 

Oakes, ND 58474 

701-742-3219 

Fax 701-742-3520 

KBC Trading 


650 2nd Street N.E. 

Perham, MN 56573 

218-346-2360 

Fax 218-346-2369 

Kinney Bean Co. 

2875 18th St. N.E. 

Manvel, ND 58256 

701-696-2310 

Kirkeide’s Northland 

Bean & Seed Co. 

4520 12th St. NE 

Fessenden, ND 58438 

701-547-3466 

Fax 701-547-3539 

Klindworth Seed 

& Bean Co. 

2251 Hwy. 30 

Fessenden, ND 58438- 

9441 

701-547-3742 

Fax 701-547-2592 

Larimore 

Bean Co. Inc. 

P.O. Box 607 

Larimore, ND 58251 

701-343-6363 

Fax 701-343-2842 

LOK Commodities 

P.O. Box 13919 

Grand Forks, ND 58208 

701-775-3317 

Fax 701-775-3289 

Manvel Bean Co. 

2875 18th St. NE 


701-696-2271 

Fax 701-696-8266 

Maple River Bean Co. 

PO Box l76 

Hope, ND 58046 

701-945-2880 

Fax: 701-945-2443 

MayPort Farmer’s 

Co-op Edible Bean 

Division 

P.O. Box 338 

Portland, ND 58274 

701-786-4062 

Fax 701-786-4098 

Northland 

Marketing Inc. 

4082 22nd Ave 


701-397-5261 

Fax 701-397-5783 

Northwood 

Bean Co. Inc. 

P.O. Box E, 301 

Potato Road 

Northwood, ND 58267 

701-587-5206 

Fax 701-587-5206 

O’Brien Seed Co., Inc. 

P.O. Box 335 

42 1st Ave. N.E. 


701-786-9118 

Fax 701-786-9119 

St. Hilaire Seed Co. 

P.O. Box 85, Hwy. 32 

S.St. Hilaire, Mn 56754 

218-964-5407 

Fax 218-964-5415 

SRS Commodities 

P.O. Box 386 

411 2nd Avenue NE 


701-786-3402 

Fax 701-786-3374 

Turtle River Bean Co. 

P.O. Box 55, Highway 33 


701-696-2517 

Fax 701-696-2557 

Valley Bean Assn. 

301 Oak Street, P.O. 

Box 250 

Oslo, Mn 56744 

218-695-2201 

Fax 218-695-3006 

Walhalla Bean Co. 

P.O. Box 67, 

Hwy. 32 N. 

Walhalla, ND 58282 

701-549-3721 

Fax 701-549-3725 

Walton Bean Growers 

Cooperative 

100 2nd Ave. 

Englevale, ND 58033 

701-683-5246 

Fax 701-683-4233 


EXHIBITORS 

Agricore Special Crops 

Box 488 

Carman, Manitoba 

R0G -0J0 

(204)-745-6711 

Agassiz Seeds and Supply 

445 7th St. SW 

West Fargo, ND 58078 

(701) 282-8118 

Alerus Financial 

Box 3146 

Fargo, ND 58108-3146 

(800) 279-3200 

www.alerus financial.com 

Amadas 

Jamestown Implement 

519 20th St. SW 

Jamestown, ND 58401 

(800) 247-0691 

Art’s Way 

Manufacturing Co. 

PO Box 288 

Armstrong, Iowa 50514 

(712) 864-3131 

ASI 

Appleton, MN 

Barney, ND 

Cavalier, ND 

Galesburg, ND 

Grafton, ND 

St. Thomas, ND 

Olivia, MN 

Northwood, ND 

Casselton, ND 

Grafton address: 

P.O. Box 25 Front St. 

Grafton, ND 58237 

701-352-1030 

BASF Corporation 

Elton Hendrickson 

Box 166 

Thompson, ND 58278 

(701) 599-2322 

Chippewa Valley Bean Co. 

N2960 730th St. 

Menomonie, WI 54751 

(715) 664-8342 

Dow Elanco 

Bridget Hoffmeyer 

311 1st St. SW 

Hillsboro, ND 58045 

(701) 436-5262 

DuPont 

Ruth Anderson 

1395 A-S Columbia Road 

Grand Forks, ND 58201 

(701) 397-5889 

Elmer’s Manufacturing 

Box 908 

Altona, Manitoba 

Canada R0G 0B0 

(204) 324-6263 

Emery Visto's Implement 

1009 7th St. S. 

Oakes, ND 58474 

701-742-2167 

(800) 726-0108 

Farmers Finest Bean 

Company 

Highway 2 East, PO Box 374 

East Grand Forks, MN 56721 

(218) 773-8834 

Fugleberg Seed 

and Bean Co. 

Richard Fugleberg 

RR1 Box 49 


(701) 786-4129 

Green Valley Bean 

RR2 Box 114 


(218) 573-3400 

Idaho Bean Commission 

PO Box 2556 

Boise, ID 83701 

(208) 334-3520 

Idaho Seed Bean Co. 

John and Bill Dean 

P.O. Box 1072 

Twin Falls, ID 83303 

(208) 734-5221 


KBC Trading and 

Processing 

Oakes, ND 

Cavalier, ND 

Hatton, ND 

Perham, MN 

Mayville, ND 

RR2 Box 11A 


(701) 786-2997 

Keho Products Ltd. 

215 Barons St. 

Nobleford, Alberta 

Canada T0L 1S0 

(403) 824-3879 

Micro-Bio 

2535 Tanager Dr. NE 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 

(319) 395-7370 

MN Ag Statistics Service 

PO Box 7068 

St. Paul, MN 55107 

(651) 296-2230 

Nissen Mfg Sales, Inc. 

Jay Nissen 

3754 24th Ave. NE 


(701) 343-2444 

ND Ag Statistics Service 

PO Box 3166 

Fargo, ND 58108 

(701) 239-5306 

ND Dry Edible Seed Bean 

Growers Association 

PO Box 5607 

University Station 

Loftsgard Hall 

NDSU 


(701) 237-7927 

Northwest Chemical 

Box 33 

Emerado, ND 58228 

(800) 315-2469 

Novartis 

PO Box 4188 

Boise, ID 83711 

(208) 327-9338 

Ostlund Chemical Co. 

PO Box 5051 


(701) 282-7300 

Preator Bean Co. 

Lynn Preator 

P. O. Box 234 

Burlington, WY 82411 

(307) 762-3310 

Pickett Equipment 

Steve Pickett 

976 E. Main 

Burley, ID 83318 

(800) 678-0855 

Raedel's 

Hard Surface Welding 

Franklyn Raedel 

P.O. Box 23 

Neche, ND 58265 

(701) 886-7688 

RanDean Bean Machine 

9751 Hwy 200 

Sutton, ND 58484 

Randy (701) 769-2649 

Dean (701)-769-2338 

Rapat Corporation 

Rt 2 Box 2 Industrial Park 

Hawley, MN 56549 

(218) 483-3344 

Scott Moeller Co. 

2200 14th Ave. S 

Moorhead, MN 56560 

(218) 236-9336 

S-M Enterprises, Inc. 

2310 26th St. S. 

Moorhead, MN 56560 

(218) 236-5050 

Sund Manufacturing 

P.O. Box 79 

Newburg, ND 58762 

(800) 334-7863 

Walton Bean Growers 

Cooperative 

100 2nd Ave. 

Englevale, ND 58033 

(701) 683-5246

PRE BEAN DAY 

BANQUET 

Banquet warning: 

The food will be great, but don’t sit on 

Greg Claassen’s knee! 

The annual pre-Bean Day banquet is set for Jan. 

25 at the Fargo, N.D., Holiday Inn. You must call 

the Northarvest Bean Growers Association office 

at (218) 334- 

6351 by Jan. 23 

to reserve banquet 

tickets. 

Tickets are $15 

per person 

payable at the 

door. 

The event 

starts at 5 p.m. 

Commercial 

exhibits and a 

cash bar will be 

open. The banquet 

follows at 7 

p.m. The menu 

includes steak 

and walleye, 

baked potato, green beans almondine, tossed 

crisp green salad and deluxe ice cream sundae. 

Ventriloquist Gregg Claassen, and his “mouthy 

alter egos” will perform following the banquet. His 

program is referred to as one of the most unique 

in the country. He has performed at Silver Dollar 

City in Branson, Mo., and is a featured speaker for 

the Associated Clubs, an international dinner club 

circuit. Greg and his “friends” can be found 

Northarvest 

Election Districts 

Help direct research -- complete production 

survey at Bean Day 

A grower survey of production problems and practices 

will be conducted during Bean Day. The survey used 

to be mailed to a sample of dry bean growers. 

The survey questions include the number of dry 

bean acres you planted in 2000, the acres of each variety 

planted, the seed sources used, the worst production 

problems encountered (includes weather, 

weeds, disease, insects, etc.) crop rotations used, 

micronutrients used, pesticides used and acres 

treated. 

This information helps determine the research 

needs of the dry bean industry, says Art Lamey, North 

Dakota State University extension plant pathologist 

who conducts the study.“Your input in this survey is 

needed and will help research and extension faculty 

of both Minnesota and North Dakota, as well as the 

Bean Day 

Quick Guide 

Greg Claassen and “friend.” Here is a quick guide to Bean Day: 

WHEN: Jan. 26, 2001 -- 9 a.m. View commercial 

exhibits, register and warm up with coffee. 

WHERE: All events at the Holiday Inn, Fargo, 

N.D., at 13th Ave. S. & I-29, across from West 

Acres. 

OVERNIGHT: Lodging at Holiday Inn and 

other nearby hotels and motels. (See list on page 

10.) 

Northarvest district elections set for Bean Day 

Elections are to be held for posts on the 

Northarvest Bean Growers Association board for 

the following districts: 

District 2 -- Gary Paur, Gilby, N.D., is the current 

director. 

District 5 -- Gary Friskop, Wahpeton, N.D., is 

the current director. 

District 8 -- Mark Streed, Milan, Minn., is the 

current director. 

All are eligible for re-election. 


Terry Redlin 

print is Bean 

Day 

door prize 

Be sure to register when 

you attend Bean Day. 

Regist-ration is free and 

it's your ticket to the grand 

door prize to be given 

away during the day. 

AgCountry Farm Credit 

Services (ph: 800-450- 

8933) and Farm Credit 

Services of Grand Forks 

(ph: 800-288-3982) will be 

giving away a Terry Redlin 

print. 

You must be a 

Minnesota or North 

Dakota dry bean grower to 

win the print. 

Good Reasons To 

Work With Us: 

1) Quality "Western 

Grown" Seed 

2) Friendly Service 

3) Competitive Prices 

4) Dividends To All 

Producers 

5) Agronomy Service 


LODGING 

Bean Day Lodging Guide 

The following is a partial list of hotels and motels in Fargo. 

All addresses are Fargo. The phone number area code is 701: 

HOLIDAY INN 1-29 & 13th Ave. S. 282-2700 

AMERICINN 1423 35th St. SW 234-9946 

ECONO LODGE 1401 35th St. SW 232-3412 

COMFORT INN 1407 35th St. SW 280-9666 

COMFORT INN SUITES 1415 35th St. SW 237-5911 

COUNTRY SUITES 3316 13th Ave. S. 234-0565 

DAYS INN 3333 13th Ave. S. 282-9100 

EXPRESS WAY INN 1340 21st Av. SI-94 Exit 351 (800) 437-0044 

KELLY INN 3800 Main Ave. 282-2143 

HAMPTON INN 3431 14th Ave. S 235-5566 

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS 1040 40th St. S. 282-2000 

RADISSON 201 5th St. 232-7363 

RAMADA PLAZA SUITES 1635 42nd St Sw 232-7000 

REGAL 8 1202 S. 36th St. 232-9251 

SUPER 8 3518 Interstate 232-9202 

SELECT INN I-29 & 13th Ave. S. 282-6300 

Pinto Bean 

Receiving Stations At: 

Harvest States, Pisek, ND 

Contact Francis at (701) 284-6012 

Harvest States, Kloten, ND 

Contact Paul at (701) 326-4334 

Harvest States, Lankin, ND 


Gary W. 

Fuglesten, 

Manager 

PO Box 162 

Buxton, ND 

Tel: (701) 847-2622 

Fax: (701) 847-2623 

Toll Free: 

(800) 286-2623 

Pinto Beans Navy Beans 

Quality Seed 

Hatton Farmers Elevator, Hatton, ND 

Contact Lynn at (701) 543-3773 

Reynolds United Co-op, Reynolds, ND 


Cando Farmers Elevator, Cando, ND 

Contact Wayne at (701) 968-4446 

Mid Valley Grain Co-op, Climax, MN 

Contact Dave at (218) 857-2275

Making A 

Difference 

Annual Report 

To Producers 

2001 


A message from the president 

Dear members: 

“When the going gets tough, the tough get 

going.” 

That’s a quote I particularly like. I’m not certain 

where it comes from, but it certainly applies 

to our industry this year and the Northarvest 

Bean Growers Association. 

The dry bean industry is in particularly tough 

shape. Prices remain stubbornly low. 

Competition grows on all fronts. 

So what is your organization - the Northarvest 

Bean Growers Association, in conjunction with 

Mark Myrdal 

the North Dakota Dry Bean Council and the 

Minnesota Dry Bean Research and Promotion Council - doing about it? 

We are working harder and trying to work smarter. 

We believe we have the right approach in research, promotion, market 

development and communication to solve key problems. 

We target research to develop new varieties that will be that will be canners’ 

and packagers’ first choice. We invest in research that we think will 

raise your yields or reduce your costs. 

Our promotion program has been never more aggressive. By focusing 

our campaigns on people who lead food trends, we have never leveraged 

our investment more. 

We have a sound strategy for servicing current overseas customers 

and developing new export markets. We are working with others in the dry 

bean industry on state and national legislative issues that affect our ability 

to trade freely and fairly. 

And finally, we continue to place a priority on providing you with as 

much information as we can to help you make better decisions about selling 

dry beans and buying inputs to grow them. 

This annual report summarizes our efforts in these and other areas during 

the 1999-2000 fiscal year. Times are tough, but we are tough, too. 

Sincerely, 

NORTHARVEST BEAN GROWER January-February 2001 Page 13 

Mark Myrdal

National 

& regional 

promotion 

54.5% 

National Dry Bean 

Council 

Carries out foreign 

market development 

and promotion, and 

serves as government 

2000-2001 Budget By Category 

MN Dry Bean Research and 

Promotion Council 

Administers the MN 

Dry Bean Promotion Act. 

Northarvest Bean Growers Association 

Coordinates Mn and North Dakota 

Bean Council promotion, market development 

and research programs. 

Northern 

Crops Institute 

Promotes use 

of northerngrown 

crops. 

Research - 21.5% 

Program management - 

12.5% 

Market Development - 4.5% 

Communication - 7% 

How Your Bean Groups Work Together 

North Dakota 

Dry Bean Council 

Administers the Dry Bean 

Industry Promotion Act 

of North Dakota. 

American 

Dry Bean Board 

Coordinates domestic 

promotion programs, 

and market and nutrition 

research. 

Annual Budget Appropriation by Category 

Expense 1999-2000 2000-2001 

Program Management $121,086 $124,426 

National and Regional Promotion $651,250 $540,766 

Research $240,811 $212,665 

Market Development $44,000 $44,000 

Communication $44,700 $70,300 

Total $1,101,847 $992,157 

Income 

North Dakota Dry Bean Council $881,500 $726,000 

MN Dry Bean Research 

and Promotion Council $220,347 $200,000 

Total $1,101,847 $926,000 

BOARD AND COUNCIL 

MEMBERS: 


Bean Growers Association 

Mark Myrdal, Edinburg, N.D. 

701-993-8243 

Mark Streed, Milan, Minn. 

320-734-4706 

Randy Carow, Perham, Minn. 

218-346-5393 

Marty Hettervig, Buxton, N.D. 

701-847-2434 

Gary Paur, Gilby, N.D. 

701-869-2892 

Gary Friskop, Wahpeton, N.D. 

701-642-2378 

Kevin Anderson, 

East Grand Forks, Minn. 

218-773-8159 

Alan Juliuson, Hope, N.D. 

701-945-2672 

Cecil Meyer, Raymond, Minn. 

320-847-3581 

Minnesota 

Dry Bean Research and 

Promotion Council 

Dan Hughes, Danvers 

320-567-2283 

Cecil Meyer, Raymond 

320-847-3581 

Mike Beelner, Park Rapids 

218-732-5792 

George McDonald, Fisher 

218-773-2192 

Mark Dombeck, Perham 

218-346-5952 

North Dakota 


Mark Sletten, Hatton 

701-543-4079 

Hattie Melvin, Buffalo 

701-663-5234 

Tim Skjoiten, Hatton 

701-543-4106 

John Dunnigan, Walhalla 

701-462-3879 

Paul Schulz, Washburn 

701-462-3728 

Office: 

Tim Courneya, executive director 

50072 E. Lake 7 Rd. 

Frazee, MN 56544 

Ph: 218-334-6351 

Fax: 218-334-6360 


Export market development 

The National Dry Bean Council’s 

(NDBC) export strategy 

took on a new 

look in 1999- 

2000. 

For the first 

first time, NDBC 

promoted U.S. 

dry beans to the 

food service industry 

and consumers in several 

European markets 

where importers and the 

trade are familiar with 

U.S. dry beans, but 

where is weaking. 

“We have to address 

weakening consumer demand 

because importers will only buy 

beans if someone at the end user level 

is buying beans,” says Amy Philpott, 

NDBC intnernational marketing director. 

The NDBC spent a great deal of its time 

on Mexico. The organization lobbied U.S. 

trade representatives to make Mexico to 

live up to its end of the North American 

Free Trade Agreement and hold timely 

import permit auctions. 

In addition, the NDBC conducted trade 

missions to several other countries, including 

Spain, Japan and France. 

Other work 

The NDBC was busy on several other fronts. 

Two committees began investigating mislabeling of imported dry bean products 

and prospects for trading dry beans on the Chicago Board of Trade 

NDBC staff developed and distributed a monthly dry bean supply report to 25 

food aid organization that buy food under the PL480 program. The report included 

average prices and availability ranking for 13 U.S. dry bean vareities. Food aid 

organization used this information when deciding which product to order for emergency 

relief and development programs. 

The NDBC was active on Capitol Hill, too. Members lobbied legislators to: 

* Provide $3.1 million for dry bean research 

* Increase the Market Access Program budget from $90 to $200 million 

* Fund the Foreign Market Develop program at no less than $35 million 

* Oppose legislative, administrative change or any other action that would allow 

farmers who grow program crops on contract acres from receiving a subsidy when 

they also receive income from the sale of non-program crops, such as dry beans, 

on the open market. 

* Allow food and huminatarian aid trade to Cuba through private non-govern- 

Page 16 NORTHARVEST BEAN GROWER January-February 2001

How do NDBC members decide which 

countries to target? They categorize 

them according to dry bean sale trends. 

The following are descriptions of the 

categories and NDBC promotion activities 

for each: 

Growth markets -- Sales volumes 

are projected to increase over the next 

3-5 years. The NDBC attempts to familiarize 

the trade and consumers with 

U.S. dry beans. If U.S. dry bean products 

are already common , they attempt 

to increase sales through food, recipe 

and health promotions. 

Maintenance markets -- Sales volumes 

are strong, but projected to be 

static. NDBC aims activities at preventing 

declines in current sales volumes 

Green -- France, Mexico, Middle East, Algeria, Moroccoa, Egypt, 

Tunisia, Brazil 

Red -- Germany, Netherlands, Begium, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy 

Japan, Spain, United Kindgdom, Turkey, Dominican Republic, Haiti and 

Cuba 

Market consultants 

NDBC’s representatives overseas include: 

* David McLellan, Barcelona, Spain. 

* Raul Cabellero, Sta Monica, Mexcio 

* Jeff McNeill, Toyko, Japan. 

* Johanna Stobvbs, Paris, France. 

* Neil Gordon, Pinner, England. 

* Jois Alaby, Atibala, Brazil. 

* Peggy Sheehan, Food Aid Representative, 

NDBC’s market development strategy 

Declining markets -- Sales volumes 

in mature markets are projected to 

decline despite promotion efforts. NDBC 

does not conduct any promotion activities 

in these markets until conditions 

change and the market reaches another 

category. 

Prospective markets -- Have growth 

potential, but is not yet importing volume 

levels that warrant a full promotion program. 

NDBC Activities include introductory 

informational campaigns, trade 

msisions and reverse trade missions. 

Opportuntistic markets -- Does not 

consistently purchase U.S. dry beans, 

but in years of short local supply or 

shortages from other countries they buy 

large volumes of U.S. beans. NDBC 

The Northarvest 

Bean Growers 

Association’s degelates 

to the National 


are: 

Mark Sletten 

Hatton, N.D. 

(701) 543-4079 

Phil Longtin 

Walhalla, N.D. 

(701) 549-2356 

National Dry Bean 

Council Members 

California Dry Bean 

Advisory Board 

California Bean 

Shippers 


Colorado Dry Bean 

Administrative 

Committee 

Idaho Bean 

Commission 

Michigan Bean 

Commission 

Michigan Bean 

Shippers 


Nebraska Dry Bean 

Commission 

New York State 

Bean 

Shippers 


North Central Bean 

Dealers 


Northarvest Bean 

Growers 


Rocky Mountain 

Bean Dealers 


Washington Bean 

Dealers 


Western Bean 

Dealers 



Domestic Promotion 

Hundreds of articles in newspapers and magazines, and dozen of broadcasts on 

radio and television... 

Chefs praising beans... 

Recipe contests for kids, school food service professionals... 

One-on-one meetings with food industry magazine 

editors... 

A parntership with Westin hotels... 

Publishing of calendars, recipes, brochures... 

Conducting research surveys... 

What’s do these and dozens of other promotion 

activities in 1999-2000 add up to? More people eating 

beans, we hope! At least no one can resaonably argue 

that folks don’t know beans about beans. 

All these activities and dozens of others were part 

of the Northarvest Bean Growers Association’s 1999- 

2000 

domestic promotion campaign. 

Running through every activity -from 

exhibiting at the North Dakota 

School Foood Service Association to 

having Willard Scott of the Today 

Show kick off Baked Bean month -- is 

a theme that beans are good tasting, 

healthy food that is versatile, easy to 

prepare and a perfect fit for today’s 

busy lifestyle. 

Local promotions 

Kids recipe contest. Winner 

announcement sent to food services 

and 450 newspapers in MN & 

Starwood 

Celebrity chef bean 

recipes featured for 

two months at 70 

Westin Hotels. 

Northarvest logo on 

menu and signage. 


What’s Bean Happening! 

Media 

relations 

Generated featured 

stories about bean 

cookery and recipes in 

trade and consumer 

magazines, and built 

relationships 

Beans on campus 

Recipe cards developed and 

mailed to 800 college food service 

directors. 


of the month 

Recipe contest for 

school foodservice professionals 

conducted. 

Winners featured in 

special calendar distributed 

at



Association’s. 

Promotion 

Committee 

creates and directs 

promotion 

activities. Members 

are: 

Tim Skjoiten 

Hatton, N.D. 

(701) 543-4106 

Hattie Melvin 

Buffalo, N.D. 

(701) 663-5234 

Dan Hughes 

Danvers, Minn. 

(320) 567-2283 

Mark Dombeck 

Perham, Minn. 

(218) 346-5952 

Alan Juliuson 

Hope, N.D. 

(701) 945-2672 

Gary Friskop 

Wahpeton, N.D. 

(701) 869-2378 

Randy Carow 

Perham, Minn. 

(218) 346-5393 

Mark Streed 

Milan, Minn. 

(320) 734-4706 

Cecil Meyer 

Raymond, MN 

(320) 847-3581 



Association’s representatives 

to the 

American Dry Bean 

Board are: 

Dan Hughes 

Danvers, Minn. 

(320) 567-2283 

Alan Juliuson 

Hope, N.D. 

(701) 945-2672 

Marty Hettervig 

Buxton, N.D. 

(701) 847-2434 

Mark Streed 

Milan, Minn. 

(320) 734-4706 


The Northarvest Bean Grower Association funded 11 research projects at North 

Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota. in 2000. They included 

1) Dry Bean Improvement for the Northern Plains 

2) Breeding for Multiple Disease Resistance With Special Emphais on White Mold 

3) Evaluation of North Dakota State University Breeding Material for Reaction to 

Anthracnose 

4) Potential Sources of Resistance To White Mold -- Jack Rassmussen, NDSU. 

5) Integrated Bean Root Rot Management 

6) Zinc Deficiency and Bean Production in the Red River Valley 

7) Reflex and Spartan Use in Dry Bean 

8) Maintaining Dry Edible Bean Quality 

9) Resistance to Airflow Through Dry Edible Beans and Natural Air Dryng. 

10) Identification of Races of Pseudomonas syringae pv. haseolicia (rust). 

11) Dry Gean Grower Survey of Pest Problems and Varieties.. 

Oil tax refund funds extra research 

The Northarvest Bean Growers Association and the North Dakota State Board of 

Agriculture Research and Education (SBARE) teamed up to fund seven research 

projects in 2000. 

SBARE is a state board that the North Dakota legislature created in 1997 to 

administer oil tax refund checkoff money. This year, the money available for grants 

totalled approximately $680,000, with $32,320.50 allocated for dry bean research. 

SBARE solicits research proposals and appoints commit- 

tees to review proposals and award grants. This year, 

Northarvest members from North Dakota on the SBARE dry 

bean committee included Gary Friskhop, Wahpeton; Jerome 

Hagemeister, Fessenden; Mark Myrdal, Edinburg, Gary 

Paur, Gilby; and Mark Sletten, Hatton. Other committee 

members were Ken Grafton, North Dakota State University 

dry bean breeder; and Cole Gustafson, director of the North 

Dakota Ag Experiment Station. 

SBARE and the Northarvest Bean Growers Association 

funded the following projects: 

* Control of Biennial Wormwood in Soybean and Dry Bean 

-- SBARE grant amount, $4,550; Northarvest match, $1,516. 

* Elimination of Marsh Spot in Cranberry Bean --SBARE 

grant amount, $4,500; Northarvest match, $1,500. 

* Developing Multiple Disease Resistant Dry Edible Beans 

-- SBARE grant amount, $7,200; Northarvest match, $2,400. 

* Resistance of Dry Bean to White Mold -- SBARE grant 

amount, $3,750; Nortrharvest match, $1,250. 

* Sclerotinia Infection & Inoculum Production as Influenced 

by Crops Species and Management Techniques --SBARE 

grant amount, $3,285; Northarvest match $1,096. 

* Breeding for Root Rot Resistance in Common Bean -- 

SBARE grant amount, $4,500; Northarvest match, $1,500. 

* Calcium Compounds Alone and in Combination With 

Topsin M To Reduce White Mold Disease and Increase Yield 

in Dry Bean Economically. SBARE grant amount, $3,535; 

Northarvest match, $9,143. 



Research Committee 

screens research 

proposals and makes 

funding recommends 

to the full board. 

Committee members 

are: 

Mark Sletten 

Hatton, N.D. 

(701) 543-4079 

Jerome Hagemeister 

Fessenden, N.D. 

(701) 547-3275 

Mike Beelner 

Park Rapids, Minn. 

(218) 732-5792 

Mark Dombeck 

Perham, Minn. 

(218) 346-5952 

Mark Myrdal 

Edinburg, N.D. 

(701) 993-8243 

Gary Paur 

Gilby, N.D. 

(701) 869-2892 

Kevin Anderson 

East Grand Forks, MN 

(218) 773-8159 

Gary Friskop 

Wahpeton, N.D. 

(701) 642-2378 

Randy Carow 

Perham, Minn. 

(218) 346-5393

Keeping members on top of market developments, assocation 

activities and industry news is the goal of the Northarvest Bean 

Growers Association’s communications program. In an effort to meet 

those goals in 2000, the Association published five issues of the 

Northarvest Bean Grower; distributed Talking Beans, a market 

newsletter, at key intervals; compiled reports from scientists who are 

conducting dry bean research funded by the 

association in a publication called Research 

Report 2000, and maintained a Web site at 

www.northarvestbean. org 


Communication 

Committee directs 

the communications 

program. 

Members are: 

Phil Longtin 

Walhalla, N.D. 

(701) 549-2356 

Jerome 

Hagemeister 

Fessenden, N.D. 

(701) 547-3275 

Tim Skjoiten 

Hatton, N.D. 

(701) 543-4106 

Hattie Melvin 

Buffalo, N.D. 

(701) 663-5234 

Mark Dombeck 

Perham, Minn. 

(218) 346-5952 

Mark Myrdal 

Endinburg, N.D. 

(701) 993-8243 

Marty Hettervig 

Buxton, N.D. 

(701) 847-2434 

Mark Streed 

Milan, MN 

(320) 734-4706 

Cecil Meyer 

Raymond, MN 

(320) 847-3581 


THORESON JOINS NORTH 

CENTRAL COMMODITIES 

Bill Thoreson East Grand Forks, 

Minn., is the 

new marketing 

manager 

at North 

Central 

Bill Thoreson 

Talkin’ 

Beans 

News 

From Around 

The Industry 

Commodities, 

Johnstown, N.D. 

Thoreson has 

been a sale representative 

with 

the American 

Cyanamid 

Corporation. He 

also has prior 

commodity trading 

and market 

promotion expe- 

rience. 

North Central Commodities markets 

pinto and black beans for 

Johnstown Bean Company and 

Cavalier Bean Company in domestic 

and international markets. 

-- Source: Johnstown Bean Co. 

BARRY VCULEK HEADS 

WALTON BEAN COOPERATIVE 

Barry Vculek, Oakes, N.D., is the 

new president of Walton Bean 

Growers Cooperative. He replaces 

Gerald Melvin, Buffalo, N.D., who 

stepped down to spend more time 

with his farm and another family 

SRS 

Commodities 

Buyers and Processors of Pinto, Navy and Black Beans 

Certified seed 

New crop contracts 

Receiving Stations: 

Hope Farmers Elevator -- Dale Enerf 

Sharon Farmers Elevator - Tom Amundson 

Northwood Equity Elevator -- Scott Ostlie 

Luverne Farmers Co-op -- Alan Leadbetter 

business. 

Vculek is a fourth generaton 

farmer in the Crete-Oakes, N.D., 

area, producing wheat, corn, edible 

beans and potatoes. He and his 

wife, Robin, have two children. He 

holds a bachelors degree in agricultural 

economics from North 

Dakota State Univeristy and has 

been farming since 1984. 

Vculek serves on the board of 

directors for Crete Grain and was 

active on the steering committee to 

form Walton Bean as a cooperative. 

He also has served on the promotion 

board for the Red River Valley 

Potato Growers Association. -- 

Source: AgWeek, Dec. 18. 

PARKER NAMED WALTON’S 

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 

Mitch Parker is the new chief financial 

officer for Walton Bean Growers 

Cooperative. Parker worked for 

Cargill for 11 years in West Fargo, 

N.D.; Des Moines, Iowa; and 

Melboure, Austraila. He was 

recently an asset manager for 

Mike Hallingstad, Manager 

P.O. Box 386, 411 2nd Avenue NE 


email:SRScomm@polarcomm.com 

(701) 786-3402 


N.D. Council, 


oppose NDSU’s 

move to charge 

research fee 

Northarvest Bean Growers Association and North 

Dakota Dry Bean Council directors are “deeply disappointed” 

in North Dakota State University’s recent decision 

to establish a $3 per cwt. research fee on new dry 

bean varieties. 

“NDSU implemented the research fee over our objections, 

even though the officials promised us they would 

not go ahead with the fee unless we agreed,” says 

Mark Myrdal, Northarvest Bean Growers Association 

president 

The Northarvest Bean Growers Associoation, 

the North Dakota Dry Bean Council and the 

Minnesota Dry Bean Research Council have 

invested $150,000-$190,000 per year since 

1988 in the breeding program. “Prior to 1988 

our commercial dry bean growers literally 

built the program with their dollars from 

scratch,” Myrdal says. 

NDSU announced in December that it 

will begin charging a research fee of $3 

per cwt on the sale of registered and 

certified seed of the new variety 

Arthur. Older North Dakota 

Agriculture Experiment Station 

(NDAES) dry bean varieties are 

not assessed. 

Strong objections 

In meetings that took place over several 

months, Northarvest and the North Dakota Dry 

Bean Council made their opposition to the research fee 

clear, Myrdal says. 

Northarvest and the Council opposed the research fee for several 

reasons, including: 


Letters from the ND 

Dry Bean Concil 

(top) and the 



dated Dec. 1999 state the 

groups’ opposition to the 

NDSU’s variety research 

fee proposal.

1) Current funding is adequate 

and is providing new varieties. 

2) The fee will directly increase 

production 

costs, mainly 

for commercial 

growers 

in North 

Dakota and 

Minnesota. 

3) The 

fact that NDSU charges a research 

fee on potatoes and soybean varieties 

does not justify a resarch fee 

in dry beans. The dry bean seed 

industry in Northarvest sells mainly 

to Northarvest growers who have 

already paid to develop the new 

varieties. The North Dakota potato 

seed industry sells varieties nationally. 

Collecting fees on potato varieties 

from out-of-state growers 

helps the North Dakota potato seed 

industry develop more varieties that 

their out-of-state customers can 

use. However, dry bean production 

regions compete intensely for 

human consumption markets. If 

North Dakota and Minnesota grow- 

The dry bean seed industry in 

Northarvest sells mainly to 

Northarvest growers who have 

already paid to develop the 

new varieties. 

ers have a bean variety with better 

canning and packaging characteristics 

than another region, their 

money was wisely 

invested and is selfserving. 

Northarvest’s intent 

in funding the breeding 

program over the 

past 20 years was to 

develop varieties 

suited for North Dakota and 

Minnesota that gave its members 

an edge in the market. 

* Taxing 100% of our farmers 

who grow commercial dry beans in 

North Dakota and 

Minnesota to get at 

the small volume of 

non-Northarvest, 

Canadian, Mexican 

and other foreign 

seed sales is ludicrous. 


didn’t set out to 

develop commercial 

end-user competition when it 

started the breeding program 

“NDSU’s action may 

severely affect our support 

of the dry bean breeding 

program.” 

-- Mark Myrdal, 

Northarvest president. 

Agri Sales, Inc. 

“the bean people” 

701-347-5321 

Insult to injury 

NDSU officials added insult to 

injury in making it appear that they 

had implemented the research fee 

with the approval of the Northarvest 

Bean Growers Association and the 

North Dakota Dry Bean Council, 

Myrdal says. 

NDSU’s press release stated: 

“This decision was made after 

extensive discussions with the 

Research Foundation, ND 

Agricultural Experiment Station 

(NDAES), College of Agriculture, 

Plant Science Department, and 

Plant Pathology Department. 

Additional input 

was solicited from 

the ND Dry Edible 

Bean Seed 


Association, 



Association and 

ND State Seed 

Department.” 

Mydral says that farmers need to 

understand that the Northarvest 

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Martha Stewart Living 

features dry beans 

Dry beans are running with fast company these days -pumpkin 

chandeliers, two-soup parties and moss fringe, no 

less. At least that’s what also 

appeared in today’s gauge of 

good taste -- Martha Stewart 

Living magazine. 

Dry 

beans -specifically 

The bible of modern good taste, Martha Stewart Living featured 

beans not once but twice in the October issue. 

Kevin Pifer, Senior Vice-President 

Deon Maasjo, Operations Director 

Mike Janke, Grower Relations Manager 

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Boston Baked Beans -- were the 

focus on a three page feature. The 

magazine editor called Boston 

Baked Beans symbolic of “Yankee 

spirit that notoriously demands not 

Beans are more than tasty. According to 

Martha Stewart Living magazine, they are 

just the thing to glue on picture frames. 

Iron 

Concepts 

only quality but also value.” The 

article covered the hisotry of the 

Beantown dish (“Native Americans 

stone boiled beans in a vessels of 

bark, hide or in some cases stomachs 

or hollowed out animal carcasses 

filled with meat, vegetables 

and water.”) It revealed the secret 

of pit cooking beans (“slow cooking 

at low heat radically reforms 

the chemistry of the beans, softening 

them, breaking down their 

starches and caramelizing their 

component sugars. As the flavors 

meld, the beans turn dark and 

sweet, the metling salt pork bring 

a velevet richness”); and offered a 

recipe that included two pounds of 

dried pinto or navy beans. 

In the same issue, the magazine 

featured a craft project using 

dry beans. Martha Stewart Living 

editors advocated gluing dry 

beans to picture frames. “Besides 

beging tasty in a salad, beans can 

be unexpectly stylish when they 

trim wooden frames,” they wrote. 

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Tim Skjoiten enjoys the 

doing fieldwork on his 

farm. 


Happy 

To Be 

Home 

The bean business is hard, but at least 

the farm is not in Yemen... 

Have tough economic times in the bean business got you down? 

Wondering if your decision to farm was the right thingto do with your 

life? 

If you feel this way, you should meet Tim Skjoiten, a North Dakota 

Dry Bean Council member and ,a dry bean grower from Hatton, ND. 

He might change your mind. 

Tim isn’t an eternal optimist who wears rose-colored glasses. He 

doesn’t have any secrets to immediate success in the dry bean business. 

Poor weather, low prices and rising costs hamper his farming

operation, too. In fact, he says that 

since he started farming in 1991 he 

hasn’t had a really good year, price 

or production-wise, “not a single 

one” 

“I’m still learningto farm in all this 

rain.” 

But Tim has a unique perspective 

on farming. The 43-year-old man 

with big hands and broad shoulders 

worked in the oil fields of North 

Dakota, Wyoming and the Middle 

East for 10 years 

before returning to the 

family farm in 1991. 

He was a pPetroleum 

engineer for 

Halliburton Co. which 

performs various services 

on oil wells and 

drilling rigs. Tim and 

his wife, Cindy; and 

their three children— 

Maren, Andrea and 

Pete — were living in 

Yemen when the Gulf 

War broke out. 

“It was a scary time” 

Tim says. 

Yemen was one of 

Iraq’s allies. The 

country didn’t enter 

the Gulf War, but 

Saudi Arabia — a U.S. 

ally — deported two 

million Yemeni at the 

start of the war. 

There was little 

work for the refugees 

in Yemen, a country of 

only 10 million. Crime 

was high. Hijacking 

vehicles was common. 

“They would stop 

you at gun point and 

leave you standing by 

the roadside.” Tim recalls. “I was 

lucky. It never happened to me.” 

Americans working for oil companies 

in Yemen had to stay in their 

neighborhoods. When they ventured 

outside their homes, they 

traveled in groups. 

“It was like the Wild West” Tim 

says “You had to watch your own 

backside you could say” 

When the Gulf War started, 

American oil worker’s families were 

Learning by serving 

Serving on the North Dakota Dry Bean Council is a great learning 

experience, says Tim Skjoiten, Hatton, N.D. One of the things 

that Skjoiten says surprised him the most was the complexity of 

the Mexican trade issues. “All the pieces of the trade package in 

place. We just have to get them to live up to the agreement,” he 

says. Consider serving on the Council or the Northarvest Bean 

Growers Association board, Skjoiten urges. “You won’t regret it.” 

Tim and Cindy Skjoiten find life on the 

Hatton, N.D., farm where they grow dry 

beans a lot more peaceful than the oil 

fields of Yemen at the start of the Gulf 

War. 

sent home for safety reasons. 

Cindy set up housekeeping back in 

Hatton. 

“I had always thought I’d eventually 

farm and with the kids reaching 

school age, Dad starting to think 

about retirement, and a residence 

established, it seemed like the obvious 

time to take the plunge, so I 

did.” 

Tim returned to Hatton the following 

spring and began working 

with his father, Glenn — 

who also served on the 



board of directors — on 

the family farm. 

“It’s been challenging 

financially,” Tim says “But 

if it wasn’t, everybody 

would do it.” 

He has been working to 

increase his equity in the 

farm, buying land and 

equipment. At the same 

time, wet weather has 

taken its toll on Tim’s flat 

Red River Valley fields. 

Though he has maintained 

the drainage system well, 

excessive rains have overwhelmed 

it. 

Drown-out losses have 

been high. The rain has 

had the most impact on 

the dry bean crop. 

“We used to plant 

beans on lower ground 

that held the moisture,” he 

notes. “Now, we have to 

plant them on the lighter, 

better drained soil.” 

Cindy works as the 

executive director for the 

Hatton Economic 

Development Corporation. 


StarLink lessons for Minnesota agriculture 

By Gene Hugoson 

Minnesota Commissioner 


The fall of 2000 has brought major headaches for 

America’s corn growers and the grain handling system. 

The recent StarLink corn fiasco sent tremors throughout 

our food handling system and with Minnesota corn 

growers planting nearly 35,000 acres of StarLink corn 

this past year, our state is feeling the aftershocks. 

There is already a lot of skepticism around the world 

about genetically modified crops. This StarLink episode 

could increase that skepticism and hurt our ability to 

market our crops internationally. We export about a hird 

of our corn crop each year, so anything that makes it 

more difficult to attract foreign buyers is very bad news 

for Minnesota farmers. 

At the end of October, I called upon Aventis to take 

all measures necessary to compensate losses farmers 

might suffer from the corn. Aventis has agreed ot 

pay 25 cents per bushel to farmers who grew StarLink, 

but it’s unclear whether those who have comingled 

other corn with StarLink or who grew corn pollinated 

by StarLink will be eligible for payment. 

Aventis claims that most of the StarLink corn has 

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lic’s confidence in our food regulatory system is deeply 

bruised. Aventis has also asked the EPA to approve 

the corn for human consumption. While that may solve 

some of the immediate problems for Aventis and our 

grain dealers, I doubt it will do much to help farmers 

who’ve already lost money. It certainly will not alleviate 

the public’s concern. 

This story is still unfolding, and it’s anyone’s guess 

how things will shake out. What can Minnesota farmers 

do in the meantine to help themselves? The shortterm 

answer is that we need to produce what our 

customers want. For years I have argued that it is a 

mistake to think those of us who farm are in the business 

of growing commodities. Rather, we are in the 

business of supply agricultural products to end users. 

We need to consider customers preferences when we 

make decisions about what crops to plant. If you are 

going to deliver grain to an elevator, this means planting 

corn Europe and Japan will accept. 

With that in mind, I have encouraged Minnesota 

corn growers to plant only export-approved seed varieties 

for the 2001 growing season unless they plan to 

use their grain to feed livestock. We need to reassure 

our buyers -- especially our foreign buyers -- that the 

products they receive from Minnesota meet their 

requirements. This would be to our advantage because 

Quality ND Seed 

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We also do custom clean, size, treat and bag beans. 

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RR1 Box 49 


Phone: 701-786-4129 

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it shows the world that Minnesota’s farmers are responsible 

marketers and really do care about the consumers 

who buy and eat their products. The long-term answer 

is that we must move beyond a simple commodity system. 

We must work toward an identity-preserved system 

that will allow farmers to segregate different types 

of crops. This type of system will allow us to truly deliver 

the exact products our customers want. 

To help get this started, I’ve set up a grain-industry 

working group made up of producers, retailers and 

other industry representatives. This working group will 

be asked to formulate a plan tot implement an identitypreserved 

system in Minnesota. This system will 

require buffer zones, extensive cleaning procedures 

and separate storage and handling. It will take time, but 

it will more than pay for itself in the long run. 

Some people have tried to portray the StarLink 

episode as a black eye for biotechnology. I don’t agree. 

After all, when an airplane crashes, we don’t call into 

question the whole practice of travel. Rather, we learn 

from mistakes and fix the problems. That’s the way I 

believe we should deal with the StarLink situation. 

Biotechnology shows far too much promise to be written 

off at this point. Instead, we need to take a closer 

look at what sort of biotech crops we grow and how we 

bring them to market. 

Meyer 

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Loren Halverson, 

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ow before planting. 

He made a front-mounted 

toolbar from a lifting rake. 

Halverson filled the toolbar 

with sand to add weight and 

mounted six tires on the toolbar, 

positioning them so that 

they would pack the soil over 

the row. 

“We used it on all crops last 

year,” he says. “The wheels 

crush the lumps and move dry 

dirt outof the way. We feel we 

got 100-200 more pounds of 

Watch for 

bacterial brown 

spot this spring 

Be on the lookout for bacterial brown 

spot this spring., advises Art Lamey, 

North Dakota State University extension 

plant pathologist. 

Brown spot has been increasing 

in the region. The bacteria survive 

and multiply on symptomless bean 

leaves and on weeds until populations 

are high and then the attack 

dry bean plants. 

Rainy weather with temperatures 

in the 80s favors development of 

bacterial brown spot. The brown 

spot bacteria are splash-dispersed 

in the field. Typical leaf symptoms 

are small brown spots with a yellow 

border. When disease is severe, the 

spots coalesce and destroylarge 

portions of the leaf. Stem lesions 

occasionally develop. 

Very few dry bean varieties have 

resistance, Lamey says. 

Copper fungicide will suppress 

the disease if applied early, but often 

by the time we recognize a problem, 

it is too late to get a return. 

Since bacterial brown spot is 

spread in water, equipment should 

not be operated in the field when the 

foliage is wet, Lamey says. 

Richardton 

Pick up ad from 

June-July 2000, 

page 23 

“Imagine the possi- 

bilities” 



launches chef 

recipe 

contest 

The Northarvest Bean 


recently launched the “Chefs 

Say Bean Appetit!” recipe contest.“Beans 

are one of the most 

versatile ingredients that a chef can 

add to a menu,” says Susan Gross, co-owner and 

executive chef of the Zinfadel restaurant in 

Chicago. “This contest is a great way for chefs to 

showcase the many possibilities beans can bring to a 

variety of dishes. 

How to use your bean 

Professional chefs (commercial and non-commercial) 

are invited submit an orginial bean recipe. Entries 

must serve 24 and feature as a key ingredient one or 

more of the following bean varieties: Pinto, navy, kidney 

(dark or light red) or black beans. Dry-packaged 

and/or canned beans may be used to create appetiz- 

Congratulations to our 2000 “Top 

Gun” Winners! 

Jon McMahon 

Inkster, ND 

Winner at Johntown 

Receiving Station: 

Edinberg Farmers 

Elevator 

701-993-8421 


Kent Schluchter 

Cavalier, ND 

Winner at Cavalier 

We have good availability of high quality certified seed to fit your 

farming operation and maximize your profit for this year’s bean 

crop. 

Order your seed early to lock in the quantity and variety of your 

choice. 

Stop in or call today. 

ers, entrees, soups, salads or 

desserts. Recipes will be judged 

on taste, creativity, use 

of contemporary flavors/ingredients 

and presentation. 

One grand 

prize winner will 

receive $2,000. 

One first-place 

winner will receive 

$1,500 and one second 

place winner will receive 

$500. 

Entry rules 

Entries may be written 

or typed on 8 1/2 x 

11 inch sheets of 

paper. Entrant’s name 

and signature, home 

address, home phone 

number (optional), name 

of employer and 

employer’s address and 

phone number should be 

typed or printed on the each 

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Johnstown, ND 701-869-2680 Cavalier, ND 701-265-8495 

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page of the entry. Entrants must list 

the following information: recipe 

name; all ingredients in exact U.S. 

measurements; complete instructions, 

including time, temperature 

and all other relevant information. 

Recipes also many be submitted 

on the official entry form, which can 

be found on the Northarvest Bean 

Grower Association Web site at 

www.northarvestbean.org. 

Enter as often as you wish, but 

each entry must be a different 

recipe. Each entry must be created 

by only one individual. The deadline 

for entries is March 31. Winners will 

be announced in May. 

Entries should be mailed to 

“Chefs Say Bean Appetit!” Recipe 

Contest, c/o MS&L, 303 East 

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Recipes 

From 

Lynne 

Spice up new year with 

Spicy Pear Upside- 

Down Cake 

By Lynne Bigwood 

Northarvest Home Economist 

This recipe is based on a Gingerbread Cake recipe 

from Pampered Chef. That recipe uses a 15-ounce 

can of pumpkin, 1/3 cup 

molasses, 3 eggs, 2 tablespoons 

of their cinnamon spice blend and 

a german chocolate cake mix. 

The baking instructions use their 

stoneware pans, bundt or 9 x 13 

rectangular baker, in the 

microwave or conventional oven. 

I added the pears on the bottom. 

I found a recipe for 

Lynne Bigwood, 

Gingerbread Upside Down Cake 

many years ago in the Fannie 

Farmer cookbook. I make that cake in the fall when 

pears are in season, plentiful and cheap. This recipe 

looked like it would work with that concept. I didn’t like 

the chocolate flavor with the added spice, but my 

guests thought the cake was good. I prefer spice cake 

for the base. I did try a gingerbread mix , also. The 

gingerbread mix doesn’t require eggs and didn’t work 

as well as the standard cake mix. 

Quite a few bean growers have cookie and dessert 

recipes that use pureed beans. Kaylin Cherry at 

www.realfood4realpeople.com gives instructions for 

using pureed beans as a fat substitute in baked products 

in place of applesauce or other fruit replacement/ 

fat substitutes. She recommends using a 1 to 1 ratio: 

substitute exactly the same amount of bean puree for 

the solid fat the recipe requests. Kaylin suggests overcooking 

a pound of beans with a minimum of added 

water and no oil or salt, then freezing 1/2 cup portions 

of bean puree to use later. I substituted a can of 


pureed pinto beans instead of the pumpkin. 

The bean cake is very similar to the original 

Pampered Chef pumpkin cake. 

Fresh pears do need to be ripe; bartletts turn from 

green and hard to yellow and soft when they are ripe. 

Baking unripe pears doesn’t tenderize them; they are 

still hard when the cake is done. Use a vegetable 

peeler to peel fresh a pear, cut it in half and use the 

small end of a melon baller to remove the stem and 

seeds. The original Fanny Farmer recipe used 1/4 cup 

of melted butter and 1/3 cup of brown sugar stirred 

together and spread in the bottom of an 8 x 8 pan, a 

pear layer over that and scratch gingerbread batter on 

top. It makes a rich topping baked with the fruit and 

spicy gingerbread. (Actually, a variation of the traditional 

pineapple upside-down cake.) I cook by the cardiac-diet 

rules, so I just use brown sugar in the bottom 

and leave out the butter. It works well. 

Vanilla ice cream or whipped topping is a popular 

finishing touch. A Better Homes and Gardens recipe 

suggests topping their Ginger-Pear Cake with one 8ounce 

carton of low-fat vanilla yogurt combined with 1 

teaspoon of finely chopped crystallized ginger. A decorating 

tube filled with topping will make the 

garnish/topping look fancier than just a dollop. 

(Crystallized ginger is available in the spice section of 

Spicy Pear Upside-Down Cake 

12 - 15 servings 

Ingredients 

4 tablespoons brown sugar 

6 ripe pears peeled and cored 

or canned, drained pears 

1 15.5-ounce can pinto beans 

1/3 cup molasses 

3 eggs (or 3/4 cup egg substitute) 

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 

1 package (18.25-ounce) spice cake mix 

Vanilla ice cream or whipped topping or vanilla yogurt 

with 1 teaspoon finely chopped crystallized ginger 

Method: 

Brush large 9 x 13 inch pan with vegetable oil (or 

large bundt pan—use only 3 pears). 

Sprinkle brown sugar in bottom of baking pan. Slice 

each pear into 8 pieces and place in pan. 

Drain pinto beans, reserving liquid. Puree beans in 

processor, blender or mash with enough bean liquid to 

make a smooth, thick mixture. In a large mixing bowl, 

combine pureed beans, molasses and eggs. Add cinnamon, 

ginger and cake mix. Mix thoroughly. 

Pour cake batter over pears, smooth top to cover 

pears evenly. Bake 30 - 45 minutes at 350 degrees F., 

until a toothpick inserted down to the pears comes out 

clean, top of cake will be slightly moist. Let stand 10 minutes. 

Loosen edges and invert on a serving platter. 

Serve with topping, if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.

Busy season 

for bean promotion 

The Northarvest Bean Growers Association promoted 

beans at several food service and culinary shows this 

fall. They included the National Extension Association 

of Family and Consumer Sciences conference, the 

North Dakota and Minnesota Food Service 

Association conferences,and the American Culinary 

Jen Neiman, of Manning Selevage and Lee (Northarvest’s public 

relation’s firm), works the exhibit booth at the American Culinary 

Federation Show held in Nashville, Tenn. 

Three Opryland Hotel School students created the Northarvest 

dishes exhibited and sampled at the American Culinary 

Federation Show in Nashville, Tenn. 

Lynne Bigwood, Northarvest Home Economist, works the 

Northarvest exhibit at the North Dakota Food Service Association 

conference. in Bismarck, N.D. 

Lynne Bigwood, Northarvest Home Economist, offers beans 

samples at the Minnesota School Food Service Association conference 

in St. Cloud, Minn. 

Thank you 

Just a quick note to thank you for the opportunity 

to attend the conference in Baltimore with Lynne 

Bigwood. I “push beans” almost every day that I am 

in my office, but seldom with the overwhelming positive 

response that we received by the extension 

people from all over the country who came to the 

National Extension Association of Family and 

Consumer Sciences conference. It was rewarding 

to visit with professional who were so enthusiastic 

about BEANS! 

Your lesson plans appear to be very complete 

and user friendly. As was deomonstrated by the 

number of people who received one last year and 

came back to tell us how they used it, the lesson 

plans apparently can be applied to many educational 

settings. 

Keep up the good work! If you need a partner 

again, keep me in mind. 

Margi Janke, L.R.D. 


A word to the 

wise about stor- 

ing beans 

By Kenneth Hellevang 

NDSU extension engineer 

Beans should be cleaned prior to 

storage to prevent dirt from discoloring 

the beans during handling. 

Also, there may be pockets of material 

in the bin that are wet or restrict 

airflow if the beans are not cleaned 

prior to being put into storage. 

Beans should be handled gently. 

This usually means using belts for 

conveying and bean ladders to limit 

damage as the beans go into the 

storage. Augers may be acceptable 

if they are operated at slow speed 

and the auger tube is kept full. 

Beans at drier moisture contents 

are much more susceptible to handling 

damage. Therefore, harvest 

and handle beans at 

moisture contents above 

14% if possible. Also, 

beans at very cold temperatures 

are more susceptible 

to handling 

damage. 

Pinto beans exposed 

to light will darken dramatically 

within weeks. Therefore, limit exposure 

to light in storage. 

Beans stored at warmer temperatures 

will dramatically darken in 

storage. Based on one year’s 

research, beans stored at 80 

degrees F were much darker than 

beans stored 

at 40 degrees 

F. Beans at 

18% moisture 

stored at 40 

degrees F 

were lighter, 

had better 

color quality, 

than the 14% 

moisture 

beans stored 

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Cool beans 

in storage to 40 

degrees F or less to 

maintain color and 

cooking 

quality. 

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from March April 2000, page 29 

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the chart, and table 

at 80 degrees F. There was little 

color difference between beans at 

18% and 14% moisture stored at 40 

degrees F, but at 80 degrees F the 

beans stored at 18% moisture were 

darker than those at 14%. 

Bean color and storage temperature 

also appears to be related to 

cooking time. After four months of 

storage, beans that were stored at 

80 degrees F had cooking times 

that were about double that of 

beans stored at 40 degrees F. 

Longer cooking times are a negative 

bean characteristic. The beans 

that had the longer cooking times 

were the darker colored 

beans. 

Beans should be 

cooled in storage to 

40 degrees F or 

cooler to maintain 

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Anthracnose 

raises concerns 

about seed 

Presence of a potentially devastating 

disease in southern Manitoba 

means North Dakota dry bean 

growers need to be on the watch for 

it next summer and be cautious 

about where the seed they purchase 

was produced, according to 

a North Dakota State University, 

Fargo, plant pathologist. 

Anthracnose is not established 

in North Dakota or Minnesota, but it 

is present in southern Manitoba 

near the international border, says 

Art Lamey, NDSU Extension 

Service plant pathologist. 

Seed from infected areas 

The most important disease 

management procedure is to keep 

the anthracnose pathogen out by 

avoiding seed produced 

in infested 

areas, Lamey says. 

Bean growers 

should determine 

where the seed 

they purchase was 

grown and not purchase 

seed grown in an infected 

state or province, including 

Manitoba, Michigan and Ontario. 

Seed developed in an infected state 

or province is acceptable if it was 

grown under furrow irrigation in a 

western state such as Idaho, 

Wyoming, eastern Washington or 

eastern 

Oregon, he 

says. 

Convey-All tenders are available with hydraulic or gas 

engine drives. Belt-tube unloading makes Convey-all 

tenders ideal for delicate edible bean seed. Call us 

for all your edible bean handling and harvesting 

needs. 

Order 

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(701) 454-3875 / 3456 Fax 

Anthracnose 

can be blown from field 

to field in crop refuse and 

spreads within the field in 

splashing rain showers, 

as well as being carried 

on seed. 

Genetically resistant varieties 

and tested “pathogen free” seed are 

primary controls in areas where the 

disease is established. 

In the field, the most characteristic 

symptoms of anthracnose 

appear on the undersides of leaves, 

where small, angular brick red to 

purple-brown lesions develop. 

Older lesions become darker, 

extend to the upper leaf surface and 

proceed along veins. Pod lesions 

are sunken, circular, chocolate 

brown to black colored with a raised 

dark margin surrounded by a thin 

zone of reddish tissue. On the 

lesion surface, tan 

spores dry into 

dark granular 

masses. 

Anthracnose 

can be blown from 

field to field in crop 

refuse and spreads 

within the field in 

splashing rain 

showers, as well 

as being carried on 

Convey-All belt conveyors are available with PTO, electric, auxiliary 

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By Gary Lucer 

USDA agricultural economist 

U.S. dry edible bean production is 

estimated to be down signficiantly 

from a year ago. 

Although beginning to show 

some strength, aggregate dry bean 

prices remain low ($15.30 per cwt 

in October, down 11% from a year 

ago) because of fully stocked market 

pipelines and slow exports for a 

few key bean classes. 

USDA announced several sizeable 

purchase intentions for domestic 

canned and dry pack beans this 

Market analysis 

Full pipeline, slow exports 

affect prices despite supply 

cut 

fall, which 

should help 

improve 

market tone 

by reducing 

inventories 

built by last 

season’s 

strong yields, ample world supplies, 

and the sluggish export market this 

season. 

Despite extremely low prices, 

dry bean export volume was 14% 

below a year ago through the first 8 

months of 2000. 

Adequate world supplies 

and the strong 

U.S. dollar have offset 

the advantage of low 

market prices, keeping 

export volume down 

for navy beans (down 

56%) and pinto beans 

(down 29%) beans— 


the two largest classes. However, 

the lack of movement in these two 

large classes masked much 

stronger volumes for most other 

bean classes. 

Exports increased from the low 

levels of a year ago for black, Great 

Northern, baby lima, small red, 

blackeye, and pink beans. U.S. 

exports (commercial and food aid) 

increased to Mexico, Japan, 

Angola, and Haiti but declined to 

the United Kingdom, Canada, 

Honduras, and Nicaragua. 

Domestic dry bean 

consumption is forecast 

to reach a record 2.2 billion 

pounds in 2000 - up 

2% from 1999. 

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1 Speedy cutter 6/30” 

1 Heath cutter 8/30” 

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Bean heads 

Sund pickups 

Slow down kit for JD 7700-20

Reduced volume to Central 

American nations such as 

Honduras was a reflection of the 

recovery from Hurricane damage 

two years ago, bringing lower food 

aid needs. 

Because of the strong U.S. dollar, 

competition from Canada, and 

reduced navy bean import demand, 

export sales to the United Kingdom 

were down by two-thirds to just 35 

million pounds.With average 

grower prices for dry beans very 

low for most of the past marketing 

year, retail prices for dry bagged 

beans also fell, declining 2% from a 

year earlier during the first 9 months 

of 2000. However, the U.S. dry 

bean grower-retail price margin 

declined during the year, with the 

grower price averaging just 23% of 

retail value during the first three 

quarters — down from 26% in 

1999. 

However, an expected gain in 

grower prices during the fourth 

quarter with expectations for further 

modest increases in the year ahead 

should help growers regain some of 

this lost share of retail value. 

Domestic dry bean consumption 

is forecast to reach a record 2.2 billion 

pounds in 2000 — up about 2% 

from 1999. Forecasts for 2001 suggest 

domestic use may decline as 

supply is cut back and prices begin 

to move higher. On a per-person 

basis, dry bean use jumped about 

8% in 1999 to 7.9 pounds due to 

strong supplies and very low prices. 

In 2000, most dry bean prices 

remained low and relatively stable, 

which encouraged the domestic 

market to absorb more dry beans 

and allowed per capita use to rise 

to 8.0 pounds. 

Pinto Production Down; 

Price Improving Slightly 

Pinto bean production in 2000 is 

down slightly for the second consecutive 

year following 1998’s nearrecord 

high and should be a better 

match for the existing domestic and 

Market analysis 

export demand. 

Calendar year 2000 domestic 

use is likely to be around 975 million 

pounds and exports will use an 

estimated 150 million pounds. 

Grower prices (MN/ND) began 

the marketing year in September at 

$11.50 per cwt and had moved to 

$12.00 by mid-November. Although 

moving higher, these were the lowest 

monthly averages since 1991. 

Pinto bean exports have been 

weak this year, with volume during 

the first nine months of the year 

down 18% from a year earlier. 

Reduced movement to Mexico 

(down 24%), the Dominican 

Republic, Haiti, and a few sales to 

Nicaragua outweighed increased 

movement to Angola (up 99%) and 

Russia. 

Exports are excpected to 

account for about 9% of supplies, 

down from 10% in 1999 and 12% 

during the 1990s. The recent low 

was in 1992 when just 7% percent 

of supplies were exported. -- 

Source: November 2000 USDA 

ND State Seed 

ad 

pickup from 

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Pick the winners 

Two tips can help you identify the 

best new varieties for your farm 

Interested in growing a new 

variety? How do you know 

which variety will likely yield 

more? Michael Peel, North 

Dakota State University extension 

agronomist, offers these 

tips: 

1Look at multiple sites and 

multipe years. Moisture, temperature, 

solar radiation, pest 

pressure and soil conditions, to 

name a few, are never the same 

from year to year, even at the 

same location. A variety that performs 

very well at a single location 

in one year may look appealing. 

Before choosing such a variety 

look at its performance at other 

locations. If it performs well at 

other locations it is likely a good 


choice. 

However, if 

its performance 

is 

poor at 

other locations 

it is 

likely a poor choice. 

Variety trials summarized over 

multiple locations and years provide 

the most reliable way to differentiate 

among varieties. The 

top performing variety from this 

type of summary is the best 

adapted. On average it has performed 

better under a range of 

environmental conditions. Single 

year single location data provides 

the least reliable comparisons 

among varieties. 

When looking at data from any 

source, only numbers within the 

same year should be compared. 

In 1999 and 2000, there were 

many new varieties of all types of 

crops released that look very 

promising. It also the case that 

many of the varieties released 

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have had very little testing. If you 

can’t verify the relative performance 

of a variety with multiple 

locations and years worth of data, 

making a major change to a new 

variety is a gamble. 

2Pest resistance, marketing 

factors, yield and other agronomic 

characteristics should not 

be dealt with in the same manner. 

Pest resistance does not vary 

across environments, however the 

level of a pest will vary with location. 

When a particular pest is a 

problem in your area you should 

give it due consideration, using 

the variety description tables to 

differentiate for resistance 

between varieties. 

You will note in North Dakota 

variety description tables that several 

newer varieties are not rated 

for some disease. Too little information 

is currently available to 

rate them. This lack of information 

should be viewed as a precautionary 

statement.

USDA Crop Report 


Ontario navy growers 

face 

poor market 

Onatrio white bean growers are 

facing a bleak market and low 

prices for their crops after a 

bumper year in 1999. 

“That was a perfect year. 

Farming went gangbusters,” says 

Tino Breuer, general manager of 

the Ontario White Bean Producers 

Marketing Board. 

Production in North America’s 

prime white bean growing areas of 

Michigan, Minnesota dn North 

Dakota in the United States and 

Ontario and Manitoba in Canada 

hit nearly 10.2 million bags in 1999. 

That was almost double the number 

of 45-kilogram (100 pounds) 

bags harvested the year before 

and more than 25% greater than in 

2000. 

With worldwide demand flat at 

USDA Crop Report 

Dry edible beans: Production by Class 

Class Production 

1998 1999 2000 

Navy 3,887 7,294 4,771 

Great Northern 2,173 2,469 2,448 

Pinto 14,511 10,839 10,646 

Light red kidney 1,134 1,375 1,324 

Dark red kidney 842 1,040 1,002 

Pink 919 815 321 

Cranberry 382 577 450 

Black 3,564 3,371 1,341 

7 million bags annually for several 

decades, that left more than 3 million 

bags to carry over this year and 

in 2001. Barring a weather disaster 

for some of the bean producing 

regions, the only answer is to slash 

production, Breur says. 

St. Mary, Ontario-area cash crop 

farmer John Poel says he is scaling 

back to the extreme. Poel says he 

doesn’t plan to grow dry beans in 

2001. He says unless he gets the 

chance to double crop, it will be the 

first time the 33-year-old can 

remember there not being a white 

bean crop on the family farm in his 

For complete dealers list, contact Idaho Bean Commission: 

PO Box 2556, Boise, Idaho, 83701 Ph: 208-334-3520. Website: www.state.id.us/bean 


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