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 Bean Day 2012
 
Please join us at the Gering Civic Center for Bean Day 2012.  We are excited about the change in venue and we hope you are looking forward to the day as much as we are.  The Gering Civic Center has been a wonderful addition to our city and we are anticipating a comfortable, interesting, and entertaining event. 
 
Our guest speakers are particularly outstanding this year and we know you will find their presentations to be very worthwhile.
 
We look forward to seeing you on January 10th!
 
 
GERING CIVIC CENTER
1050 M STREET 
GERING, NEBRASKA   

 2012 BEAN DAY

 

9:00     Registration

            Coffee, rolls, and donuts

 

9:30     Welcome

                 Jeff Nichols, NDGBA President and Linda Boeckner, Director UN PREC

 

9:45     Panhandle Research and Extension Center

                 Jim Schild, Extension Educator: "Dry Bean Varities and Irrigation".

                 Gary Hergert, Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist: "Fertilizer Update and Iron Chlorosis     

                 Research".

                 Bob Wilson, Weed Management Specialist: "The Importance of Dry Beans in Cropping Systems

                 Weed Management".

 

10:15    NDBGA

                  Annual meeting and elections

 

10:30    Nebraska Dry Bean Commission

                  25th Anniversary

 

10:45    United States Department of Agriculture

                  John Berge, Executive Director of the National Food and Agriculture Council in the Office

                  of the Secretary at USDA: "A Message from the Secretary" including budget, farm bill,

                  and trade.

 

11:15    21st Century Water Technology

                  Tim Wolfe, Irrigation Department Manager: "Irrigation Technology Update".

 

11:30    Break and Door Prizes

 

12:00    Lunch

 

12:45    U.S. Dry Bean Council

                   Jeanne Wharton, Executive Director: "US Beans in the International Scene."

                   Report on USDBC activities.

 

1:15      Panhandle Research and Extension Center

                  Jeff Bradshaw, Entomolory Specialist: "Good Bug, Bad Bug: Alternative Management Tactics 

                  for Pests in Dry Beans".

                  Carlos Urrea, Dry Edible Bean Breeder Specialist: "Varietal Development". 

 

1:35      Platte Valley Bank

                  Paul Bergener, Ag Lender: "Markets and Costs: Where are we Headed"?

 

1:55      Legislative Update

 

2:15      Nebraska Water Balance Alliance

                  Lorre McKeone, Education and Fundraising Coordinator: "A Watershed Moment for Nebraska".

                 

3:00      Grand Prize Drawing