Travels

Landscape South of Gering

Landscape by Bridgeport

Beans

The Guys moving totes to the North Warehouse.

Beautiful Day in Western Nebraska

Action Shot of Movin' Beans

Fun at work!  The Guys were making me laugh!  :)

~Weekend~

What a wonderful weekend!  I hope everyone was able to spend time with family and friends.  I just have to share a couple of pictures with you that pretty much wrap up my weekend!  These friendly fellows reminded me how much I want to strive to 'live simply.'  They were so happy just grazing the meadow with the beautiful majestic mountains in the background, not a care in the world. Occasionally, they would come up to the barn to visit with us and see what was going on.  They were very settled and content.

R & R

I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL day with family yesterday and a great RELAXING weekend to follow!  Take a backseat and just rest and ENJOY!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'd like to thank our growers, staff, truck drivers, and everyone else who helped make it a great and successful harvest!  Have a great Thanksgiving!

Many Hands

Many Hands Make Light Work!

I just love these pictures!  Thank you for all

of your help guys!  I am so thankful to work

with such a great staff!

Movin' Beans

Oh BEAUTIFUL day in November!  Over 50 degrees  almost on Thanksgiving!

Today, we are starting to move our Great Northern beans from our facility in Gering over to our Bridgeport facility.

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Did anyone get corn all finished up?  I sure hope so.  With the little bit of snow we had on Saturday, it feels more like Christmas than Thanksgiving.  It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is already coming...this Thursday!  Time goes by so fast!  I have been working at Stateline for almost six months now.  I came in during seed, got to go through the growing season and then harvest.  Now, with our Annual Meeting behind us, we are on to our next season.  We will begin small grower meetings as winter progresses. I really look forward to holding these meetings for our current growers as well as potential members.  If you all have any ideas for topics, please let us know.  Don't forget about our seed booking days December 14th and 15th.

I just want to take a quick moment to thank our growers and staff for welcoming me onto the crew.  I have enjoyed getting to know everyone this summer and fall.  Thank you for your patience, as well, as I was learning the truck dispatcher stuff.  With harvest all wrapped up, I can look back and realize how much I have learned since I began just six months ago.

Congratulations!

There were three nominees for the "JOE FRANKS AWARD." This year it was awarded to Mr. Larry Birdsall (pictured above) for his dedication and excellence in leadership for the bean industry.

Another congratulations goes out to our growers who won our "CLEAN BEAN AWARD!" This award is calculated by adding the F.M. and dirt on the total tare per load.

Pintos

1st Place – Don Rein Farms
2nd Place – M Gompert Farms
3rd Place – Tie - Rein Family Ag & Jeremy Rein

Great Northerns

1st Place – Groskopf Farms
2nd Place – Kerry Birdsall
3rd Place – Mickey Ryan

Congratulations everyone!

Annual Meeting Tonight

Getting ready for our meeting tonight.  I am really looking forward to meeting everyone's other half!

**Snow**

I just love those mornings when I wake up and open the curtains to a fresh snow covering ground and beautiful flakes gently falling.  It was a TOTAL surprise this morning!  When I checked the weather last night, I didn't even see any snow in the forecast.  It sure did feel like snow last night though...the humidity seemed to kick up after dark.  Anyway, I was super excited this morning!

Congratulations

We would like to congratulate Carlos Urrea for his service and dedication to the dry bean industry.  Thank you for all of your hard work!  We really enjoy working with you and your team.

http://kneb.com/news/agricultural/index.php?more=pt4r8hh3

Annual Meeting

* Just a reminder that our Annual Meeting is this Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m. at the Gering Civic Center.  Please R.S.V.P. at (308) 436.2186 so that we can get you down.  I look forward to seeing everyone! *  

It was an absolutely beautiful weekend!  Hopefully alot of corn came out!  Today, it is extremely windy, but around 60 degrees and sun shinning!

Go Huskers!

 B & N Johnson's Truck

~Thank You~

Our little town is honoring our veterans.

Thank you to our friends, family, and strangers that we may never get to meet, your dedication and love for this country is amazing!  Thank you for serving!

"Salute the ones who died,

The ones that give their lives

So we don't have to sacrifice

All the things we love..."

~Zac Brown Band~

Beauty All Around

Courtney caught this beautiful sunrise over Scottsbluff
the other morning.

In the News...

Proud to be a part of Stateline:  Back in September, Stateline got to participate in donating beans along with other community businesses and people to help the local food pantry.  What an awesome feeling to be a part of that!  To read more follow this link:  

http://www.starherald.com/articles/2011/09/04/news/doc4e62f199e07cc343463326.txt

Our grower-owner cooperative was recognized by the U.S.D.A. during Cooperative Month.  http://www.nebraskaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=845&yr=2011

http://www.thebusinessfarmer.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=1464&page=76

Dave and several of our grower-members were highlighted on the UNL CropWatch website regarding the new Great Northern variety, Coyne:  http://cropwatch.unl.edu/drybeans

Coyne Tour in September

Randy Mattson, Treasure Valley Seed with
Carlos Urrea, Dry Bean Breeder from UNL

Dave Dietrich, Stateline field specialist
with Kerry Birdsall, grower-owner at Stateline

Coyne Tour

*Frosty Morning*

Good Morning.  We have a bit of a winter wonderland...everything is covered in a thin layer of frost.  The fog was really heavy early this morning and it is supposed to lift mid-morning.

November Weekends

I headed down to Colorado on Friday night for a Half Marathon in Loveland and the weather was beautiful!  Then, we ended up going up to Estes Park where it was snowing very gently.  It was really pretty coming down in the mountains!  

Sunday morning, I was so excited because one of our growers down South was going to take Heath and I hunting for pheasants.  When I woke up on Sunday morning, it was very windy.  After a quick text to Heath, he said it shouldn't affect our hunting.  After church, we headed down there.  We actually caught up with our growers, Gary and his sons,  moving their corn equipment on Highway 71 to their neighbors field to help them finish up.  We had alot of fun...we got to hunt and then I got to ride in a GREEN combine!  It was really fun!  I was so happy that I got to go and visit with them while they were combining corn!

~Saturday~

~Have a great weekend!  From all of us at Stateline Bean~

Friday!

I was put on a mission today to head to Bridgeport and then down to Dalton for some errands.  Wow, I know that Bridgeport is 30 miles from here, but I forgot how pretty that drive is!  All the little towns and Chimney Rock and then the train as you are welcomed into Bridgeport.  It was fun visiting with the staff at our Bridgeport facility today as I have only met them a couple of times and only been to our facility once before.  I talk to them all of the time on the phone, via email, and instant message, so it was good to see them in person again!

Chilly Morning

It sure is a chilly morning....earlier steam was rolling off the beet piles and the river which created a beautiful scene this morning.  I captured the Monument pictures right there close to the Y.  I even got to see a little flock of geese congregated for a morning swim.  :)

First Snowfall!

It started snowing around 7 pm last night!

Calm Before the Storm

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween last night!  There sure were lots of kids in great costumes around here!  The weather was perfect with a slight breeze and 60 degrees.

This morning it is still pretty nice, but they have been telling us on the radio that we are under a "winter storm warning" which will be in effect until Wednesday morning.  Here are some pictures that caught my eye this morning as the railroad was dropping off cars next door.  It is pretty cool with the sun on the cars with the dark clouds in the background.