Maser Farm Inc.



I have had the opportunity to take pictures of the Maser's bean field right next to my house.  This is a replanted field due to the weather conditions that we had early on in the Spring.  It has been so much fun watching it grow.  The above pictures are from July 14th, 2011 and just this morning, July 26, 2011, I caught them being watered by the pivot.

 

University of Nebraska Expo 2011

Good morning!  I just wanted to let you all know that the UNL Research Station will have an Expo tonight from 5-8 p.m.  There will be displays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and research plot tours at 5:15 p.m. and 5:35 p.m. each lasting 1 hour.  There will be arboretum/horticulture walking tours at 5:30 p.m and 7 p.m. and a BBQ provided by the Scottsbluff-Gering United Chamber of Commerce Ag Committee.  Come join!  http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/ianrnews/416/2786

Dry Bean Convention 2011

This week John and Courtney are in Hilton Head, South Carolina representing Stateline Bean Producers Cooperative  at the United States Dry Bean Convention.  Check it out:  http://usdbc.com/14201/index.html.

~Friday~

I hope everyone has a great weekend!  It looks like we are going to have some nice weather.  I hope first irrigation goes well for everyone!

Blight in the Area

Be on the lookout for blight.  Dave has been seeing quite a bit lately from all the hail and wind damage that has been done.  The conditions are favorable for this disease to set it.  Please feel free to give us a call with questions or if you would like us to take a look at your fields.   (308) 436.2186

Oh Sunny Day....

Well, it appears that we did reach the high of 100 degrees today! Beautiful sun shinny day! Not a cloud in the sky. As for me, I headed out to Bayard today to chat with growers! What a great job! I met with one new grower and one of our members who showed me around. We spent some time talking about his beans and identifying cockle burs. These were great examples since they had been sprayed, the were beginning to die. Some of them were rather large and he said that they are pretty resilient and might just keep on growing. He had some burn on his field from spray since the last quarter of the field was sprayed when it was raining. It should be alright though.

After visiting for a while, I headed back to the office to check in and then went over to the University. I went to see how the experiments were doing in the greenhouse that were inoculated on Friday, July 1st, 2011. It was crazy to me how much they had grown. Now, you have to remember that I have been looking at beans out in the field and these beans are being grown in a greenhouse under special lights and with individual irrigation systems. It was amazing to me how much they had grown! It was like a jungle. Stay tuned to see pictures of the inoculated research beans tomorrow.

My Experiences So Far

On Monday June 6^th, 2011 I went out to help put in my first dry edible bean test plot.  We worked with Carlos, John, and Fred from the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research Station at Flats Farms.  Their farm is up in the Hay Springs area.  It was a great first experience because we had a really nice day and nice people to work with.  Currently, we are testing 10 different pinto varieties in 4 different replications. 

Jay was driving the tractor with a 12 row planter, running around 6.6 m.p.h.  We would load Jay’s planter up with seed and he would go out and plant 4 replications using his GPS.  When he got back to the pickup and trailer, we would carefully vacuum out each and every seed box to be sure that we did not mix the seeds, for more accurate results.  While a couple of us were doing this, the others were opening up the seed bags and spreading them evenly over all the boxes.  With the good weather and teamwork, we were finished in around 4 ½ hours.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Kinsey Park.  I started here at Stateline on June 1st, 2011 and I would like to take a few moments to introduce myself.  I grew up in central Illinois and my family farms along the Mississippi River.  I graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana in 2008 with a degree in Animal Science, Pre-Vet and a minor in Chemistry.  Upon graduation, I achieved my dream of acceptance into the vet school large animal medicine program; however, at that point, I decided to follow my other dream of heading out to the Wild West.  I then pursued a Masters of Agriculture at Colorado State University in Integrated Resource Management.  (Logos from:  www.uofiwiki.org and   www.collegefabricstore.com)

I have a passion for production agriculture.  Since graduation, I have worked on a couple different cattle/horse ranches.  Although I really enjoy that work, I have found this job to be a great combination of production agriculture and working with people.  It is my goal to make a difference each day.

School brought me out to the west and I am really happy to be here.  It is really different country for raising crops and livestock compared to what I am used to.  I enjoy learning something new every day and I am very thankful for the opportunity to serve this community through the service that Stateline provides to our growers.  I look forward to meeting each of you and getting to chat personally about your farming operation and how Stateline can play a part in your success.

P.S.  I am also up for a ride in the tractor someday too!

In the Beginning....

WELCOME to Stateline Bean's new blog.  We decided to start blogging so that our growers and end users can have a chance to see deeper into what we are trying to achieve here at Stateline.  We feel that we have a lot to offer here at Stateline and would love the opportunity to share our story with as many people as we can!