The 2025 Nebraska Dry Bean Day will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at the Gering Civic Center in Gering, Nebraska. It will feature the Nebraska Dry Bean Growers Association’s (NDBGA) annual meeting and updates on bean-related research in Nebraska.
Registration and an opportunity to visit vendor booths begin at noon. The program begins at 1 p.m. with welcomes from Trevor Schneider, NDBGA president, and Chris Kelley, Nebraska Dry Bean Commission. The NDBGA annual meeting and voting will be held at 1:10 p.m. Danny Raulerson, U.S. Dry Bean Council executive director, will have a presentation to highlight the USDBC’s new direction in representing the U.S. dry bean industry.
The meeting on Feb. 4 will be held. To register or for more information, email the NDBGA.
Bean Day Agenda
- Noon to 1 p.m. — Registration and vendor booth visits. Receive a raffle ticket for each can of beans or other food item donated that will be given to local food pantries. This year, food donations will benefit the Mitchell-Morrill-Lyman Food Pantry
- 1 p.m. — Welcome: Trevor Schneider, Nebraska Dry Bean Growers Association president, and Chris Kelley, Nebraska Dry Bean Commission
- 1:10 p.m. — Annual meeting, and voting and scholarship announcements
- 1:20 p.m. — Courtney Schuler, U.S. Dry Bean Council executive president
- 1:25 p.m. — Danny Raulerson, U.S. Dry Bean Council executive director, “New Direction the USDBC is Taking for Representing the U.S. Dry Bean Industry”
- 2:05 p.m. — Dr. Henry Thompson, Ph.D., Colorado State University, leader in bean and cancer research, “Update on Developing New Markets for Dry Bean”
- 2:50 p.m. — Break and vendor visits
- 3:20 p.m. — Raffle drawing (a set of Commodity Classic tickets with a gas card — must be present to win)
- 3:25 p.m. — Dr. John Westra, UNL Panhandle Research, Extension and Educator Center director, and university research presentations/discussion
- 4:55 p.m. — Final raffle drawing (a set of Commodity Classic tickets w/motel accommodations — must be present to win — and 2025 RMBDA registration tickets to annual meeting)
- 5 p.m. — Hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, vendor visits, social hour
