The 2025 Nebraska Dry Bean Day will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4. It will feature the Nebraska Dry Bean Growers Association’s 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 on the “New direction the USDBC is taking for representing the U.S. dry bean industry.”

The meeting on Feb. 4 will be held at the Gering Civic Center in Gering. To register or for more information, email nebeangrower@allophone.com.

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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

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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. – Henry Thompson, PhD, 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. – John Westra, UNL PREC director, and University Research Presentations/Discussion 

4:55 p.m. – Final Raffle Drawing (A set of Commodity Classic Tickets with motel accommodations, must be present to win) plus (2025 RMBDA Registration Tickets to Annual Meeting) 

5 p.m. – Hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, vendor visits, social hour