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About Us

The Nebraska Dry Bean Commission consists of nine members:  four grower representatives and three processor representatives appointed by the Governor and two additional grower representatives appointed by the commission.  Commissioners all serve three-year terms.

The Commission is funded by a fee assessed on dry edible beans grown in Nebraska and sold through commercial channels. Effective with the 2004 crop year harvest, the assessment rate shall be 10 cents per hundredweight upon all dry beans grown in the state and sold through commercial channels. The assessment shall be 6.67 cents per hundredweight for grower and 3.33 cents per hundredweight for processors. The assessment rate shall be 7.5 cents per hundredweight for harvested dry beans as of July 1, 1994.  Two-thirds of this is paid by the grower; one-third of this fee is paid by the “first purchaser” or processor of the crop.

Fee collections, field audits of first purchasers, and various other accounting functions are performed by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, under contract with the Commission.

 

Meet the Members

Growers

District I

David Howell,  Morrill

(308) 247-3457

District II

Rodney Loose, Mitchell

(308) 623-2002

District III

Jack Revelle, Harrisburg

(308) 436-4275

District IV

Kenneth Rhoades,
Big Springs

(308) 287-2297

At Large District I & II

Mark Watson,
Alliance

(308) 760-5259

At Large District III & IV

Dave Brown, Champion

(308) 882-3992

Processors

Donald Orr

State Line Bean Producers

Bridgeport

(308) 772-4381 cell or (308) 778-6926

Charles Witmer

Kelley Bean Company

Scottsbluff

(308) 635-2338

Dale Eirich

Trinidad/Benham

Bayard

(308) 586-1010

Ex Officio

Linda Boechkner, Interim Director

Panhandle Research & Extension Center

Scottsbluff

(308) 632-1254

Office

Lynn Reuter

(308) 632-1258

 

Nebraska Dry Bean Commission · 4502 Avenue I · Scottsbluff, NE 69361
308-632-1258 phone · 308-632-1371 fax · office@nebraskadrybean.com

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