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.
| District I | Steven Benzel, Alliance | (308) 762-8852 |
| District II | Wes Ullrich, Mitchell | (308) 641-2772 |
| District III | Craig Henkel, Bayard | (308) 631-5221 |
| District IV | Cindi Allen, Ogallala | (308) 284-4980 |
| At Large District I & II | Rodney Loose, Mitchell | (308) 623-2002 |
| At Large District III & IV | Vacant |
Processors
State Line Bean Producers, Donald Orr, Bridgeport, (308) 772-4381 cell or (308) 778-6926
Kelley Bean Company, Charles Witmer, Scottsbluff, (308) 635-2338
New Alliance Bean, Nolan Berry, Alliance, (308) 436-5849
Ex Officio
| Linda Boeckner, Director, Panhandle Research & Extension Center, Scottsbluff | (308) 632-1254 |
Office
| Lynn Reuter | (308) 632-1258 |