Juan Osorno, a North Dakota State University plant breeder, introduced new dark red kidney and pinto bean varieties in January 2023 Juan Osorno, a North Dakota State University dry edible bean ...

In 2023, the June acreage report put North Dakota's dry edible bean planting at 540,000 acres, which was down slightly from 2022. Bags of recently harvested, cleaned and packaged pinto beans were ...

Though pinto beans' importance may not be recognized widely, the crop quietly has become a star in the farm economy of eastern North Dakota and ... plus for the Buxton plant: Its products are ...

Dylan and Jim Karley, grow, process and sell black and pinto beans. This photo was taken Aug. 22, 2022, in a field near Johnstown, North Dakota. His son continues those business relationships and ...