Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center
Michigan Dry Bean Information
Videos
The latest BeanCAP video discussing the impact of plant breeding is now up. The topic is the conversion of common bean from type III to type II growth habit. It is was filmed in HD and is best viewed by maximizing your screen. Click Here to watch video (8:16 min).
Picture Tours
Picture Tour of Bean Growth Stages
Picture Tour of Bean Harvest Operations
Picture Tour of Diseases in Dry Beans
Picture Tour of Herbicide Injury In Dry Beans
Picture Tour of Insects in Dry Beans
Variety Trials
PRAB Dry Bean Variety Trials
Production Information
- 2012 Dry Bean Research Report
- 2011 Dry Bean Research Report
- 2010 Dry Bean Research Report
- 2011 Recommended Planting Cut Off Dates
- 2011 Dry Bean Variety Canning Trials
- Canning Information
- Dry Bean Variety Characteristics
- 2009 Dry Bean Variety Ratings in Huron and Tuscola Counties (34 KB, PDF)
- Dry Bean Seeding Rates (18 KB, PDF)
- Recorded Frost Dates at Saginaw Valley Farm (17 KB, PDF)
- Preharvest Treatment Options for Dry Edible Beans (155 KB, PDF)
- 2008 Dry Bean Variety Characteristics (61 KB, PDF)
- 2007 Dry Bean Variety Characteristics (16 KB, PDF)
- 2006 Dry Bean Variety Characteristics (126 KB, PDF)
- 1999 Cranberry and Beluga
- 1999 White Mold Ratings in Huron County
- 2000 MICHIGAN DRY BEAN TRIALS
- Michigan Dry Bean Crop Protection Products
- Michigan Benlate-Topsin-M Trials in 1980's & 1990's
- Planting Recommendations for Dry Edible Beans
- What Michigan Growers are doing to Achieve 30 cwt. per acre
One Hundred Years of Bean Breeding at Michigan State University: A Chronology