The North Dakota and Minnesota 2021 dry edible bean harvest is nearly in the books, and, as expected, yields are all over the board. Eighty-three percent of North Dakota’s edible beans were harvested ...

Turns out beans really are good for your heart.

BISMARCK - North Dakota State University researchers are making progress on a naturally occurring slow-darkening gene in pinto beans, according to an edible bean organization leader. North Dakota ...

BUXTON, N.D. - Gary Fuglesten sometimes has a hard time explaining to the public what he does. "People usually have heard of soybeans. Not pintos," he said. But the general manager of Central Valley ...

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 breeder ...

Pinto beans are tan-colored, oval-shaped beans with specks of reddish-brown. Metaphorically, each pinto bean resembles a painting, and in Spanish "pinto" means painted. Pinto beans are a staple in ...