 The president's budget proposal eliminates public media funding. Learn how you can help at lptv.org slash action. A new study at Central Lakes College Staples campus on edible bean production now has the green light thanks to a grant from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. The $36,000 specialty crop block grant will help fund a study to explore increasing efficiency in edible bean production. The study is a quote two-fold experience that determines the effect of varying furrow applications as well as varying top dress application of fertilizers and its effect on yield. So it focuses on inferrow applications so that is a furrow fertilizer treatment that goes right on top or it can be fungicides you include right in with your seed when you plant it and then as the beans come up we also wanted to look at different top dress applications of fertilizer so there's zero 30 and 60 units all of different nitrogen applications. The study will begin this summer and last about two years. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.