Friday, May 8, 2020

BISMARCK – North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has been appointed trustee in the C&F Foods Inc. d/b/a Turtle River Bean Company of Manvel, ND grain insolvency proceedings.

The Commissioner is offering for sale: red kidney beans, small red beans, small red splits, small red re-mill beans, black beans, organic black beans, organic black bean splits, pinto beans, pinto re-mill beans, feed beans and mixed beans at Manvel, North Dakota.

The commodities offered are represented by a inventory sheet available at https://www.nd.gov/ndda/bid. Disclaimer: Grades are based on probed sample; actual grades may differ.

Ag inspectors from the licensing division of the North Dakota Department of Agriculture of Bismarck, ND, sampled the grain and Northern Plains Grain Inspection of Grand Forks, ND, graded the samples. The totes and boxes probed from the top to the bottom and are representative of each lot identified on the sample summary.  

Electronic or written bids will be considered. Bids are to be based freight on board (FOB) from Manville, ND. Some black beans are identified at Oslo, MN. All commodities will be sold by lot and as is. Base bid price on estimated lot size, weight and grade.

Bid deadline is Friday, May 15, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. and may be emailed to Shaun Quissell, Director of Grain & Livestock Licensing at squissell@nd.gov or mailed to:

 

Shaun Quissell

Director, Grain and Livestock Licensing Division

North Dakota Department of Agriculture

600 E Boulevard Ave. Dept. 602

Bismarck, ND 58505-0200

 

Successful bidders will receive a confirmation with required prepayment terms and estimated sale price. Wiring instructions to pay funds to the Agriculture Commissioner’s BND Trust Fund Account will be supplied with the confirmation. Buyer will remit any additional amount owed via wire transfer to the Agriculture Commissioner’s BND Trust Fund Account and the Commissioner will refund any overpayment if the prepayment exceeded the final settlement amount after weighing.

Samples may be viewed on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, and Wednesday, May 13, 2020, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. each day at:

Turtle River Bean Company

502 3rd St.

Manvel, ND 58256

This announcement and related documents are available at https://www.nd.gov/ndda/bid.