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I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all the growers who stopped by our Seedex booth at the Sugar Beet Institute in Grand Forks on March 14 and 15. Our “Battlefield” booth won the Exhibitor’s First Place Award thanks, in part, to growers like you. We appreciated your feedback on picking the [...]

By U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) Published in Farm & Ranch Guide website, on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 In communities across our nation, no tradition runs deeper from generation to generation than that of working on a family farm. By working alongside their parents, grandparents and neighbors, young people learn important life skills and values – [...]

The question is asked. Where is winter? Would it not be correct to say winter is here, where is the snow? OR, maybe we should ask where is my beet seed. Many are predicting an early spring and want their seed in the shed on their farm. The latest update from our production staff is [...]

Harvest is complete and the results are in.  Hopefully you planted some Seedex. Overall, Seedex varieties did quite well despite the conditions – late spring planting, above average rainfall and above average disease pressure. In fact, Seedex varieties outperformed competitors by an average of 1.8 ton and.61% sugar in our farm testimonials. That’s not a bad [...]

Preharvest has started and the early reports are 20 ton with 16-17 percent sugar. Considering the late spring planting, this is a nice surprise. There are stories up and down the Valley of fields yielding less and some are being destroyed. The take home message is to make sure you visit with your Seedex dealer [...]

by Klodette Stroh WIFE National Sugar Chairperson Published September 9, 2011 Farm & Ranch Guide Page 13  To the editor: Agriculture has deep roots in America’s history. To insure America’s freedom is to study our past history. This country learned a good lesson years ago. Sugar history shows us that after 40 years, in 1974 [...]

Who Upset Mother Nature?! I have forgotten how long we have been in the current wet cycle. I will never forget my grandpa’s words of wisdom on the farm. He would prefer a dry year over a wet year any time. With excessive amounts of rain comes our share of disease. Scouting fields the last [...]

Rhizoctonia is one of the nastiest sugarbeet diseases. It’s difficult to detect and often goes unnoticed until late in the season. This Seedex Disease Spotlight will give you a quick understanding of how the disease works, what to look for and what you can do to protect yourself. Cause: Rhizoctonia is caused by a microscopic [...]

by Stephen J. Lee Originally published in Agweek on 4/4/11. American Crystal chooses Roundup seed Nation’s largest sugar beet processor decides on Roundup Ready seed American Crystal Sugar Co.’s board of directors decided recently to use Roundup Ready beet seed this year, despite the threat posed by a federal court case mounted by opponents of [...]

Robert Forsman passed away on October 11, after being struck by a train earlier in the week. He was hauling sugarbeets near Fisher, Minn. when his truck was hit by an oncoming train. Everyone in the sugarbeet industry is family, so its always difficult to lose one of our own. The accident is a tragic [...]