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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 [...]

Roundup Ready hot topic at Crystal Sugar meeting By: Mikkel Pates, Forum Communications Co., INFORUM American Crystal Sugar Co. shareholders at their annual meeting were happy but not giddy about a phenomenal crop and price year – their enthusiasm perhaps curbed by concerns about future use of Roundup Ready beets. “Finally!” said Bill Hejl 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 [...]

Mead, Colorado hosted its fifth annual Mead Sugar Beet Festival in late September. The event celebrates the history of the sugarbeet and its importance to that region. It’s a fact that no one produces more sugarbeets than the Red River Valley, but it would be hard to prove anyone throws a better sugarbeet bash than [...]

About our Grower Strip Trial Results I hope this letter finds you pleased with your 2010 beet harvest and results. It seemed a very good year for most growers in most areas. Now if we only knew what 2011 will bring and what we’ll be able to plant! This issue includes our Grower Strip Trials [...]