www.sugarproducer.com May 2008 Serving The National Sugarbeet Industry
Home Subscribe Current Issue Contact Us Buyer's Guide Calendar Researchers Feature Industry News New Products Organizations Monthly Poll To Advertise	SPONSOR OF THE MONTH HOT INDUSTRY NEWS Plants Text Message Farmers When Thirsty Farm Bill: Programs Temporarily Extended Germany Approves GMO Sugar and Potatoes Groundbreaking set for new Sugar Refinery Monsanto Plans Roundup Facility Boost in Louisiana Farm Safety 4 Just Kids Founder Awarded "America's Greatest Hometown Hero" SUGAR PRODUCER FEATURE Amalgamated Is Standing By With the use of Roundup Ready sugarbeet seed becoming available for commercial use this season, it is reasonable to figure that there are cropping scenarios and situations which will lend challenge t...more Tank Mixes with Roundup Ready As growers gear up for the first full-fledged season of planting Roundup Ready sugarbeets, questions surface about what can be tank mixed with Roundup. Thousands of acres of corn, soybeans and cot...more Starter Fertilizer Placement For Beets As fertilizer prices continue to climb, it becomes even more critical that growers take inventory of soil nutrients through soil testing. Soil tests are the best way to evaluate soil nutrient leve...more Snake RIver Sugarbeet Growers Conference Attendees at the 2008 conference learned about the technology essential for Roundup Ready sugarbeet production. Topics included the critical period of weed-control; tank mixes with other pest-contr...more High-Quality, Slow-Release Nitrogen with Manganese KFMN 94 is a very high-quality, slow-release nitrogen with Manganese EDTA chelate. This product is manufactured by the Kugler fertilizer company and is sold and marketed through First Ag Inc. of Mind...more Making History in the Biotech World In the past several months in the sugar industry a lot of attention—both good and not so good—has been placed on biotechnology. Discussions surrounding the potential benefits and concerns of Roundup ...more Nearly 2,000 Growers Answer Survey Growers are adopting best management practices in record numbers, according to a survey just released by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) and The Fertilizer Institute (TFI). Sev...more What To Do With a reduced amount of Water How do you irrigate when there is no water? That’s the question being asked by many sugarbeet producers after a near-record drought this past year, in some areas of the U.S., has resulted in a tight...more Sugarbeet Cyst Nematode Watch Managing sugarbeet cyst nematodes (SBCN) in the past 30 years has been extremely difficult. During that period, the number of sugarbeet cyst nematode positive fields has grown dramatically, resulting...more Poncho Beta Making the Scene Coming in 2009 is another tool for enthusiastic growers who are concerned about curly top beet virus among other potential injury. Poncho Beta from Bayer CropScience is a seed-applied insecticide tre...more Managing Nitrogen in Beets MOST FAVORABLE No other nutrient related to sugarbeet production has been as widely researched as nitrogen. In most sugarbeet growing areas, it is generally agreed that optimum beet production req...more Reducing The Fertilizer Bill Fertilizer prices are soaring. This is due largely to increase in demand due to relatively high commodity prices stemming from increasing global food, fiber and biofuel demands. TEMPTATIONS TO I...more
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