Harvest Questions? Ask the Richmonds!
If you produce sugarbeets in the “Thumb” region of Michigan, you’ve probably heard of the Richmond brothers. There’s also a fairly good chance you’ve visited their farm shop and/or had them visit yours.
Walking the Walk: Richmonds Produce Quality Crops
Mike and Ken Richmond don’t just “talk the talk” when it comes to producing and harvesting a strong beet crop; they “walk the walk,” too.
Cutting Piling Yard Loss
An innovative European machine has become a valuable asset at Michigan Sugar Company’s sugarbeet piling station near Dover, Ontario.
Strip Till in Beets: A Growing Trend?
The employment of strip tillage — also referred to as “zone tillage” or “inter-till” — in row-crop production is hardly a new concept. Midwestern farmers have utilized a strip-till production system in corn and soybeans for a number of years, as have some cotton growers in the South.
Is Strip Till Catching on Near You?
Geographically speaking, where is most of the strip-till production of sugarbeets presently occurring? Safe to say, it’s in the western states: Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
What We Offer . . . And How to Use It
The Sugarbeet Grower invited a number of companies manufacturing strip-till equipment to respond to several questions about their product(s) and the practice of strip till as it applies to sugarbeet production.
Dateline: Washington
It’s payback time. July, August and September are the months during which the majority of sugar loans from the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation come due. Beet and cane processors begin redeeming the bulk of their loans, along with interest on those loans.
Write Field: 'Thoughts From the Sweet Corn Patch'
It’s July 6, and I find myself all alone in the sweet corn patch. It’s kind of funny how lonely it can be out here, ’til the corn gets ripe.
New Book Chronicles Story of Great Western Sugar Company
An important contribution to the colorful saga of the U.S. sugarbeet industry has been published. Footprints in the Sugar: A History of the Great Western Sugar Company traces the story of one of this industry major players. The 848-page volume — which includes hundreds of photos — was authored by Candy Hamilton.
Around The Industry
Former Crystal President/CEO ‘Sugar Man of Year’ Honoree James (“Jim”) Horvath, former president and CEO of American Crystal Sugar Company, was recognized as “Sugar Man of the Year — 2008” during a May luncheon of the Sugar Club in New York City.
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