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— Feature Articles --
New Beet Pulp Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
USDA researchers develop biodegradable thermoplastic
  Homemade Stingers Protect Young Beets . . . . . . . . 6
Minnesota brothers’ solution costs virtually nothing
  Minn. & N.D. Grower Practices Survey Excerpts . . . . 9
Highlights from annual survey
  Does Sidedressing Pay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Summary of two-year Red River Valley study
  Midwest Grower Idea Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Looking back at a quarter century of creativity Newer   
  Growers Off to Strong Start With Strip-Tilled Beets . 20
Tibbetts brothers from Sidney Sugars area
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Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . 10
Farm bill, Congress & sugar market
  Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
It’s All Downhill From Here
  30 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Excerpts from the February 1983 issue
  Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . .22

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USDA-ARS research plots at Sidney, Mont., get watered on a hot August day. That’s the Sidney Sugars factory in the background.
  Photo: Don Lilleboe

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— Feature Articles --
2012 Crop Year Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
  26th annual summary encompasses all areas
Planting Ante Up to 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
  RRV farm puts in crop with three 48-row planters
  Managing Beet Diseases in the Central Great

— Regular Pages --
Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . 12
Farm bill, biotech & crop insurance
  30 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Excerpts from the January 1983 issue
  Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Relax & Count Blessings
  Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Who, what & where it’s happening

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Most sugarbeet areas were blessed with a very productive season in 2012. Our annual crop summary begins on page 4. USDA’s November estimate of
2012 U.S. sugarbeet production was nearly 35 million tons. An updated estimate comes out in mid-January.
Photo: Don Lilleboe