— Feature Articles --
Harvest Efficiency Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
RRV consultant weighs in on issues, provides checklist
USDA Unit’s Research a Long-Term Investment . . 12
Profile of Fargo ARS sugarbeet team and their work
Harvesting Sugarbeets Circa the ’90s — 1890s . . 16
USDA report provides an intriguing look back


— Regular Pages --
Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Farm bill update, biotech news
Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Wherefore Art Thou?
Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Who, what & where it’s happening


— Front Cover --
Tim and Jake Pender harvest
one of their Clay County, Minn.,
beet fields on an early fall
morning in 2011.
Photo: Don Lilleboe