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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

— Front Cover --
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