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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
— Regular Pages --
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

— Front Cover --
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