In This Issue

Sugar Beet News Feature Articals
   Topper Gets Equal Space on Beet Harvest
   Micigan Brothers underscore importance of good defliation
   Sugarbeet Harvester Checklist 
    Make sure all your maintenance bases are covered
    Less Is Better
    Overview of beet processor policies on tare dirt
    The Japanese & Chinese Beet Sugar Industries 
    Production, trade and consumption in these Asian nations
    A Government Program That Worked Too Well
    Land grant research and extension need our support!

Sugar Beet News Regular Pages
    Dateline: Washington ~ Roundup Ready, sugar market, '10 elections
    30 Years Ago ~ Excerpts from our August 1980 issue
    Around the Industry ~ Who, what & where it;'s happening
    Write Field ~ Will this shop get cleaned?

The Sugarbeet Grower magazine is a producer-oriented publication sent to growers and industry personnel around the United States and Canada.  Its April/May 2010 issue includes feature articles on rhizoctonia disease, a primer on sugarbeet breeding and an overview of the Mexican sugar sector.  Department pages focus on political topics, industry news, beet industry history and a grower-written column.

The March issue of The Sugarbeet Grower features highlights from the 2010 annual meeting of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association.  It also carries an interview with new ASGA President Russ Mauch, as well as a summary of 2010 priority areas provided by Luther Markwart, the group's executive vice president.  Other feature articles include one on the potential impact of proposed climate change legislation on the beet sector, and a report on an Idaho strip-till research project.

Feature articles in The Sugarbeet Grower's February issue cover three unique topics.  The first is an analysis of recent developments in the sugar market.  The second provides an overview of the sugar industry in Russia.  And the third looks at a Colorado operation where beets are grown in a strip-till system following corn.