Keen Interest in Technology, Strong Business Sense &
Passion for Ag Drive Snake River Sugar’s Chairman

 
 
By Don Lilleboe

    Being a sugar company agriculturist entails wearing a lot of hats.  One of the most important is that of crop advisor, fielding growers’ questions and providing management recommendations on everything from choosing seed varieties to harvest timing and procedures.

 
 
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Sugarbeet Grower / Don Lilleboe
     These pages contain our 25th annual sugarbeet crop summary.  All current North American sugarbeet production regions are represented in the reports included here.
     The Sugarbeet Grower wishes to extend our sincere thanks to those individuals listed who submitted the report for their company.

Amalgamated Sugar Company

    Crop year 2011 started with a cool, wet spring.  Many growers were unable to get into their fields until late April.  There were some late frosts and severe weather conditions; but there were fewer replants, with 13,285 acres beets having to be replanted as compared with almost 53,000 acres of replants in 2010.  Even with a late- planted crop, stands were excellent.