Seed Company Leaders Provide Insights on What's in the Pipeline

    To date, the buzz about biotechnology within the sugarbeet sector has focused largely on Roundup Ready® sugarbeets.  First grown commercially in 2007 in north central Wyoming, Roundup Ready beet acreage skyrocketed the following year.  For the past four years, Roundup Ready varieties have been planted on around 95% of total U.S. (and Canadian) sugarbeet acreage as growers have embraced the benefits for their individual farming operations.

    Luther Markwart focused on “take home” messages in his summary remarks toward the conclusion of this year’s American Sugarbeet Growers Association annual meeting.  “What do we tell our growers? What do we do as leaders of this industry?” ASGA’s longtime executive vice president asked the local and regional grower association leaders in attendance.