Southern Minn Co-op Develops Model to Assist Nitrogen Management & Boost Profitability

By Chris Dunsmore, Jody Steffel & Mark Bredehoeft*

    Can the level of organic matter (OM) influence sugar percent and purity in one’s sugarbeet crop?  And, assuming it can, how might organic matter zones be mapped in order to allow growers to appropriately modify nitrogen application rates to take advantage of this relationship?