WSC Growers Liking 'Ultra' Test Stands

03/15/2013

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Units Improve Ease & Accuracy of Calibration

    Back in 2004, University of Nebraska-Scottsbluff agricultural engineer John Smith and his colleagues added an extra dimension to the UN electronic planter test stand program.  The new feature consisted of an “electronic photogate” and corresponding software that provided growers with graphic printouts of their planter units’ seed drop accuracy on a side-to-side basis as well as the standard front-to-back distance spacing.

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2011 Crop Year Review: Reports from All North American Sugarbeet Areas

01/04/2012

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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. 
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