Transplanted Sugarbeets . . .  -- “Nobody had to worry about whether 30 rows of sugarbeets would come up at the University of Idaho’s Agricultural Research and Extension Center this spring.  They were already up when they were transplanted into the ground.

 
 
    Sugar Program Working — Shannon -- “The federal government’s sugar program is working and is in the ‘long-range best interest’ of U.S. consumers, the domestic sugar industry, and large sugar-using companies, a spokesman for a farmer-owned sugar cooperative told the

 
 
    USDA Geneticist Stresses Importance of Developing Crops Resistant to Certain Herbicides -- “ ‘If scientists could develop crops that are resistant to certain herbicides, more complete weed control, increased yields, and reduced consumer prices for food would result,’ says USDA plant geneticist Garry A. Smith. . . .