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  Sailing Forward in San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Photos and commentary from ASGA’s annual meeting
  Biotech in Sugarbeets: Potential Opportunities . . . . .8
Seed company leaders look to the future
  ‘Take Home’ Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
ASGA’s Luther Markwart reports to members
  WSC Growers Liking ‘Ultra’ Test Stands . . . . . . . . .16
Units improve ease and accuracy of calibration
  ASSBT Marks 75th Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Society celebrates contributions to beet industry

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  Dateline: Washington  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Implications of the ‘Sugar Reform Act’ 
  30 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Excerpts from the March 1983 issue
  Write Field  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fashion Dunce
  Around the Industry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Who, what & where it’s happening

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A 2012 eastern Montana sugarbeet field flourishes beneath the summer sun.
  Photo: Don Lilleboe
 
 
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New Beet Pulp Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
USDA researchers develop biodegradable thermoplastic
  Homemade Stingers Protect Young Beets . . . . . . . . 6
Minnesota brothers’ solution costs virtually nothing
  Minn. & N.D. Grower Practices Survey Excerpts . . . . 9
Highlights from annual survey
  Does Sidedressing Pay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Summary of two-year Red River Valley study
  Midwest Grower Idea Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Looking back at a quarter century of creativity Newer   
  Growers Off to Strong Start With Strip-Tilled Beets . 20
Tibbetts brothers from Sidney Sugars area
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Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . 10
Farm bill, Congress & sugar market
  Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
It’s All Downhill From Here
  30 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Excerpts from the February 1983 issue
  Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . .22

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USDA-ARS research plots at Sidney, Mont., get watered on a hot August day. That’s the Sidney Sugars factory in the background.
  Photo: Don Lilleboe
 
 
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2012 Crop Year Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
  26th annual summary encompasses all areas
Planting Ante Up to 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
  RRV farm puts in crop with three 48-row planters
  Managing Beet Diseases in the Central Great

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Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . 12
Farm bill, biotech & crop insurance
  30 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Excerpts from the January 1983 issue
  Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Relax & Count Blessings
  Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Who, what & where it’s happening

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Most sugarbeet areas were blessed with a very productive season in 2012. Our annual crop summary begins on page 4. USDA’s November estimate of
2012 U.S. sugarbeet production was nearly 35 million tons. An updated estimate comes out in mid-January.
Photo: Don Lilleboe
 
 
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A Love of Farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
  Idaho grower and Snake River Chairman Duane Grant
Through the Chairman’s Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
  Duane Grant visits about the co-op he leads
Al Bloomquist: A Tribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
  Late industry leader also founded The Sugarbeet Grower
No-Till Sugarbeets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
  It’s a rarity, but trio of Montana growers makes it work

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Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . 12
  Election recap & ‘Lame Duck’ agenda
Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
  A Wet One
Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 21
  Who, what & where it’s happening

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An autumn 2012 predawn scene at the American Crystal Sugar Co. piling station near Glyndon, Minn.
Photo: Don Lilleboe
 
 
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Harvest Efficiency Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
RRV consultant weighs in on issues, provides checklist
USDA Unit’s Research a Long-Term Investment . . 12
Profile of Fargo ARS sugarbeet team and their work
Harvesting Sugarbeets Circa the ’90s — 1890s . . 16
USDA report provides an intriguing look back


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Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Farm bill update, biotech news
Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Wherefore Art Thou?
Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Who, what & where it’s happening


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Tim and Jake Pender harvest
one of their Clay County, Minn.,
beet fields on an early fall
morning in 2011.
Photo: Don Lilleboe

 
 
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Meeting Vic’s Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Idaho program tests ag staff advice
Managing Cercospora Resistance . . . . . . . . 10
Issues — and recommendations — in Michigan

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Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Imports, Biotech, Insurance, Farm Bill
Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
And Which Is Illusion?
30 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Excerpts from our April/May 1982 issue
Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Who, what & where it’s happening


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ASGA Annual Meeting Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Photos and commentary from February Orlando event
Flight Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Comments from ASGA’s outgoing president, Russ Mauch
Succeeding in Difficult Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
New President Kelly Erickson’s blueprint for ASGA in 2012
Strip-Till Transition Going Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
For Idaho growers Doug and Melanie Carlquist
In-Furrow ‘Pop-Up’ Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 
Southern Minnesota research findings

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Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . 12
Protecting sugar policy; 2012 farm bill
30 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Excerpts from our March 1982 issue
Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 
On TheRoadAgain...
Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 22 

 
 
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Arena Valley Success Story . . . . . . . . . . . 4
47-ton beets following potatoes on sandy soils
Predicting Organic Matter Zones . . . . . . 10
Southern Minn group develops model for N management
A Search for the Sweet Spot . . . . . . . . . 14
Idaho ARS scientists work on rhizomania, curly top
Spent Lime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Long-term effects on Aphanomyces & beet yield, quality
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Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ode to the Handyman Jack
Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . 12
U.S. House & Election Year
Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Who, what & where it’s happening

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2011 Crop Year Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
25th annual summary includes all growing areas
Dryland Beets in Nebraska? . . . . . . . . . . 12
Three-year university study looks at viability
Inexpensive Yet Effective . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Idaho producers modify cultivator for strip-till use
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Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Where has ‘Robert’ gone?
Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . 10
Roundup Ready, Crop Insurance, Farm Bill
Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Who, what & where it’s happening
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Joel Fjestad plants a
2011 Davison Farms beet
field near Tintah, Minn.
Photo: Don Lilleboe

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Beets in Grande Ronde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Production pocket in northeastern Oregon
Stacking Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Michigan Sugar takes different tack to piling, storage
142,000+ Jobs & $20 Billion in Revenue . 16
That’s the economic impact of the U.S. sugar industry

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Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
One More Round . . .
Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . 10
National debt, farm bill, Roundup Ready
30 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Excerpts from our December 1981 issue
Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Who, what & where it’s happening