Mohamed Khan chatted with Mick Kjar on Farm Talk Tuesday and indicated that American Crystal has roughly 80,000 acres planted so far. Most of that has been planted in the southern area of American Crystal's region. In the northern region, a small amount of sugarbeets have been planted, but they need things to dry out and warm up. 

Khan indicated that in the American Crystal growing area, the ideal planting date over the last 25-30 years has been April 25th. However, nearly the entire American Crystal region has received significant snowfall, which has abruptly halted planting for the last several days and will continue to do so until about the middle of next week. 

Click here to listen to Mohamed Khan's entire segment on Farm Talk.

By Mike Spieker

​Despite some delays in the upper Midwest, the 2017 sugarbeet planting season is well underway. The Sugarbeet Grower Magazine caught up with Syngenta sales manager Tyler Ring to get his assessment on how planting has progressed and the latest news from Syngenta and Hilleshög. ​