– Feature Articles – 
2017 Sugarbeet Crop Review – p. 4
Covering all North American sugarbeet producing regions

Soil Disease Index – p. 12
A tool for managing root diseases in sugarbeets

– Regular Pages –
Write Field – p. 13
Dateline Washington – p. 14
Around The Industry – p. 16
Sugarbeet Flashback – p. 18
Photos From The Field – p. 19

– Feature Articles –
Schatzke Farms – p. 5
Pioneers of North Dakota's Prairie

The 2017 Upper Midwest Cercospora Experience – v2
A look at how Cercospora impacted N.D. and Minn.

Calling it a Career – p.13
Jerry Christenson reflects on 40 years with American Crystal Sugar

Sweet Treats by Molly Yeh – p. 15
Sugar Beet Sugar Cookies

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— Feature Articles --
It’s Our 50th Birthday! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Sugarbeet Grower’s first issue was May 1963
A Byproduct Success Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Report on Southern Minn spent lime research
‘Keep Watering’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . 10
Gary Mamer discusses Imperial Valley beet production
— Regular Pages --
Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Farm bill and the sugar market
30 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Excerpts from the April 1983 issue
Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Dreaming at the Dome
Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Who, what & where it’s happening
— Front Cover --
USDA’s initial forecast of 2013 planted sugarbeet
acreage pegged it down by 2% from last year.
  Photo: Don Lilleboe