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Dave Roche Wraps Up Long Career in Sugar . . . . . 4
Retiring Minn-Dak president began with Michigan Sugar
Traditional Beet Piling Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Michigan Sugar’s use of cleaner/loaders and stackers
Lifting the BIG Ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Imperial Valley grower’s idea of open-throat struts
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Dateline: Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Farm bill and sugar market
Write Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gone Is All My Childhood Joy
Around the Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Who, what & where it’s happening

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The 2013 harvest season is fast approaching in most
North American sugarbeet regions. This photo from the
2012 harvest was taken at the American Crystal piling site near Perley, Minn.  
Photo: Don Lilleboe

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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
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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
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USDA’s initial forecast of 2013 planted sugarbeet
acreage pegged it down by 2% from last year.
  Photo: Don Lilleboe

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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