Overall, the sugarbeet crop is putting on good growth in the Red River Valley. “The Moorhead/Hillsboro districts have really put on canopy over the past 14 days and growers are gearing up to spray for cercospora,” said Betaseed Regional Sales Manager Lynn Dusek. The northern Red River Valley has suffered water damage. Dusek says it could be setting up as a big year for disease. “We’ve had a lot of temps in the mid-to-upper 80s and low 90s and you combine those with humidity up and over 50 percent and it is conducive for diseases to begin.”Planting conditions were less than ideal in many cases. However, rows are closed on the early-planted beets and the late-planted crop is catching up.
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