On Thursday, the American Crystal Sugar Company and Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association will have their joint annual meeting in Fargo. Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association President Neil Rockstad says the 2021 sugarbeet crop was good. “The growing and harvest seasons were not without ups and downs.” The joint annual meeting will not only look back at the 2021 crop, but what’s happening in the sugar industry. Rockstad says regulations are a big challenge for sugarbeet growers. “We are often focused on the next farm bill coming up in 2023, but our focus has been divided on seeing a successful farm bill and regulation on chemicals. Weed pressures are increasing and the EPA is trying to take tools out of our toolbox not replaceable with anything.”
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