Articles tagged under: Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative
Advisory Issued to ACSC Growers
Published June 18, 2019
American Crystal Sugar Company has sent a letter to shareholders, emphasizing the emergency exemption for the new Provysol fungicide is not available to its growers. This emergency exemption is only granted if there has been at least a 20 percent…Section 18 Emergency Exemption Granted for Provysol to Control Cercospora
Published June 13, 2019
Due to the severity of Cercospora leaf spot in sugarbeets, the EPA has approved an emergency exemption for the registration of a new fungicide from BASF. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Vice President of Agriculture and Research said a new solution was…Minn-Dak Veteran to Retire
Published May 6, 2019
The longtime vice president of agriculture at Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative will retire in early June. Tom Knudsen has been with the Wahpeton-based sugarbeet processing company for 42 years. That includes 33 years as the vice president of agriculture. Mike Metzger,…Minn-Dak Expects to Increase Acres in 2019
Published December 6, 2018
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative held its annual meeting this past week in Fargo. Newly-elected board chairman Pat Freese says the 2018 sugarbeet crop averaged just under 27 ton and 16.5 percent sugar per acre. "Mother Nature threw us a curveball at…The Sugarbeet Report
Published June 21, 2018
The Sugarbeet Report is brought to you by SESVanderHave, HELM Agro US and Corteva Agriscience. This week, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Vice President of Agriculture Tom Knudsen says excess rain is causing problems in this year's beet crop.