Articles tagged under: sugarbeets

Beets are Getting Started

Published August 13, 2024

Harvest is beginning to ramp up. Grain combining has been underway for a while. “Harvest season is upon us. Some guys will be switching gears and moving into beet harvest,” said Brent Baldwin, Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association President.…

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Sugarbeet Acres Forecast to be at Lowest Level in Six Years

Published March 28, 2024

The area expected to be planted to sugarbeets this year is expected to be down one percent from 2023 at 1.1 million acres. Those intentions would be the lowest since 2018. North Dakota sugarbeet acreage is forecast to be down…

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In the Home Stretch

Published October 18, 2023

Chris Adams, who farms in the Grand Forks/East Grand Forks area, is in the home stretch with his sugarbeet harvest. Sugar content is variable and tonnage is over 30 tons per acre. Before the sugarbeet harvest began, Adams finished his…

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‘A Perfect Storm’

Published September 7, 2023

A dry bean dessicant may have had an adverse effect on sugarbeets this year. Due to last year’s dry fall and the late start this spring, a dry bean defoliant application used in 2022 carried over and reportedly had an…

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Soybeans Turning Quickly Near Crookston

Published September 6, 2023

Crookston, Minnesota farmer Dustin Perry is grateful for the rain that came through a week ago, especially after the recent heat stress. After a successful wheat harvest, soybeans are not far off. Perry is cautiously optimistic for the soybean crop.…

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Heat Slows Harvest Progress

Published August 31, 2023

The American Crystal Sugar Company pre-pile harvest has seen a few heat delays. "Depending on what we need for beet inventory, we're going to shut down early in this heat," said Joe Hastings, general agronomist. Final yields are forecast in…

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Controlling Cercospora Leaf Spot is Job #1

Published July 7, 2023

Rains have been spotty, but mostly beneficial for Wendell, Minnesota farmer Ben Brutlag. The fields that missed the rains are showing some crop stress. “We’ve been fortunate to keep getting rain just as we need it. We’re not seeing any…

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Rains Dubbed “Feast or Famine”

Published July 3, 2023

Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association President Neil Rockstad says the sugarbeet crop is advancing well considering it had a slightly later start. "Everybody was concerned this spring, especially with how wet and cold it was. Then last week the…

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Fairly Good Weed Control

Published July 2, 2023

At Crookston, Dustin Perry is wrapping up the spraying of his soybeans. "Our weed control has been fairly good this year. We did do a lot more pres this year in the soybeans.” Perry is now focused on cleaning up…

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Peak Fly Activity on the Horizon

Published May 31, 2023

Sugarbeet root maggot peak fly activity will begin soon in the southern valley before moving northward. NDSU Extension Entomologist Mark Boetel says granular insecticides should be applied as quickly as possible. "Peak fly activity is probably going to happen a…

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