Contents
0 4. 2013
FEATURES
10 How Taxes Affect You
Examine your own portfolio now.
12 What's New in Sugarbeet
Disease Management
Growers see their profits cut each season by 10–15
percent due to diseases. You can reduce this loss.
15 In the Field
20 How to get a good crop
How soil conditioners work with humic acid to
improve the soil to boost beet production.
16 Grower of the Month
An extension sugarbeet specialist at North Dakota
State University and the University of Minnesota
shares his guidelines that can help growers.
DEPARTMENTS
5
From the ASGA
By Luther Markwart
6
Calendar
The Lofink family of Wyoming celebrates a long
history in agriculture.
What's happening
Off the Top
18 Crop Protection Buyer's
Guide
8
Companies offer new products.
2 Sugar Producer APRIL 2013
News, products, people and updates
23From the ASA
By Phillip Hayes