4 Inside Sugar Producer
By Allen Thayer
5 Calendar
What's happening
6 From the ASGA
By Luther Markwart
8 Off the Top
News, products, people and updates
22 From the ASA
By Philip Hayes
FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
10 ASGA Annual Meeting
Sugar industry confronts challenges on many fronts
16 Industry Report
Why GMO Answers matters
18 Crop Insurance
How growers handle risk
20 Crop Protection Buyer's Guide
Find new products
Hardy Ag Inc. thrives in Montana-North Dakota region
12 Cover Story
Grower of the Month
Hardy Ag Inc. is a
participant in the federal
H-2A program that finds
foreign workers to work in
the Untied States. Morne'
Eksteen, a former Hardy
employee from South
Africa, now is married and
works on an oilfield in
Colorado.
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2 Sugar Producer APRIL 2014
ASGA ANNUAL MEETING PAGE 10 | GMO ANSWERS PAGE 16
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SERVING THE NATIONAL SUGARBEET INDUSTRY
Montana, North Dakota Grower
Forges Ahead
David Hardy
shares insights
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