Contents FEATURES 11 New labels for sugarbeets
from syngenta Sequence, Touchdown HiTech and Touchdown Total Herbicides
12 Cover story: Neil and
elizabeth rockstad Growing beets for American Crystal in Hendrum, Minn.
14 in the Field: Best
management Practices By Ray Hollist, Here’s What to do to Keep your R.R. Technology.
16 Nematode management:
temik No more 4 Crucial Guidelines
18 Buyers Guide:
sugarbeet Harvesters
Art’s Way, Alloway, Amity, Parma and Ropa
DEPARTMENTS
6 sweet talk From the Editor
8 asGa By Luther Markwart
10 Calendar What’s happening
22 From the asa By Bill Hejl, grower in Amenia, N.D.
ON THE COVER:
Neil and Elizabeth Rockstad with daughter Nora hap- pily look toward the future of growing beets in the Red River Valley. “Everyone likes to eat, but many
seem to want to make it harder for us to produce the food they enjoy. We have a positive story to tell, we just have to make sure it is told and told accurately.”
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