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4 Sugar Producer OCTOBER 2014
2014-15 Sugarbeet
Industry Handbook
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemicals
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equipment
16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irrigation
18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous
18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Seed Company Profiles
20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member Associations
22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Off the Top
News, products, people and updates
26 . . . . . 31st International Sweetener Symposium
30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victory for U.S. Growers
31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Weed Management
Applying a burndown in the fall helps in the spring
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Contents
Up to the sky
Pile of harvested beets glisten against the blue sky.
