4 Sugar Producer MARCH 2015
FEATURES
6 Inside Sugar Producer
By Allen Thayer
8 From the ASGA
By Luther Markwart
10 Calendar
What's happening
DEPARTMENTS
15 Irrigation Show
New products on display in Idaho
16 Industry Report
ASGA meets in Long Beach, Calif.
18 Grower of
the Month
Third-generation farmer thriving
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20 Ag Equipment
Halfmanns advance with
the times
24 Ag Irrigation
Look at the forecast for 2015
25 Land Values
Current market remains stable
12 Off the Top
News, products, people
and updates
30 From the ASA
By Phillip Hayes
26 Buyer's Guide
Companies offer newest growth
promoters and fertilizers
29 Seed Report
Syngenta to help combat
sugarbeet cyst nematode
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SERVING THE NATIONAL SUGARBEET INDUSTRY SE S
MEETING
ASGA ANNUAL MEETING PAGE 16
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GROWER OF THE MONTH PAGE 18
PAGE 20
GROWERS'
NEEDS
Welder Donovan
Hendrickson builds
equipment for the beet
industry at H&S
Manufacturing in the Red
River Valley region of
Minnesota and North
Dakota.
Photo by Patti Bjorneby
SUGARBEET SPECIALISTS
P.O. Box 190 • Parma, ID 83660
CALL: 208-722-5116 • FAX: 208-722-6012
EMAIL: parmacom@parmacompany.com
Innovative Solutions Since 1907
EARLY ORDER DISCOUNTS NOW IN EFFECT
Introducing the PARMA
®
12-row Harvester
www.parmacompany.com
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• Simple, Economical, Compact
• Steerable Rear Struts
• 4 Flotation Tires for Wide Stability
• No bearing hangers under the Grabroll bed — eliminates trash collection
• 8 Adjustable Grabrolls Clean Without Massive Beet Damage
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