Contents
05.2010
14 DEPARTMENTS
6 Sweet Talk From the Editor
7 Calendar What’s happening
9 Off the Top News, products, people and updates
17 ASGA by Luther Markwart
22 From the ASA by DeVonna Zeug,
Pres. Minnesota Corn Growers Association
Cover Story: Life of an Ag Services Manager: Dennis Searle (plaid shirt arms folded) has been with The Amalgamated Sugar Company since 1973. Prior to his current position as manager, Searle was hired as a fieldman and then promoted to agronomist in 1989 and then in 2007 he took on the vast responsibilities as Ag Services Manager. Searle is also the editor-in-chief of the Amalgamated growers publication called The Sugarbeet where he collects articles and information for two issues per year. Searle tends to appear at all field demonstrations as well as helping his staff to promote new and improved methods of production. In the past several years strip-tillage has found its way out west, Searle says it is “a relative new practice that is still trying to find it’s place.” No doubt it is becoming more established with each year proving that this method shows excellent results.
FEATURES
8 Weed Science Society of America A new report on spray drift including 8 recommendations
12 Grower Feature The new ASGA President, Russ Mauch from Barney, N.D.
18 Report: Glyphosate-Nutrient
Combination Discussion Sysstem-Ready is a new zinc/manganese nutrient formulation, developed by Agro-K Corporation and marketed by Simplot Grower Solutions.
21 ERS-USDA Fertilizer Import Report This report provides U.S. annual data on imports and exports of selected fertilizer
types. The complete report is found at www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FertilizerTrade/ Summary.htm
23 Sugar & Sweeteners Outlook An outlook report from the Economic Research Service
4 Sugar Producer May 2010