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Nitrogen Application Rate and Timing in the Imperial Valley of California
Growers in the Imperial Valley have adopted glyphosate resistant varieties in their sugar beet production system. One of the advantages of the use of glyphosate resistant varieties is the reduction of the need to cultivate for weed control at layby (November). This cultivation operation at layby was also combined with a split application of nitrogen. […]
Soil Fertility for Field Corn Grown after Unharvested Sugar Beets
The goal of Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (SMBSC) is to optimize the sugar factory’s capacity. To do this the grower’s goal is to raise enough high quality sugar beets to meet the needs of the factory. Some years this may mean sugar beet acres will not be harvested because of a greater than anticipated […]
Fertilizer Value of Sugarbeet Processing Precipitated Calcium Carbonate for Crop Production in Southern Idaho
1 Introduction Sugarbeet production in the Northwest U.S. is located primarily in southern Idaho and southeastern Oregon. Sugarbeet growers produce beets for the Amalgamated Sugar Company (ASCO), a grower-owned cooperative. From 2017 to 2021 an average of 67,340 ha yr-1 (166,400 ac yr-1) of sugarbeets were harvested in this growing area (USDA-NASS, 2022). Annually, ASCO […]