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Managment of New Cercospora Leaf Spot Tolerant Sugar Beet Varieties
Research Objective Evaluate new Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) tolerant sugar beet varieties to determine the appropriate fungicide spray program. Methodology Four similar trials were conducted as randomized complete block with four replications at two sites in 2020 and two sites in 2021. In both years, one site was located near Clara City, MN and the […]
Letter from the Editors
Dear Readers of JSBR, On behalf of the Journal of Sugar Beet Research (JSBR), we are pleased to welcome our new and expanded editorial board for the journal and pleased to announce our new format. We wish to ensure authors that the JSBR will continue to publish peer-reviewed manuscripts. In addition, the journal will now […]
Effects of Sugarbeet Processing Precipitated Calcium Carbonate on Crop Production and Soil Properties
Precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) is a byproduct of sucrose extraction from sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.). Other commonly used terms for PCC are beet lime and spend lime. The PCC is the by-product formed as a result of impurity removal during the purification of the sucrose. Impurities that need to be removed include organic molecules, phosphorus, […]
Cover Crops and Strip Tillage had no Effect on Yield in Production-scale Sugarbeet Fields
Introduction Sugarbeet production in Minnesota is concentrated on flat, fine-textured soils in the Western and Northwestern part of the state, where wind erosion rates are estimated at between 10 and 11.6 Mg/ha/yr (Soil Survey Staff, NRCS, 2015, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2018, Erosion by State NRI 2017). Standard sugarbeet management practices in Western Minnesota […]
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 […]