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American Crystal Sugar Ag Notes
9.25.2008 -- 515 - Variety Selection For 2009
Once your field selection and fall fertilization and tillage have been completed growers must choose varieties for 2009. During my ten years at American Crystal Sugar Company variety selection decisions seem to be happening earlier and earlier each year. In the rush to secure Roundup Ready® seed for 2008 many variety choices were made with limited coded trial data.
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9.9.2008 -- 514 - 2008 Crop: Finish Successfully - 2009 Crop: Plan Ahead
Late August, September and October means harvest of one crop and implementing plans to successfully raise the next one. Attention to all the basic details can make the difference between profit and loss for both crops. The Ag Department "Harvest Team" has provided many educational resources to maximize harvest efficiency
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8.21.2008 -- 513 - N Management, Crop Rotation, Plant Health
It’s hard to believe the 2008 growing season is nearing pre-pile harvest. Planning for 2009 is already underway with major considerations being 1) field selection 2) previous crop concerns 3) managing very high cost fertilizers 4) and analyzing need for every tillage operation just to name a few. Cost of fertilizer required to produce sugarbeets has increased from $23/A in 2004 to $81/A in 2008.
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7.23.2008 -- 512 - Are High Costs Dictating Changes?
Diesel fuel approaching $5/gallon and fertilizer well over $1,000/ton were unthinkable just 2 or 3 years ago. Escalating costs of fuel, fertilizer, machinery, seed and other costs demand more careful planning than ever as we look to 2009. Past production paradigms aren't always the best practices to continue using. Tillage practices and fertilizer use, stand establishment and many other practices may need to be revaluated for the future
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6.24.2008 -- 511 - Cultivation and P Use in 2009
The first Roundup Ready® beet crop has raised numerous questions about how to manage it. Concerns have been rates and timing of Roundup applications, tank mixes with herbicides and insecticides, and impact of environment on weed control. The need to cultivate has also been much discussed. Very high fertilizer costs are also a subject of many conversations. Agriculturists have provided answers to most of these questions in a timely manner.
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5.27.2008 -- 510 - Spray Drift Management
Weed control has long been the number one production problem for sugarbeet growers in Minnesota and North Dakota. Use of Roundup Ready® varieties and Powermax or WeatherMax Roundup® formulations will make weed control much easier than it has ever been. However with this ease of weed control comes the risk of spray drift to nearby non Roundup Ready crops such as small grains, edible beans, potato or other crops. Growers have a number of options available to minimize the potential for drift development that need to be considered.
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4.30.2008 -- 509 - Roundup Ready® Era Begins
Weed control has long been the number one production problem facing sugarbeet growers in MN, ND and throughout the USA. This new technology will make weed control much, much easier. American Crystal growers are reminded to abide by all the rules of the 2008 Monsanto Technology / Stewardship Agreement and to read and follow the applicable sections of the TUG (Technology Use Agreement) which is part of their overall stewardship agreement. The Roundup® use recommendations for weed control from Dr. Alan Dexter are summarized in the next three sections.
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3.28.2008 -- 508 - Grower Cost Benchmarking
The 2007 grower cost benchmarking was the 5th year the Agriculture Department has analyzed grower costs of production on a detailed basis. Intent was to assist growers to evaluate profitability of their sugarbeet enterprise on a field-by-field basis.
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2.29.2008 -- 507 - Rhizoctonia Threat Increasing
Rhizoctonia has been present in the beet crop since it was first grown in the Red River Valley. In the last 10 years most growers have observed a significant increase in not only incidence but, also severity of this disease.
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2.11.2008 -- 506 - Maximizing Production on Reduced Acres
Sugar marketing allocations, high crop yields, blocked sugar stocks, and future yield projections have led many sugarbeet cooperatives to consider some level of acreage reduction for 2008. When optimum levels of tonnage to maximize factory utilization and meet market allocations are able to be produced from fewer acres, on-farm profit will increase.
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