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“Sugarbeet Report” presented by NDSU Extension, features growing tips from NDSU sugar beet specialists and researchers. For more information about The Sugarbeet Research and Education Board contact Eric Branch, Walster Hall 306, North Dakota State University email: eric.branch@ndsu.edu, Office: 701-231-8596

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Fertilizer prices remain high and volatile. Who knows how available fertilizer will be for next season. Daniel Kaiser, University of Minnesota Extension soil scientist, has some fertilizer insight.

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Today we’re talking about with Cercospora leaf spot resistance with Nate Wyatt, USDA Research Plant Pathologist in the Sugarbeet and Potato Research Unit.

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Mark Boomquist, Director of Research for Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, has an update from Southern Minnesota.

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For many, disease and insects are a bit suppressed by the dry conditions. But the lack of water is also taking its toll on the beets. Eric Branch, NDSU and University of Minnesota Extension sugarbeet specialist, has the latest.

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A timely rain right now would go a long way for the entire crop, according to Joe Hastings, agronomist for the American Crystal Sugar Company.

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