FARGO, N.D. -- A new survey shows Roundup Ready beets were a success in the Red River Valley in its maiden year of 2008. But while the glyphosate-resistant beets have proven themselves as the best ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Between rain showers, Dan Rosenfeldt, and his nephew, Brian, are thanking goodness -- or whoever else is responsible -- for the advent of Roundup Ready sugar beets. The technology ...

WILLMAR -- Sugar beet growers are invited to a weed control update meeting from 9 to 11 a.m. Nov. 18 at the Kandi Entertainment Center in Willmar. North Dakota State University Extension sugar beet ...

In a sugar beet field a few miles east of Moorhead, small four-wheeled robots are rolling up and down the rows of beets. Powered by a solar panel, the robots use cameras to spot weeds and then guide ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently approved and issued an exemption to the N e braska Department of Agriculture to allow farmers to use metamitron herbicide for weed control in sugar ...

A season that combined good growing conditions with challenges in weed, pest and disease management will be among the themes at the University of Idaho Snake River Sugar Beet Conference, set for Dec.

A University of Idaho Extension weed specialist is investigating the recent discovery in an Elmore County sugar beet field of a weed that had never previously been detected in Idaho and appears to be ...

SALUTE TO AGRICULTURE: Is Roundup ready? So far so good, growers and agronomists say Farmers raising sugar beets in the Red River Valley probably will remember this year as a turning point. The ...

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