Sugarbeet Report

Mark Boetel, NDSU Extension entomologist, discusses the latest information regarding early season pests and what to watch out for in your fields.  

Approximately 83% of the 2025 sugar beet crop in Minnesota and North Dakota has been planted. Tom Peters, NDSU and University of Minnesota Extension sugar beet agronomist has the latest weed update.

The politics of growing sugar beets, Harrison Weber, Executive Director of the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association, has an inside view.

Heather Dufault, Extension Agriculture Production Systems, University of Minnesota has an area update.   

Tom Peters, NDSU and University of Minnesota Extension sugarbeet agronomist, has a 2025 recap and a look into the 2026 season. 

Daniel Kaiser, University of Minnesota Extension soil scientist, is researching the use of factory lime.

Eric Branch, NDSU and University of Minnesota Extension sugarbeet specialist, is here to kick off the 2026 Sugarbeet Report season.

This is the last Sugarbeet Report of the 2025 season. We’ll do an overview of the season with Erik Branch, NDSU and University of Minnesota Extension Sugarbeet Specialist.

Here to talk about this season’s Cercospora fight and prepping for next year’s growing season is, Ashok Chanda, Extension Sugar Beet Pathologist with the Northwest Research and Outreach Center in Crookston, Minnesota.

Strip till or not to strip till? We will explore the good and bad of each. Here to guide us is, Lindsay Pease, Nutrient and Water Management Extension Specialist with the University of Minnesota and Northwest Research and Outreach Center in Crookston, MN.