Tag: beet sugar
Three distinct Rhizoctonia pathogens can cause sugarbeet root diseases in Nebraska
Three distinct Rhizoctonia pathogens can cause sugarbeet root diseases in Nebraska By Robert M. Harveson, Panhandle Research and Extension Feb 16, 2018 Sugarbeets are susceptible to a large number of root rot diseases, which have traditionally been one of the major factors limiting profitable production wherever beets have been grown. They include rhizomania, Rhizoctonia root … Read More
Sweetness factor: Sugarbeets account for around half of domestic sugar market
Sweetness factor: Sugarbeets account for around half of domestic sugar market By: Spike Jordan, Ag Editor, Wahoo Newspaper Feb 18, 2018 SCOTTSBLUFF — The sugarbeet is a relatively modern field crop, having been developed in Europe in the late 1800s. Sugarbeets were derived directly from fodder beets which are commonly grown for livestock feed, however, today … Read More
Stepping back in time…”The Beetdiggers” remind us of our roots
By Julian Craveiro Posted October 20th, 2015 by Brush News-Tribune In honor of beet season I thought it appropriate that we look at a historical building that, although is not here anymore, is a key piece of this community’s history. Beet farming in the 1800’s is what drove the local economy of Morgan County. Fort Morgan and Brush … Read More
When Things Speak: The Beet Knife
Posted May 2nd, 2015 by NET In the 1870s, thousands of Germans from Russia left Russia for the United States. By 1910, the US census counted 13,000 Germans from Russia in Nebraska alone. Diane Wilson says these new immigrants started transitioning to American life by continuing a lot of their own traditions, especially when it came … Read More