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After over a week’s delay from scheduled start-up, the sugarbeet harvest got underway on Oct. 8 for Sidney, Culbertson, Savage and Fairview area growers. Those growers in the Powder River and Pleasant View areas followed suit on Oct. 9. At press time, weather has continued to cooperate and growers have had relatively smooth digging with only a few delays at individual stations due to heat. “We’re about a third done,” said Randy Jones, Sidney Sugars, on Oct. 12. “If the nice weather continues...
For the 38th straight year, Sidney Sugars Agriculturist Kerry Rasmussen has supervised beet harvest, organizing and training pile ground employees, working with growers, and doing everything possible to ensure that beet harvest runs as smoothly and trouble-free as possible for everyone. Rasmussen, who plans to retire from Sidney Sugars in the spring, expects harvest 2011 will be his last harvest as an agriculturist. “It’s been a good run,” Rasmussen remarks. “I’ve served at every pile ground in...
Extreme times call for extreme measures, and sometimes these extraordinary efforts lead to innovation and invention. Growers today may complain about the difficulty of finding harvest help, but today’s situation doesn’t compare with the acute labor shortages growers faced during World War II, particularly during the 1942 harvest year. With all able bodied men off to war, growers worked with communities and state agencies to find solutions to labor problems. They also turned their creativity into...
The Roundup, along with Fairview businesses is holding a sugar beet decorating contest in conjunction with Harvest Days. Decorated beets need to be dropped off at The Powder Keg between now and Tuesday, October 11. Prizes will be given to the top three in each of three age categories: five and under, 6 to 9 years and 10 to 12 years. Top prize in each age group is a $20 gift certificate to the Powder Keg. Prizes will be awarded and pictures taken at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 12 at the Powder Keg....
With the start of sugarbeet harvest, we all realize summer has truly come to an end. Area growers began the 2011 fall beet harvest last week, and Russ Fullmer, Sidney Sugar Agriculture Manager, expects harvest will take between two to three weeks to complete, depending on weather. "The Eastern Ag Research Center harvested their plots in late September, and the neighbors harvested Nathan Langwald's beets on Sept. 28," says Fullmer. "Sugar Valley and Sidney started on Sept. 30 with some quotas...
The Roundup, along with Fairview businesses is holding a sugar beet decorating contest in conjunction with Harvest Days. Decorated beets need to be dropped off at The Powder Keg between now and Tuesday, October 11. Prizes will be given to the top three in each of three age categories: five and under, 6 to 9 years and 10 to 12 years. Top prize in each age group is a $20 gift certificate to the Powder Keg. Prizes will be awarded and pictures taken at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 12 at the Powder Keg....
The Roundup, along with Fairview businesses is holding a sugar beet decorating contest in conjunction with Harvest Days. Decorated beets need to be dropped off at The Powder Keg between now and Tuesday, October 11. Prizes will be given to the top three in each of three age categories: five and under, 6 to 9 years and 10 to 12 years. Top prize in each age group is a $20 gift certificate to the Powder Keg. Prizes will be awarded and pictures taken at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 12 at the Powder Keg....
It’s been a disappointing crop year for everyone. Yields are down, and in many cases quality also is not up to usual standards. Overall, this will not be a banner year for anyone, sugarbeet growers included. “Our last root sample taken last month was 16 tons, and last year at the same time it was 24 tons,” says Russ Fullmer, Sidney Sugars agricultural manager. “We’re expecting a 22-23 tons per acre crop, which is definitely not a record crop year.” He adds, “Other crops didn’t do so well eith...
Each year, the Eastern Agricultural Research Center (EARC) holds a field day in July in order to provide information and updates on a variety of research projects. Many area producers attend this field day to learn about current research, and those who attended were not disappointed in their quest for additional information. The tour began with a talk on durum wheat presented by EARC Agronomist Dr. Joyce Eckhoff, who discussed her research to produce quality durum varieties. “Durum is the n...
Sidney Sugars has hired Duane Peters as its new agriculturist effective June 13. Peters will serve as agriculturist for growers in the Sugar Valley area. Peters, no stranger to the Sidney area, is already well-known in the region and has the respect of many growers. Peters first arrived in Sidney in 1996 as an agriculturist for Busch Agricultural. He worked closely with the Eastern Agricultural Research Center on barley test plots, and when Busch Ag built its facility in Sidney in 2000, Peters...
