How to store sugar beets all depends on the region where you are located. The winter months are an important time for sugar beet cooperatives. How you store sugar beets during the winter months can either benefit or subtract from a grower’s payment. Each growing area uses different techniques to maximize sugar retention and minimize […]
Whether you are using conventional or organic cultivation methods, Germains offers a few different seed treatments for broccoli, cabbage, kale, and cauliflower. When applied, seed treatments for brassicas can not only help your crops overall performance but can protect your seedlings before emergence. The following are a few seed treatment options for you to select […]
Because new sugarbeet varieties are coming online to growers at a steady pace, Michigan Research Education Advisory Council (REACh) Seed Week plays a vital role in helping growers’ select new varieties. Traditionally to get all the variety information, growers have had to endure multiple meetings from different seed and sugar companies. In any given year […]
The 2017 sugarbeet harvest in the United States is wrapping up with mixed results. The USDA’s sugar and sweeteners outlook for November lists Idaho, Wyoming, and Oregon as states to see a drop in sugarbeet production in 2017 while Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska and Colorado have all seen gains. Each sugarbeet growing region faces variability […]
Our range of seed polymers is designed to offer rapid and easy to clean down between uses, therefore minimizing the impact on production. Germains spectrum® seed polymers have been tested through side-vent drum coaters, continuous coaters, and rotary batch seed treaters. The spectrum® 300 series is a seed filmcoating polymer that is designed for binding […]
The Michigan sugar beet industry production ranks third in the United States with over 150,000 acres that produce well over four million tons of beets annually. However, when it comes to agriculture innovations, Michigan sugar beet producers are second to none. For example, they were the first beet industry in the USA to fully adopt […]
The annual PNVA Conference is fast approaching and will be held November 15th & 16th at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Washington. For over 30 years the Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association has been hosting this annual event. Also, Germains is looking forward to hosting our second tradeshow exhibit at booth #48. This year […]
Each year Michigan Sugar Company conducts its annual Official Sugarbeet Variety Tour (OVT) in “Thumb of Michigan”. This two-day event allows sugarbeet breeders and company personnel to evaluate variety research conducted by Michigan Sugar Company and Michigan State University Sugarbeet Advancement. Michigan’s variety evaluation program is somewhat unique compared to other areas. For varieties to […]
As summer starts to fade, sugar beet growers anticipate the harvest season. Many sugar cooperatives throughout the country use early or prepile sugarbeet harvest as a management tool. Early harvest ensures that the sugarbeet crop can be harvested so that the whole crop can be processed during the factories campaign. The middle of August through […]
When buying your seed for next year’s crop, your seed distributor may ask, do you want your seed primed? That is a great question. Opting for primed seed may cost you a bit more per acre but what exactly does it mean to prime seed? More importantly, how will your crop benefit? First, let’s start […]
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