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BY JENNY SCHLECHT

In Sugarbeet Grower Magazine, we cover sugarbeets. We cover the industry, the farmers, the policies. We look at research, diseases and technologies and all the things that can impact your sugarbeet operation.

But we know that sugarbeets aren’t your sole focus on your farm.

For more than a year, Sugarbeet Grower Magazine has been brought to your mailboxes by Agweek. And at Agweek, we cover the rest of the news and information you need for your operation, along with sugarbeets.

Agweek got its start in 1985 with a strong focus on news and market information that you couldn’t, at that time, get anywhere else in the northern Plains. Over the decades, our focus has remained on giving farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses information you won’t find in any other news source.

We go beyond just disseminating press releases and reporting inch-deep news that you’ll find elsewhere. We have experienced reporters, most of whom have personal backgrounds in agriculture, who can put ag news into perspective. We

Researchers Recognized For Their Work By Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association

BY ANN BAILEY

The Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association has honored Researchers Norm Cattanach and Mark Bloomquist with the Sugarbeet Distinguished Service award.

Cattanach, a North Dakota State University sugarbeet research specialist, and Bloomquist, Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative research director, received the awards at the annual American Crystal Sugar Co. Research and Reporting Session held in December 2021.

This is the second time during Cattanach’s long association with the sugarbeet industry that he has received the Distinguished Service award. The first was in 2000.

Cattanach’s career in sugarbeet research began in 1982 when he joined the North Dakota State University soil science department. During part of his career, Cattanach worked with then-soil scientist Joe Giles on a variety of sugarbeet research projects including seedbed preparation, tillage methods and residue management. Later, Cattanach

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Jenny Schlecht is the editor of Agweek and Sugarbeet Grower Magazine. She lives on a farm and ranch in Medina, North Dakota, with her husband and two daughters. She can be reached at jschlecht@agweek.com or 701-595-0425.