According to the USDA Crop Progress Report for Monday, May 6, Michigan’s sugarbeets are now 75 percent planted. That compares to 49 percent for last week and 18 percent for two weeks ago.
USDA also says that Michigan’s sugarbeet planting progress is well above the five-year planting pace of 62 percent. In addition, 50 percent of the state’s sugarbeets that have been planted so far have already emerged.
Click below to hear C.J. Miller chat with Brice Stine, Central District Agronomy Manager with Michigan Sugar Company, about the rapid pace at which Michigan sugarbeet grower-owners have been able to get planting accomplished over the past two weeks.
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Click BELOW to hear C.J. Miller’s update with Brice Stine, Central District Agronomy Manager with Michigan Sugar Company.
