EC01-156 Sugarbeet Production Guide

Authors

Jürg M. Blumenthal, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Paul A. Burgener, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
K. James Fornstrom, University of Wyoming
Gary D. Franc, University of Wyoming
Robert M. Harveson, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Gary L. Hein, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Barry J. Jacobsen, Montana State University
Greg Johnson, Montana State University - Billings
Eric D. Kerr, University of Nebraska - Lncoln
Susan S. Martin, USDA Crops Research Lab
Steve Miller, University of Wyoming
Scott Nissen, Colorado State University
Karen L. Palm, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lee Panella, USDA/ARS
John A. Smith, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Robert G. Wilson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
C. Dean Yonts, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2001

Comments

© 2001, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.

Abstract

Sugarbeet and sugarcane are the major sources of sucrose, a sweetener in a vast range of foods. Total world production of sucrose was estimated at 126,500 metric tons in 1998-1999 of which 37 percent was from sugarbeet and 63 percent was from sugarcane. This Extension Circular discusses the importance of growing sugarbeets and sugarcane in the states of Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming.