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Picture Tour of Growing Sugarbeets - Plowing

Plowing Planting Emergence
Growth Fields Harvest
Field being plowed
Most beet ground is either moldboard or chisel plowed in the fall. Better stands are often achieved if the soil is worked early and seeds are planted into a stale seed bed.
Field being tilled
Land is tilled in the spring to level the ground and incorporate fertilizer, usually the day before or the day of planting.
Seed planting
Sugar beets are typically planted from March 31 to May 15.

 
Last Updated: January 17, 2007
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