Plant pathologist Nathan Wyatt’s research focuses on studying the potential for cercospora leaf spot to develop to management practices including planting sugarbeets with the CR+ trait.
A team of five mechanical engineers at Beamco Inc. has developed a machine that will be safer to operate, more efficient at harvesting sugarbeets and installed with the latest technology.
The plant has been closed for nearly two years, almost the same length of time that it operated before being shut down because of environmental violations.
This winter has been one of record warm temperatures, resulting in sugarbeet companies working to keep the crop from spoiling before the piles can be sliced and processed into sugar.