The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently approved and issued an exemption to the N e braska Department of Agriculture to allow farmers to use metamitron herbicide for weed control in sugar ...

In a sugar beet field a few miles east of Moorhead, small four-wheeled robots are rolling up and down the rows of beets. Powered by a solar panel, the robots use cameras to spot weeds and then guide ...

Aigen had a weed-eliminating robot demonstration at the International Sugar Beet Institute's first day. The director of Grand Farm talked about those kinds of real-world solutions for ag problems.

A season that combined good growing conditions with challenges in weed, pest and disease management will be among the themes at the University of Idaho Snake River Sugar Beet Conference, set for Dec.