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Cercospora leaf spot threatens sugarbeet yields across key growing regions

todayMay 29, 2026

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An agronomist is concerned growing conditions could favor a disease known to slash sugarbeet yields nearly in half. Curtis Rainbolt with BASF says the summer is expected to be warmer than normal in some prime beet-growing regions of the U.S. “One of the things that comes up just about every year for most of our […]

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Written by: Leah Jones

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