David Kragnes reflects on his growing tax bill and the things for which his money goes in Minnesota, while lamenting that his ancestors didn't put down roots in lower-taxed neighbor North Dakota.
Arnold Barclay has been farming for 63 years. In this AgweekTV preview of an upcoming Sugarbeet Grower story, he gives some good advice to young farmers.
In this edition of Dateline Washington, Luther Markwart, of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association, discusses the national debt, the farm bill, pesticides and the Endangered Species Act.
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Sugarbeet harvest is getting up and running in many of the country's sugarbeet growing regions. Send us your photos from the field for possible inclusion in Sugarbeet Grower Magazine and Agweek.