American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists

At #ASSBT2025, we heard about challenges faced by both European (Dr. Elisabeth Lacoste of CIBE) and U.S. sugar beet growers (Dr. Nick Storer) and the importance of innovation to the future of Ag and food security.

#ASSBT2025 is underway. Dr. Todd Pringle of John Deere speaking on sensor and compute technology stacks.

We cannot wait for the 43rd Biennial ASSBT meeting next week in Long Beach, CA! #ASSBT2025

Planning for the 43rd Biennial ASSBT meeting from February 25-28, 2025 in Long Beach, CA has begun! The ASSBT Board of Directors visited Long Beach in early March to view the meeting space and the city. Did you know? Long Beach averages 345 days of sunshine?

ASSBT hosted the 42nd Biennial meeting in Savannah, GA last week. It was great to be back in person after four years, exchanging research information and knowledge for the betterment of beet sugar industry.

Dr. Stanley Culpepper #WSSA knocked it out of the park. What an excellent presentation at #ASSBT23

Well, that’s a wrap. ASSBT 2023 is over. What an amazing with with record turnout. We are grateful for everyone’s support of the beet sugar industry and research. Safe travels home from Savannah!

The 42nd Biennial ASSBT meeting is around the corner. We look forward to welcoming all to a great week of research presentations, forums, good food, and great weather!

Less than two weeks until the General Session of the 42nd Biennial ASSBT meeting. Keep your eyes out in the near future for our latest newsletter!

T minus 39 days to go until the 42nd Biennial ASSBT meeting in Savannah, GA. Registration is still open. We are looking forward to a great event. Who’s excited?!?!

The 2023 ASSBT Program chairpersons took a break from planning for the upcoming Biennial meeting to tour the Bay City, MI factory. Thanks to ⁦@michigansugarco⁩ for the hospitality and great weather! ⁦@BeetWeedControl⁩ ⁦@markbloomquist3⁩ ⁦@Melvin_Bolton⁩

Hello 2023 ASSBT attendees! Keep your eyes out early next week for an email with more information on registering for the ASSBT Biennial meeting, held in Savannah, GA, February 27 - March 2, 2023!

E-mail alert - The Call for Papers and Award Nominations for the 42nd Biennial ASSBT Meeting was sent out today. Looking forward to a great meeting in Savannah, GA Feb. 27 - Mar. 2, 2023!

A fantastic day learning about research at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech. “Agriculture-Environment-Food-Forest is Life”. CO2 measurements, food technology, climate studies, AI and deep learning, and forest management and predictive modeling were some of the research themes. #IIRB2022

Day 2 of IIRB meetings featured two interesting USDA-ARS virtual presentations from @Melvin_Bolton and @ChenggenC on the complex genetics of DMI fungicide resistance and the potential of the NPGS germplasm collection and crop wild relatives, respectively.

ASSBT is pleased to attend and support our friends overseas at the 78th IIRB (International Institute of Sugar Beet Research) Congress. A great Day 1 of research presentations and posters, followed by dinner at the Chateau de Beloeil in Belgium. #IIRB2022

The ASSBT Board of Directors met this week in Savannah, GA to begin meeting planning for ASSBT 2023. Savannah was a hit!