You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger advocate for wheat production than Mike Metzger, which might be unexpected given the fact his professional focus is on sugarbeets.Metzger is the research agronomist for Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative in Wahpeton, North Dakota. Minn-Dak is owned by approximately 500 growers who collectively grow and process nearly 115,000 acres of sugarbeets annually. Metzger's role is to test new products, technologies and methodologies for growing high quality sugarbeets. He then works with other staff to help Minn-Dak growers implement productive tactics.
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