The Manitoba sugar beet industry : a geographical study

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyse and describe the physical and cultural factors that have had an influence on the production of sugar beets; to determine how these factors have influenced sugar beet production and how the production process has adjusted to these factors; to trace the development of the industry from the experimental stage to the stage of stability; and to describe the activities that occur in the production and refining of the sugar beets.