Tony DeGroot, who has been using Feed Beets in his dairy ration since 2000 was awarded the first Betaseed® Feed Beets Pioneer Award on February 18, 2015. The Pioneer Award recognizes Tony for being very instrumental in spreading the word about Feed Beets and informing other growers about the value of using Feed Beets for their dairy herd. Feed Beets are a highly digestible fiber source with slow released sugars which make it a very nutritional feed stock as well as palatable to the cows.
The DeGroot Dairy Farm is located in the Central Valley area of CA and is a 3rd generation family farm. Tony began dairy farming in 1966. Today his operation milks 4500 cows and raises all of its' young stock. The DeGroots use Feed Beets as a rotation crop because the beets also help pull out the alkaline in salty soils.
For more information or general questions on Feed Beets, please contact Cindy Suplinski at csuplinski@betaseed.com or 952-288-2459.
Feed Beets are a high-value feed alternative that can increase feed quality and positively impact operating margins. Feed Beets is a brand of Betaseed, Incorporated, headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota. Betaseed, Inc. is North America's premier sugarbeet seed company. From our start in 1970, Betaseed has maintained a longstanding commitment to the beet sugar industry, with research and seed production operations in several states and marketing seed to all sugarbeet markets. Our mission is to develop the best performing seed products and services through innovative people, plant breeding and seed technology. 4.22.2015