A large part of a sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) grower's cost of production is the cost of obtaining an adequate stand of weed-free sugarbeet. Field experiments were conducted at four locations in Wyoming during 1990 to demonstrate the economic benefits of planting to stand and sequential preplant and postemergence herbicide treatments com­ pared to excess planting and thinning (overseeding) with similar herbicide treatments under variable climatic and production situations. Although weed population and hoeing time varied greatly between locations, there was a significant relationship between hoeing time and weed population for plant to stand (R2 = 0.89) and thinned populations (R2 = 0. 72). An additional 8 hrlA (20 hr ha1 )