Reducing nitrogen rates in sugar beet production may be possible without sacrificing yield, and early results from on-farm ...

A California judge said this week that the latest round of "Roundup Ready" sugar beet seeds likely shouldn't have been planted, the newest development in an ongoing legal battle over the use of ...

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BLACKFOOT, Idaho — Doug Evans likes the looks of his beets and those that other farmers in his region produced. In the relatively high-altitude growing area, word was that sugar content “started off a ...

A fungus that can wipe out up to 50% of a sugar beet crop may soon meet its match in a new generation of smart disease ...

We hope that timely and meaningful economic aid will provide a lifeline as farmers head into the fields for spring planting ...

Sugarbeet seeds got into the ground this spring on schedule across U.S. growing regions as a warm, dry spring allowed farmers to rapidly plant the crop. The same weather conditions, though, combined ...

POCATELLO — USDA’s Feb. 20 announcement that the federal government will provide $150 million in assistance to American sugar beet and sugar cane farmers came as welcome news to Idaho’s 400-plus sugar ...

The Northwest sugar beet harvest is finishing strong, thanks to a stretch of cooperative weather. “Favorable weather conditions with minimal precipitation have contributed to the successful harvest ...

Lukas Rust previously held leadership roles at Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative in Wahpeton and VEI Global in Fargo.

Both cane and beet sugar are harvested from plants and used to produce sucrose, which is then refined into a white granulated sugar, brown sugar, or molasses. Cane and beet sugar are chemically ...