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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Author Margie Sarsfield based her novel "Beta Vulgaris" on experiences she had a little more than a decade ago when she travelled to Minnesota to work on the sugar beet harvest. She said she knew ...

Thirty years ago Spreckels Sugar — which was intertwined with Manteca’s prosperity and history for 75 years — fell victim to changing sugar beet economics and tougher California air quality rules.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last factory in California that turns sugar beets into sugar is shutting down after 78 years, according to the company that ...

RENVILLE — Kids and adults alike took to Main Street in 70-degree temperatures to celebrate the second official day of Sugar Beet Days in Renville on Friday. Activities included prime rib and live ...