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 ...

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

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.

A root vegetable that was once the biggest crop in Colorado is now something many Coloradans have never even seen. Yet for most of us, Colorado-grown sugar beet is still a frequent part of our diets.

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 ...

About half of the area designated for sugar beets has been sown in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

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