Dryer year eases new president into first months of American Sugarbeet Growers Association post

BARNEY, N.D. — Russell Mauch has gotten a bit of a breather from the excessively wet years the southern Red River Valley has been known for in the past few years, and just in time for his stint as president of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association.

By: Mikkel Pates, Associated Press