BEETS

Judge makes no immediate ruling on Roundup Ready sugar beet seed

Attorneys told the president of American Crystal Sugar Co. that a federal judge in San Francisco on Friday made no decision but rather took under advisement the request to halt immediately the use of any Roundup Ready sugar beet seed.

By Stephen J. Lee- The Grand Forks Herald , March 06, 2010

Sugar industry awaits decision that could ban planting of GMO crop

Most of the Red River Valley’s 2010 sugar beet crop could be affected by a federal judge’s ruling expected later this week.

The ruling could prohibit area beet farmers from planting beets that have been genetically modified. If so, farmers would need to plant conventional sugar beets, supplies of which are limited, officials say.

By John Knutson , March 02, 2010

NDSU economist helps sort out biofuel’s future

FARGO, N.D. — Need some help in deciding what to make into biofuels and what the government should be spending on it?

February 23, 2010

COLUMNIST MARILYN HAGERTY: When sugar beet molasses kept cattle alive

In Grand Forks in 1935,, a total of 1,719 cattle bought by the federal government were shipped in to be converted into fresh meat for families on relief.

February 15, 2010

Beet odor might be less in GF this year

February 14, 2010

Cooperstown has meeting on beets

The Green vision Group is working with Energy beets for ethanol production. The GVG is made up of four people in North Dakota and an advisory council of farmers and businessmen. Energy beets are sugar beets that will work to produce ethanol with good economics compared to today’s ethanol, according to Maynard Helgaas, GVG president. Energy beets have been shown to yield 38-40 ton at the Oakes Research Test site under irrigation. High yield of Energy beets will transpose into more sugar production which will produce more ethanol.

February 10, 2010

Sugar harvest drags growers through worst, but big yields lift region’s economy

RENVILLE — Tom Jacobs’ father started raising sugar beets in Renville County in 1964, and with the exception of a few years in the early ’70s, the family has continued that tradition ever since.

By Tom Cherveny , December 23, 2009

Crystal beet payments to be down

American Crystal Sugar Co. says profits from this fall’s sugar beet harvest in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota will not be as sweet as last year’s.

December 05, 2009

Officials: Sugar beet crop hurt by this year’s weather

Thanks to miserable weather, profits from this fall’s sugar beet harvest won’t be nearly as sweet for American Crystal Sugar growers as last year. At its annual meeting Thursday at the Fargo Holiday Inn, the Moorhead-based cooperative reported net revenues for fiscal year 2009 totaling $1.20 billion for the crop planted in 2008.

By By Craig McEwen, Forum Communications Co. , December 04, 2009

Warming lets Crystal harvest resume

Most of American Crystal Sugar Co.’s receiving stations opened again Sunday to take in sugar beets, which started up the harvest again after a four-day delay because of cold temperatures and rain. About 70 percent or more of the grower-owned cooperative’s 442,000 acres have been dug, based on estimates by company officials Wednesday.

By Stephen J. Lee , October 18, 2009

American Crystal halts beet harvest

American Crystal Sugar Co. halted its sugar beet harvest Tuesday because temperatures dipped below 20 degrees and the crowns, or tops, of the beets were getting frosted.

By Stephen J. Lee , October 13, 2009

Heavy rains give harvest a beeting

Despite weather, outlook better than last year’s
AMENIA, N.D. – Seven good days. That’s what Amenia farmer Bill Hejl needs to finish this year’s sugar beet harvest.

By Jon Knutson , October 07, 2009

Sugar beets spur county to reconsider biotech food

Famuer Rasmussen Jr. and five other farmers filed what they thought was a routine request to grow genetically modified sugar beets on public land in Colorado’s Boulder County. The county already had allowed genetically altered corn. But the farmers got an earful.

By By Catherine Tsai, The Associated Press , October 02, 2009

Biotech beets ruling could impact Red River Valley

A decision by a federal judge to overturn federal approval of a variety of genetically engineered sugar beets could have a big impact on the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

September 24, 2009

Sugar beet ‘prepile’ harvest started

American Crystal Sugar Co. is starting its initial sugar beet harvest this week in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

September 02, 2009