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American Crystal pays fine, takes actions to reduce pollution at East Grand Forks facility
Moorhead-based American Crystal Sugar Co. has paid a $24,943 penalty and taken corrective actions to reduce air pollution from emissions at its East Grand Forks facility, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says.
By Forum News Service , January 25, 2013
Crystal’s profits drop by 32 percent but still near record high
MOORHEAD, Minn. — American Crystal Sugar saw its net proceeds slump by almost a third for its 2012 reporting year, although it posted its second-highest payments to beet growers in history.
By Patrick Springer , December 06, 2012
Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Fargo sees record rain
Tuesday’s record rainfall in Grand Forks and other parts of the Red River Valley should help some area crops, but it is too early to tell whether the moisture signals an end to the region’s nearly year-old drought.
By Kevin Bonham , July 25, 2012
Union members reject American Crystal contract a third time
With 82 percent of Bakery Workers union members voting, 63 percent voted against the contract. The labor dispute has been ongoing since July 31 when members first voted on the contract. Since then, about 1,300 workers have been locked out and management has hired temporary replacement workers.
June 23, 2012
European group tours North Dakota Mill
A group of Spanish and Italian mill owners toured the North Dakota Mill in Grand Forks Tuesday to gain a better understanding of the U.S. wheat production.
By TJ Jerke , June 20, 2012
Talks fail Friday, Crystal says parties still ‘far apart’
A mediation session Friday involving American Crystal Sugar Co. executives and union workers ended without a deal to end a lockout more than 10 months old.
By Forum Communications , June 08, 2012
Crystal exec: No change in contract offer
American Crystal Sugar has agreed to sit down with the Bakery Workers union and a federal mediator June 8, “but our final offer is our final offer,” ACS spokesman Brian Ingulsrud said Thursday.
By Ryan Bakken , May 03, 2012
Union seeks mediator in American Crystal lock-out
A union leader for locked-out American Crystal Sugar Co. workers says he has asked a federal mediator to lead another round of negotiations with the company. A representative for the company says it would be receptive to a mediator.
By Stephen J. Lee , January 11, 2012
You say tomato, they say expensive, as freeze wipes out half of Florida crop
Tomatoes are going to be hard to find at some restaurants and more expensive at the grocery store for some time. Because of rotten winter weather in the growing regions, supplies have plummeted.
March 14, 2010
Sugar beet case could loom large
Judge may rule Friday on “Roundup Ready” sugar beetsA federal judge in San Francisco could decide Friday to order a halt to the planting of any genetically modified — or “Roundup Ready” — sugar beets in the nation.
By Stephen J. Lee , March 01, 2010
INTERNATIONAL CROP EXPO: Economy pessimism could hit farm income
Although the recession ended last summer, the recovery is another story. Keynote speaker Edmond Seifried said he expects it will take maybe five years before employment levels get back to where they were three years ago.
By Stephen J. Lee , February 24, 2010
Peterson: Obama budget will have little effect on local farm programs
A three-year freeze in spending on many domestic programs, which President Barack Obama is expected to call for when he delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress on Wednesday, likely would have little effect on commodity subsidies and other major farm programs, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said.
By Chuck Haga , January 26, 2010
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