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85 percent of Crystal’s beets are Roundup

MOORHEAD, Minn. — American Crystal Sugar Co. shareholders planted 85 percent of the 2011 crop to Roundup Ready beets this year, down from last year’s level of about 95 percent.

By Mikkel Pates , July 11, 2011

Co-ops wrap ’10 crop, Crystal boosts ’11 acres

FARGO, N.D. — Sugar beet processing is coming to a happy conclusion for the 2010 crop, but a wet, cold spring has influenced American Crystal Sugar Co. of Moorhead, Minn., to increase acres for 2011.

By Mikkel Pates , May 10, 2011

Fire damages beet plant; no one hurt

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — A boiler fire caused damage at the American Crystal Sugar beet processing plant in East Grand Forks but did not interrupt operations. No one was hurt.

April 15, 2011

American Crystal to plant biotech beets again

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — American Crystal Sugar's board of directors has decided to have the cooperative's farmer members plant biotech sugar beet seed again this year, despite a federal court challenge by opponents of genetically modified beets.

March 31, 2011

Judge will hear no new arguments in Roundup Ready beets case

FARGO, N.D. — A California federal district judge March 17 declined to hear new arguments on 2011 and 2012 plantings of Roundup Ready beet root production.

By Mikkel Pates , March 29, 2011

Roundup Ready beet issue remains unclear

FARGO, N.D. — Stay tuned. That’s the only message available on the Roundup Ready sugar beet question for 2011 as Red River Valley and southern Minnesota farmers prepare for a sugar beet planting season, which could be less than a month away.

By Mikkel Pates , March 29, 2011

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Beet case ruling: Separate issues

FARGO, N.D. — A San Francisco federal judge has denied environmentalist groups’ attempts to attach issues about 2011 Roundup Ready beet production to a separate but related case involving stecklings.

By Mikkel Pates , March 01, 2011

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Beet co-ops will grow with or without Roundup Ready seed

FARGO, N.D. — As February slips toward March, sugar beet farmers in the Red River Valley still face “massive uncertainty” about whether they’ll be planting Roundup Ready sugar beets in 2011.

By Mikkel Pates , February 22, 2011

USDA authorizes spring planting of Roundup Ready sugar beets

ST. LOUIS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has authorized spring planting of Genuity® Roundup Ready® sugar beets. Last year Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and KWS SAAT AG petitioned USDA to act with interim measures so farmers could continue to grow Roundup Ready sugar beets while USDA completes an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

February 04, 2011

February may be big for beets

FARGO, N.D. — February will be a key month for the Roundup Ready sugar beet case. Legal and administrative issues remain in limbo for 2011 and beyond, says Luther Markwart, executive vice president of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association in Washington.

By Mikkel Pates , January 25, 2011

Beet ethanol shows promise

FARGO, N.D. — The use of a specialized sugar beet to produce ethanol could be a breakthrough in weaning the industry off corn. A recent announcement to build a small-scale beets-to-ethanol plant in North Dakota is more than promising. It’s intriguing.

January 25, 2011

Minn-Dak has huge year in beets

FARGO, N.D. — Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative will process a third more tons of beets from its 2010 crop, boosting payments to an estimated $180 million, up from payments of about $100 million in the past two years, officials say.

By Mikkel Pates , December 14, 2010

Exploring energy beets

WEST FARGO, N.D. — A North Dakota company pushing for the development of beet-fed ethanol plants in North Dakota now is seeking funds for a $5 million “pilot-scale” demonstration plant they hope will be built in 2012. This would be followed by a string of $40 million commer-cial-scale plants in subsequent years.

By Mikkel Pates , December 14, 2010

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American Crystal has banner beet year

FARGO — American Crystal Sugar Co. shareholders at their annual meeting were happy but not giddy about a phenomenal crop and price year — their enthusiasm perhaps curbed by concerns about future use of Roundup Ready beets.

By Mikkel Pates , December 03, 2010

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US judge orders removal of GMO seed plants

DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal judge in California has ordered the removal from the ground of plants grown to produce seeds for genetically modified sugar beets, citing the potential for environmental harm.

By Michael J. Crumb , December 03, 2010

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