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More sugarbeet seed going into the ground in Minnesota and North Dakota, but planting progress remains slow

Rain slowed sugarbeet planting in Minnesota and North Dakota.

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Sugarbeet growers face turbulent years since disastrous 2019 harvest

Since the disaster of 2019, sugarbeet growers have had far from favorable years.

May 17, 2022 05:30 AM

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American Crystal Sugar stock makes new high

Brokers handling American Crystal Sugar Co. stock share sales say the 2021-22 selling season saw a record high average of $4,217. The brokered share sales for the Moorhead, Minnesota-based co-op account for less than 1% of planted acres in the co-op.

May 13, 2022 09:31 AM

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Sugarbeets into no-till corn? Minnesota farm is home to test plot, field day

Vance Johnson of Breckenridge, Minnesota, has offered up a 60-acre field for five years of study on soil health and conservation practices.

May 10, 2022 05:30 AM

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An aerial shot of a John Deere tractor pulling a planter in a field with scattered green of cover crops.

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Weather in northern Plains, Michigan delays sugarbeet planting while western U.S. growers make good progress

Wet, cold weather kept most Minnesota, North Dakota and Michigan farmers out of the field in April. Idaho growers nearly finished planting their fields by the end of month.

May 06, 2022 02:00 PM

By Ann Bailey

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Trial over sugar industry merger set to begin. What's at stake?

United States Sugar Corp., a Florida company that markets sugar cooperatively with Red River Valley sugarbeet growers through United Sugars, is seeking to purchase Imperial Sugar Co. The U.S. Department of Justice is suing to block the purchase.

April 17, 2022 05:30 AM

By Jeff Beach

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Western U.S. sugarbeet growers are in the field, while farmers in Michigan hope to be, soon

Sugarbeet planting is underway in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and in Michigan, farmers hope to get in the field within the next week.

April 14, 2022 05:30 AM

By Ann Bailey

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When will sugarbeet planting start in Minnesota and North Dakota?

The snow has melted and fields will be planted when they dry out and warm up, said agricultural experts at Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative in Wahpeton North Dakota, American Crystal Sugar Co. based in Moorhead, Minnesota, and Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative in Renville, Minnesota.

April 07, 2022 05:30 AM

By Ann Bailey

A boy in tan pants and light-colored shirt shaking the hand of a man in a gray shirt and gray pants.

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Crystal Brand Sugarbeet Seed program will donate $10,000 to nonprofit in a sugarbeet grower's community

ACH Seeds launched the “Homegrown Giving" program this year in Michigan and in 2023 will put it in place in North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana.

April 05, 2022 05:30 AM

By Ann Bailey

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Number of Red River Valley sugarbeet acres grown using strip tillage management system growing

Strip tillage management systems reduce the amount of topsoil loss that results from wind erosion, decreases wind damage to young sugarbeet plants and conserves moisture.

March 24, 2022 05:30 AM

By Ann Bailey

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American Crystal Sugar Co President's Award winner is hard at work on the job, no matter what it is

Whether it's replacing sugar beet cutting knives, driving a mud truck or sundry other jobs, Elvin Payton enthusiastically gets the job done, said Paul Carlson, Payton's shift supervisor at the American Crystal Sugar Co. East Grand Forks factory district.

March 22, 2022 05:30 AM

By Ann Bailey

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Sugar rush: Russia probes price hikes and 'unjustified' shortages

Two vessels carrying 88,000 metric tons of raw sugar are on their way from Brazil to Russia's Black Sea port, the IKAR consultancy said in a note.

March 18, 2022 10:32 AM

By Reuters

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Industry influencers at International Sugar Beet Institute talk about successes, challenges facing farmers

Luther Markwart and Rob Johannson gave keynote addresses on Wed., March 16, the first day of the International Sugar Beet Expo, and will speak again on Thus., March 17.

March 17, 2022 07:44 AM

By Ann Bailey