Ernest Flegenheimer passed away at age 94. He was the president and CEO of Michigan Sugar Company for 30 years. (Michigan Sugar Company photo)

Sugarbeet Feb 24th 2021 - 10am

Former Michigan Sugar Company president Ernest Flegenheimer passes away

Ernest Flegenheimer, former president and CEO of Michigan Sugar Company, died on Feb. 2. He was 94.

Amity Technology's Crop Chaser dump carts are suitable for several crops, including silage, grain, sugarbeets, and other specialty crops. (Amity Technology / Special to Agweek)

Agriculture Feb 22nd 2021 - 5am

Amity Technology launches Crop Chaser dump cart line

Norma Burbank has served as the executive secretary for the Oregon/Idaho-based Nyssa-Nampa Sugarbeet Growers Association for the past 23 years. (Contributed photo / Special to The Sugarbeet Grower)

Sugarbeet Feb 19th 2021 - 7am

Norma Burbank has enjoyed career with Nyssa-Nampa Sugarbeet Growers Association

Jack Roney has been one of the biggest defenders of the domestic sugar industry over the course of the last five decades. (Mike Spieker / The Sugarbeet Grower)

Sugarbeet Feb 19th 2021 - 5am

Retirement beckons for Jack Roney

Dr. Tom Peters was selected as the recipient of the Sugarbeet Distinguished Service award. (Contributed photo / The Sugarbeet Grower.)

Sugarbeet Feb 16th 2021 - 5am

Tom Peters selected for Sugarbeet Distinguished Service Award

Dan Younggren, ASGA president, gives his closing remarks virtually during the ASGA annual meeting. (Screenshot from the ASGA virtual meeting).

Sugarbeet Feb 12th 2021 - 5am

American Sugarbeet Growers Association holds first virtual annual meeting

Ben Marshall Farms harvesting beets in Jerome, Idaho. Photo by Brad Griff of the Idaho Sugarbeet Growers Association / Special to The Sugarbeet Grower.

Sugarbeet Feb 8th 2021 - 2pm

Amalgamated Sugar 2020 crop comes in at just over 40 tons per acre

Michigan Sugar yielded a 28.5 ton per acre average crop in 2020 with an 18.4 percent sugar content. (Mike Spieker / The Sugarbeet Grower)

Sugarbeet Feb 8th 2021 - 2pm

Michigan Sugar enjoys a 'healthy and strong' 2020 sugarbeet crop

Mike Spieker / Sugarbeet Grower Magazine

Sugarbeet Feb 8th 2021 - 2pm

Sidney Sugars enjoys strong yield and sugar content from 2020 beet crop

Wyoming Sugar Company had a record-breaking year despite the unseasonably warm temperatures that threatened harvest in September and October. (Mike Spieker / The Sugarbeet Grower)

Sugarbeet Feb 8th 2021 - 2pm

Wyoming Sugar 2020 crop was record-breaking, company-wide average of 19.62% sugar content

Minn-Dak sugarbeet growers averaged 24.09 tons per acre in 2020 with a 16.88 percent sugar content. (Mike Spieker / The Sugarbeet Grower)

Sugarbeet Feb 8th 2021 - 2pm

Minn-Dak sugarbeet growers averaged 24 tons per acre in 2020

Spreckels Sugar in southern California had yields near 50 tons per acre with nearly 17 percent sugar for their 2019-20 crop. (Mike Spieker / The Sugarbeet Grower)

Sugarbeet Feb 8th 2021 - 2pm

Spreckels Sugar growing season yields big, quality beets

Despite harvest challenges, Alberta growers averaged 33.4 tons per acre with a 19.43 percent sugar content in 2020. (Mike Spieker / The Sugarbeet Grower)

Sugarbeet Feb 8th 2021 - 2pm

Alberta sugarbeet growers faced harvest challenges again in 2020

The 2020 American Crystal Sugar harvest was one of the fastest in the co-op's history. Mike Spieker / The Sugarbeet Grower

Sugarbeet Feb 8th 2021 - 2pm

Even with slow start, American Crystal pleased with 2020 growing season

Good harvest conditions in southern Minnesota allowed the 30.04 tons per acre sugarbeet crop to be piled in good condition. (Mike Spieker / The Sugarbeet Grower)

Sugarbeet Feb 8th 2021 - 2pm

Favorable weather and good harvest conditions was "just what was needed" for Southern Minn. beet growers

Freezing temperatures made for a less-than-ideal harvest, but still, three of the four states within Western Sugar averaged over 30 tons per acre. (Mike Spieker / The Sugarbeet Grower)

Sugarbeet Feb 8th 2021 - 2pm

Western Sugar growers endured harvest woes again in 2020, but achieved 30-plus tons per acre

Mike Spieker is the editor of Sugarbeet Grower Magazine and a multi-media journalist for Agweek.

Agriculture Feb 2nd 2021 - 5am

Mike Spieker and Sugarbeet Grower Magazine join Agweek

Kelly Erickson, 63, of Hallock, Minn., farms with his family near Kennedy, Minn., and is vice chairman of American Crystal Sugar Co. He nearly died from COVID-19 in December 2020, and his father died from it. “Get the shot,” he urges others. Photo taken Jan. 25, 2021, at Kennedy, Minn. Mikkel Pates / Agweek

Agriculture Feb 1st 2021 - 5am

Sugarbeet leader who had COVID-19 and lost his father to it urges, ‘Take the shot’

File photo of American Crystal Sugar Co.’s processing plant at Hillsboro, N.D. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)

Agriculture Jan 22nd 2021 - 3pm

American Crystal Sugar PAC unfazed by Electoral College vote

American Crystal Sugar crews loading at the piling site in Perley, Minn. (Mike Spieker / Agweek)

Sugarbeet Jan 21st 2021 - 5am

Cool temps bring warm welcome to Red River Valley sugarbeet piles

BĒT Vodka is made from sugar beets acquired through American Crystal Sugar. Trevor Peterson / Forum News Service

Agriculture Jan 2nd 2021 - 5am

The sweet science of BĒT Vodka, the vodka made from sugarbeets

A waterhemp seed head. (NDSU Extension)

Agriculture Dec 24th 2020 - 5am

Fighting waterhemp, a weed 'born for the 21st century'

Pat Freese, Kent, Minn., chairman of the board of Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, held its 48th annual meeting partly in person, partly streamed on line, Dec. 10, 2020, from Wahpeton. Freese, pictured at last year's meeting, said the co-op said the co-op is poised to turn upward after three tough payment years. File photo taken Dec. 12, 2019, Fargo, N.D. Mikkel Pates / Agweek

Business Dec 15th 2020 - 2pm

Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op looks ahead at better payments

Join Agweek's Jonathan Knutson as he interviews Rhonda Larson, the U.S. Wheat Association Vice Chair about her upcoming position.

Agriculture Dec 14th 2020 - 5am

Minnesota woman farms, teaches, promotes U.S. wheat worldwide