David Berg knows a thing or two about the white, powdery, sweet stuff his company produces. As president of American Crystal Sugar Co., he knows when the sugar beet crops are good and when the harvest ...

MURDOCK - It's a warm fall morning that followed enough rain to make fields slimy and prone to deep tractor-tire ruts, but a bright yellow behemoth of a machine is having no trouble gliding across a ...

Jenny Schlecht is the director of ag content for Agweek and serves as editor of Agweek, Sugarbeet Grower and BeanGrower. She ...

Beetroot growing mistakes are more common than you might think. This is sure to be a relief for anyone who’s been told how easy beets are to grow. And yes, they do have the potential to be versatile, ...

The Northwest sugar beet harvest is finishing strong, thanks to a stretch of cooperative weather. “Favorable weather conditions with minimal precipitation have contributed to the successful harvest ...

The Red River Valley's sugar beet crop is the odd man out in this season of early planted, early harvested crops, with digging actually behind normal schedules. After a week or more of little or no ...

As of today, American Crystal Sugar Co.'s growers had lifted and hauled 81 percent of their sugar beet crop, said Jeff Schweitzer, spokesman for the Moorhead-based grower-owned cooperative. In fact, ...

Beet growers and processors are welcoming better sugar-storing conditions as harvest gains momentum. Growers who own Boise-based processor Amalgamated Sugar Co. planted about 180,000 acres of sugar ...

Montana sugar beet farmers are expecting a decent crop, despite weather challenges due to record-breaking summer heat. Western Sugar Cooperative farmers were about 40% done with their harvest Monday ...

HAMBURG, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The European Union's sugar beet harvest is progressing well and a sharp rise in sugar production is expected, experts said on Thursday. German commodity analysts F.O. Licht ...