A Fargo-based energy company is moving forward with plans for the nation's first-ever beet ethanol plant - the first step in an ambitious plan to turn one of the Red River Valley's top crops into a ...

Sugarbeet seeds got into the ground this spring on schedule across U.S. growing regions as a warm, dry spring allowed farmers to rapidly plant the crop. The same weather conditions, though, combined ...

CROOKSTON, Minn. -- It's been six years since Allan Dragseth and neighbor Roger Odegaard decided to take the lead on getting the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum up and running. Since then, they have ...

MICHIGAN (WNEM) - Sugar beet farmers will begin their harvest next week and the Michigan Sugar Company said the crop is looking good, despite the difficult growing season. “Sounds like we have an ...

Nevin Lawrence’s research on Goltix enabled emergency EPA approval that helped Nebraska and Colorado sugar beet growers ...

Beets are commonly grown for their bulbous roots, but their tops can also be harvested for greens, and they are an excellent source of Vitamin A as well as calcium. Beet juice is sometimes used in ...

MOORHEAD, MINN. – American Crystal Sugar Co. on Feb. 6 notified association members and employees that it will close operations at Sidney Sugars Inc. due to inadequate interest from area farmers in ...

MOSES LAKE -- A $100 million sugar beet processing plant will not operate this year because of low sugar prices and high costs of natural gas, officials said yesterday. Pacific Northwest Sugar Co.