Which One is Healthier? Cane and beet sugar are nutritionally nearly identical. They are composed of sucrose, and the calorie count is approximately the same—4 calories per gram.

For me it was the sugar beet. I was 14 years old in the summer of 1963 when I heard a Draper farmer named Ron Crane was hiring kids to thin sugar beets. He was paying by the row, ...

By analyzing 269 diverse sugar beet accessions from across the globe, researchers used advanced techniques such as genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and RNA sequencing to identify important ...

Though the sugar beet industry isn’t the sole economic giant it once was, the ag industry and state’s economy is sweeter for it. Rachel Gabel writes about agriculture and rural issues.

Europe's sugar beet growers are turning away from the crop in a move that could drive soaring prices even higher, as the EU's environmental rules clash with its bid to stem food inflation and ...

More worryingly for British sugar beet growers, Sign ... SBR and RTD in parts of Germany in 2023 has helped breeders to start screening both early- and later-stage breeding germplasm to find ...

France's plans to allow sugar beet farmers to continue using a banned pesticide for another year have been halted by a European Union court decision excluding such exemptions.

As his sugar beet harvest continued, Zach Patterson of Paul, Idaho, liked much of what he saw — considering the challenges of the early season. “The beets that escaped the […] ...

Mix beet juice with vinegar and sugar to make a colorful pickling solution for quick pickles; Blend beet powder or beet juice into smoothies. Mix beet powder into sauces for extra flavor.

The Missouri Department of Transportation uses an 80/20 split of salt brine and beet sugar on its roads. Road salt remains the cheapest solution for keeping roads safe.