In today’s focus on clean eating and balanced nutrition, the type of sugar we consume is under growing scrutiny. Cane sugar vs beet sugar is a common comparison, as both are widely used sweeteners in ...

BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. -- After years of growing sugar beets in the rich soil of the Red River Valley, Mike Hasbargen figures he can handle the gamut of minor catastrophes that occur with every new crop: ...

Despite the world reminding us time after time how unhealthy it is to indulge in sweets, it is extremely hard to give up on ...

KIMBERLY — The search for a sugar beet that can produce high sugar while warding off disease has led a Kimberly researcher to Poland. Developing a sugar beet variety that can produce more than 20 ...

A new study has uncovered key genetic factors that influence both biomass and sugar content in sugar beet, a critical crop for global sugar production. By analyzing 269 diverse sugar beet accessions ...

CROOKSTON, Minn. — Fifty years after American Crystal Sugar was bought by farmers, a small group gathered in the Gold Link Senior Center in Crookston to learn not only the company’s history but the ...

The last factory in California that turns sugar beets into sugar is shutting down after 78 years, according to the company that owns the factory. The closure means the elimination of hundreds of local ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) - The cold weather is here to stay as the fall season is in full swing, and that also means it’s time for the sugar beet harvest. “Harvest is about half-done. We’re about 50 ...

Declo, Idaho, farmer Ryan Samples stands in a sugar beet field July 10. (Courtesy Samantha Parrott/Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association.) ABERDEEN, Idaho — Jordan Johns’ sugar beet crop looks ...