PARK RIVER, N.D. — Owen Melland’s lifter, harvester and truck moved in unison down a field near Park River on Oct. 4, initiating his 2023 sugarbeet stockpile harvest. Melland, a Walsh County North ...

The first sugar beets were harvested and shipped out of Logan County in 1902. One hundred twenty years later, the crop remains a staple for local ag producers as well as the namesake for one of the ...

In northern growing areas a cold, wet spring delayed planting, and then wind destroyed some of the acreage so farmers had to replant it. In western states, hail damaged acres shortly after they were ...

Beets are sweet, made sweeter by cooking. In fact, one variety, sugar beets, are so sweet they are a major sugar crop in Michigan and elsewhere. But those we eat, called garden beets by some and ...

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 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — An eastern Montana sugar beet refinery is shutting down production after nearly a century in business. The Billings Gazette reported the factory in Sidney will close in April due to ...

BAY CITY, Mich. (WNEM) – The early sugar beet harvest is underway, with trucks transporting them to Michigan Sugar through the height of harvest in October. But the delivery route into Bay City could ...

The history of the sugar beet has far more twists and turns than you might expect, from Napoleonic orders to anti-slavery movements. One of the newer uses for the sugar beet lies in using a mixture of ...