MOORHEAD - Amid a poor sugar price climate and with a 22-month labor lockout ended, American Crystal Sugar Co. started its pre-pile sugar beet harvest Tuesday. Dan Gowan, American Crystal's director ...

Demand for sugar, a $3.1 billion industry for Minnesota, is down, and farmers see a direct connection with the MAHA movement.

Sugarbeet harvest went relatively quickly this year. The 2024 sugarbeet harvest was a mostly dry, fairly quick season, save for a few regions where heat slowed things down. Growers and others in the ...

GRAND FORKS – Laws exempting farmers from certain truck driving regulations have been on the books for decades, but while farmers and others believe them vital to a smooth harvest, others are ...

KANDIYOHI COUNTY, Minn. — Two semi-truck drivers were injured in separate crashes after their trucks, each filled with sugar beets, rolled in central Minnesota. Both drivers were sent to the hospital, ...

Sugar beet harvest at Harper Farms near Idahome, Idaho. The Northwest sugar beet harvest is finishing strong, thanks to a stretch of cooperative weather. “Favorable weather conditions with minimal ...

Americans are simply eating less sugar. Consumption started to decline in the 1990s as artificial sweeteners grew in ...

November 2025 - Sugar beet harvesting advances with automation, soil protection, and digital logistics for cleaner, more efficient and competitive production By Dr Klaus Ziegler, ...

RUPERT, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —Fall’s first freeze has signaled to farmers in the Magic Valley that it’s time to harvest sugar beets, marking the beginning of a critical month-long harvest season. Grant ...

LOVELL — Growers in the Western Sugar Cooperative Lovell Factory District are producing a bumper crop, and the factory is humming as the fall campaign begins, factory manager Shannon Ellis reported at ...