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 ...

Thanks to their disease-fighting nutrients and blood pressure benefits, table beets are surging in popularity and now have a ...

BLACKFOOT, Idaho — Doug Evans likes the looks of his beets and those that other farmers in his region produced. In the relatively high-altitude growing area, word was that sugar content “started off a ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) -For years, sugar beets were a lifeline for American farmers. More than half of domestically produced sugar comes from the white-fleshed root crops, and robust demand from the ...

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 ...

AMERICAN FALLS — As he wraps up a tumultuous growing season, complicated by coronavirus-related market disruptions, Jim Tiede knows he can count on at least one crop to sweeten his harvest outlook.

63 pounds: Amount of refined sugar average American consumed last year 82 pounds: Amount of sweetener average American consumed last year, mostly from soft drinks 8 miles: Average per-load, round-trip ...

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 ...

A century ago, Colorado’s economy depended on the sugar beet. The white root vegetable was the biggest engine of the state economy for much of the 20th century. At the peak of the sugar rush, as many ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A load of sugar beets was spilled on I-29 northbound on the north side of exit 64 in Fargo on Tuesday, September 16. At approximately 10:15 a.m., the North Dakota ...