The Northwest sugar beet harvest is finishing strong, thanks to a stretch of cooperative weather. “Favorable weather conditions with minimal precipitation have contributed to the successful harvest ...
Sugar beet truck crashes in the Red River Valley this week raise questions about the rules pertaining to who can and can't drive the large trucks used in the beet harvest. One thing that may not be ...
David Berg knows a thing or two about the white, powdery, sweet stuff his company produces. As president of American Crystal Sugar Co., he knows when the sugar beet crops are good and when the harvest ...
"Harvest conditions have been just excellent," he says. "We're delivering 220,000 to 250,000 tons of beets a day, which is a near-record pace. Minn-Dak officials figure the yield will average 22.5 ...
As of today, American Crystal Sugar Co.'s growers had lifted and hauled 81 percent of their sugar beet crop, said Jeff Schweitzer, spokesman for the Moorhead-based grower-owned cooperative. In fact, ...
FARGO, N.D. -- Large trucks filled with sugar beets are rumbling along highways throughout the Red River Valley. It's harvest time. "For growers, it's the main event when they convert all their ...
RENVILLE, Minn. - The sugar beet harvest is under way. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative at Renville, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative based in Wahpeton, N.D., and American Crystal Sugar in ...