After several years of strong prices, sugar farmers are taking their lumps, analysts say. World production of beet and cane sugar has sent sugar prices into in a slump, a trend that doesn’t bode well ...

Sugarbeets are a relatively young crop compared to small grains. As the industry continues to innovate, an Extension expert says controlling for changing environmental challenges will be key.

Cold, wet weather has slowed the planting of sugar beets, a long-season crop that is expected to benefit from this year’s increased supply of irrigation water. Grower-owned Amalgamated Sugar, which ...

ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has authorized spring planting of Genuity® Roundup Ready® sugar beets. Last year Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and KWS SAAT AG petitioned USDA to ...

North Dakota agronomist says sugar beets benefit from early planting and that he hopes to be able to seed in April or early May In this Herald file photo, John Mosher, left, and Clifton Burroughs ...

Genetically modified sugar beets are harvested earlier this year south of Grand Forks, Minn. Nearly all sugar beet producers have converted to Roundup Ready beets, but a judge's decision to require an ...

Kirk Watt is preparing his field of sugar beets for harvest just east of Moorhead. He didn't plant the genetically modified Roundup Ready beets this year, but wishes he had. "We had nonRoundup here ...

BARNEY, N.D. - Russ Mauch is concerned because sugar beet growers don't know if they will be able to plant Roundup Ready beats this spring. Russ Mauch, a Barney, N.D. farmer, is president of the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal agriculture officials have released a plan to let farmers plant genetically modified sugar beets while a lawsuit over them is resolved, but farmers fear a partial ...

Consumers are increasingly scrutinizing sugar types, comparing cane and beet sugar due to health and ethical concerns. While ...