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UNL studying whether char from sugarbeet plants will improve soil

UNL studying whether char from sugarbeet plants will improve soil By: Midwest Producer and University of Nebraska-Lincoln November 23, 2016 8:00 am, published with permission SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have begun a multi-year study into whether high-carbon char, a fine, powdery coal dust left over from the processing of sugarbeets, … Read More

Sweet Deal – Brett Petersen earns FFA American Star

Sweet Deal – Brett Petersen earns FFA American Star November 25, 2016 6:30 am By ANDREA JOHNSON Assistant Editor, MN Farm Guide Published with permission   MURDOCK, Minn. – A sugarbeet farmer from the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (KMS) School District has earned one of the top awards from the National FFA Organization – the American Star. Brett … Read More

Preserving the Sweet Life in Minnesota

Preserving the Sweet Life in Minnesota By: Sam Brodey, MINNPOST.com 10/20/16 CC/Flickr/Heather In the United States, Minnesota ranks first in tons of sugar beets produced, and second in overall tonnage of sugar produced, with 12.3 million tons in 2013. Rep. Collin Peterson’s office in the U.S. Capitol’s Rayburn Building is more homey rural western Minnesota … Read More

Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Necessity is the Mother of Invention By Stuart Reitz, The Argus Observer October 9, 2016 The sugar beet harvest campaign will be cranking up here shortly. In fact, you may be seeing trucks hauling loads of beets down from our neighbors to the north, around La Grande and the Columbia Basin. Sugar beets are undoubtedly … Read More

Setting Down Roots

Setting Down Roots The Jamestown Sun via Forum News Service Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 GRAND FORKS, N.D.—Though the Upper Midwest—and North Dakota especially—is now home to an abundance of agricultural products, few of the major crops grown commercially here actually originated in North American soil. Before European settlement, much of the region’s landscape was typical … Read More

Sugar Beets: A Classic Case of ‘Good News, Bad News’

Sugar Beets: A Classic Case of ‘Good News, Bad News’ By Dave Bonner, Powell Tribune (WY) Sept. 23, 2016 The headlines vary widely. On one hand, the 2016 sugar beet crop in the Lovell factory district of Western Sugar Cooperative is on track to post another strong showing. Officials look for a yield averaging 28.9 … Read More

Western Sugar Celebrates 100 Years of Sugar Manufacturing

Sweet Centennial: Western Sugar Celebrates 100 Years of Sugar Manufacturing By Matt Naber, Powell Tribune June 28, 2016 A crowd of about 800 of the Big Horn Basin’s sugar beet farmers, current and past employees of Western Sugar Cooperative and their families celebrated the Lovell factory’s 100th anniversary at Armory Park on Thursday. “This factory … Read More