Tag: sugarbeets

Sugar Companies to Launch GMO Education Campaign

Published August 3, 2017

Sugar Companies to Launch GMO Education Campaign By: Sean Ellis Capital Press Published on August 2, 2017 11:46AM Two of the nation’s sugar companies will launch a $4 million online campaign this fall aimed at educating consumers about GMO crops and changing their perceptions of the technology SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Genetically modified crops such … Read More

Analyst Sees Positive Signs for U.S. Sugar Market

Published July 11, 2017

Analyst Sees Positive Signs for U.S. Sugar Market By: John O’Connell Capital Press Published on July 5, 2017 10:19AM Republished with permission NAMPA, Idaho — U.S. sugar beet growers are poised for a profitable year despite expectations of a large global sugar crop, market analysts with Rabobank predict. A new report from the Rabobank Food … Read More

Boise’s Amalgamated Sets Sugar-Making Record, Credits Genetic Modification, Breeding

Published April 27, 2017

Boise’s Amalgamated Sets Sugar-Making Record, Credits Genetic Modification, Breeding By: Zach Kyle, Idaho Statesman April 25, 2017 Amalgamated Sugar Co, the company that buys all of the sugar beets grown in Idaho, has just finished processing the 2016 crop and says it will result in a record 2.34 billion pounds of sugar. The growers harvested … Read More

Amalgamated Sugar Factory Celebrates 75 Years

Published March 27, 2017

Amalgamated Sugar Factory Celebrates 75 Years By Sean Bunce, Idaho Press-Tribune March 25, 2017 NAMPA – You can see it from almost anywhere in Nampa – the tall, white factory standing out in the open skyline, steam pouring from pipes that sprout in all directions. Within a five-mile radius, you can probably smell it too, as freshly … Read More

Food For Thought: Chatham-Kent has 84 farmers who grow beets on 10,000 acres

Published December 16, 2016

Food For Thought: Chatham-Kent has 84 farmers who grow beets on 10,000 acres By Kim Cooper, Special to The Chatham Daily News Thursday, December 15, 2016 2:02:30 EST PM What do you get when you have 11 University of Guelph agriculture students, one old guy (me) in a van heading to Croswell, Mich. to tour … Read More

UNL studying whether char from sugarbeet plants will improve soil

Published December 2, 2016

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

Preserving the Sweet Life in Minnesota

Published October 21, 2016

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

Setting Down Roots

Published October 3, 2016

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