Tag: Western Sugar

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

Western Sugar Agronomist: No lab test can differentiate between GMO, non-GMO sugar

By Sandra Hansen Posted December 13th, 2015 by Star-Herald So, what about GMO sugar? Ask Michael Ann Relka, agronomist with Western Sugar Cooperative in Scottsbluff, and Rebecca Larson, agronomist in plant pathology at Western’s Denver, Colo., office, and you will get an earful. Keep in mind that Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) include plants that have been … Read More