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 ...

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 ...

Sugarbeet seeds got into the ground this spring on schedule across U.S. growing regions as a warm, dry spring allowed farmers to rapidly plant the crop. The same weather conditions, though, combined ...

The U.S. sugar market has been overwhelmed by foreign subsidized sugar, pushing down the prices American farmers receive by a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beets are commonly grown for their bulbous roots, but their tops can also be harvested for greens, and they are an excellent source of Vitamin A as well as calcium. Beet juice is sometimes used in ...

From roasting to steaming, a North Shore News permaculture columnist writes the preparation of beets can significantly impact ...

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 ...