Members of Congress and the American Sugar Alliance have asked the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to investigate ...

63 pounds: Amount of refined sugar average American consumed last year 82 pounds: Amount of sweetener average American consumed last year, mostly from soft drinks 8 miles: Average per-load, round-trip ...

Idaho sugar beet farmers face financial strain as rising costs and outdated tariffs allow cheap foreign sugar to flood the market.

Thursday’s calendar includes a Loveland Historical Society talk on “Beets, Brazos, and Bayonets: Sugar in Labor in Colorado,” ...

The Northwest sugar beet harvest is finishing strong, thanks to a stretch of cooperative weather. “Favorable weather conditions with minimal precipitation have contributed to the successful harvest ...

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Sugar beets aren’t the flashiest crop around and they don’t get a lot of headlines, but they have been paying the bills in Idaho for more than 100 years. About 700 Idaho farmers annually grow roughly ...

Both Japan and China are significant producers of beet sugar. As in the United States, beet sugar production in these two Asian nations is complemented by cane sugar. Domestic demand for sweeteners is ...

It is sugar beet harvest season in Colorado and if the more scenic portions of the state are known for the Rocky Mountains, this portion of the state ought to be known for the mountains of corn silage ...

FARGO -- A Fargo-based energy company is moving forward with plans for the nation's first-ever beet ethanol plant - the first step in an ambitious plan to turn one of the Red River Valley's top crops ...

BRAWLEY, CALIF. — The Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (SMBSC) said it will be decommissioning of its Brawley, Calif., sugar beet facility that operates under its subsidiary, Spreckels Sugar ...