With our sugar consumption likely to rise with Halloween candy piling up, we look at the history of sugar and why California’s last sugar beet plant is leaving the state. The last sugar beat factory ...

BLACKFOOT, Idaho — Doug Evans likes the looks of his beets and those that other farmers in his region produced. In the relatively high-altitude growing area, word was that sugar content “started off a ...

Sugar beets and onions are expected to be solid performers for Idaho growers in 2025. Demand continues to be strong for sugar, and the onion industry will be able to adjust for the most part if supply ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This column has been edited to correct the name of the Western Sugar Cooperative. Dear Johnnie: Can you please tell us where the loaded sugar beets are going in the morning and after ...

The European Union (EU) is expected to have a shortfall of 785,000 tonnes of sugar (white value) in the new season that starts in October as plants - many of which were converted back to oil from gas ...

AMERICAN FALLS — As he wraps up a tumultuous growing season, complicated by coronavirus-related market disruptions, Jim Tiede knows he can count on at least one crop to sweeten his harvest outlook.