Last beets out in late harvest
November 19, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Dennis Dipple finally finished digging his sugar beets Monday, only one day earlier than his father’s latest beet harvest 53 years ago, he said. Continue Reading
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Growers Celebrate a Sweeter Sugar Beet Crop This Year
November 16, 2012 in WDAZ
Sugar beet growers along the Red River Valley are having a sweet harvest this year. The Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative and American Crystal Sugar report the sugar content in beets is up nearly 20 percent. Continue Reading
Crystal accepts frost-damaged beets for first time
November 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
With 89 percent of its planted acres safely harvested and piled, American Crystal Sugar Co. on Thursday implemented a new “frost quota,” allowing at least a small percentage of frost-damaged beets in the far north to be brought in. Continue Reading
Union official: No progress in Crystal talks
June 8, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A mediation session today involving American Crystal Sugar executives and locked-out union workers apparently ended without any progress toward a settlement of the lengthy dispute.
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Roundup Ready sugar beets move closer to deregulation
June 4, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A U.S. Department of Agriculture statement issued Friday marked another step that could fully deregulate Roundup Ready sugar beets, potentially allowing farmers to plant the genetically modified seeds without restriction. Continue Reading
Crystal planting starts as 2011 slice finale comes
April 25, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Sugar beet processing season is coming to a close in the Red River Valley, even as the planting season is revving up. Jeff Schweitzer, spokesman for American Crystal Sugar Co. in Moorhead, Minn., said most of the factories are down to processing beets in cold storage sheds. In some cases, the remaining beet storages are equipped with chilling mat covers, with large refrigeration units that can be employed if necessary. Continue Reading
Sugar producers accuse corn rivals of false advertising in landmark lawsuit
March 21, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
In a lawsuit that goes before a Los Angeles federal judge today, sugar producers accuse their corn industry rivals of false advertising in a campaign that casts the liquid sweetener as “nutritionally the same as table sugar” and claims “your body can’t tell the difference.” Continue Reading
Grafton ethanol plant owners to meet with sugar beet growers
March 19, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Energae LP, the group planning to reopen the former Alchem Ltd. ethanol plant in Grafton, N.D., will conduct a meeting at noon Friday for sugar beet growers. Continue Reading
Investor meetings set for Grafton, N.D., ethanol plant reopening
March 8, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Energae LP will conduct investor meetings in Grafton next week to raise money for the fall reopening of the community’s ethanol plant, which will process sugar beets, instead of corn. Continue Reading
Mothballed Grafton, N.D., ethanol plant could reopen by fall
March 5, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Plant, under new ownership, would turn sugar beets into fuel as early as fallEnergae LP, an energy investment group based in Clear Lake, Iowa, has signed a purchase agreement to buy the mothballed Grafton facility from Northeast Energy LLC, according to Jerry Krause, a general partner in Energae. The company expects to launch a search for North Dakota investors within the next couple of weeks, he said. Continue Reading
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