CROOKSTON, Minn. — Fifty years after American Crystal Sugar was bought by farmers, a small group gathered in the Gold Link Senior Center in Crookston to learn not only the company’s history but the ...

With our sugar consumption likely to rise with Halloween candy piling up, we look at the history of sugar and why ...

Fall’s first freeze has signaled to farmers in the Magic Valley that it’s time to harvest sugar beets, marking the beginning of a critical month-long harvest season.

Sugar is an integral ingredient in the kitchen, from sweetening up chocolate chip cookies to enhancing the flavors of meat. But with all the different kinds of sugar available -- white, brown, coconut ...

The Glenmaggie Weir was built 100 years ago to supply water to sugar beet farmers, and now keeps local dairy farms going.

BARNEY, N.D. - Jay Stadinger of Dodge Center, Minn, takes a nine-day vacation from his real job to farm. Some might question whether it's actually a vacation. Jay; his brother Mike, Burt Weekes and ...

A farmer says he will stop growing sugar beet after 25 years due to declining profits, complex contracts and increasingly ...

CROOKSTON, Minn. — In celebration of the 50th anniversary of when farmers bought American Crystal Sugar, a special presentation on the sugar beet’s history will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, ...

Unlike a national report that blames weight loss drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy, for plunging sugar prices, Wyoming farmers ...

The first beet-to-ethanol pilot plant in the nation recently was announced for construction in California. Meanwhile, North Dakota researchers are moving forward on studies to determine if a similar ...