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Cooler temperatures help with sugar beet harvest

Cooler temperatures during the past week have allowed growers to make significant progress in harvesting their sugar beet crops. The Agriculture Department said in its latest crop, livestock and weather report that 62 percent of the sugar beet crop has been harvested and 83 percent of the corn crop had reached the mature stage while 31 percent had been harvested for grain.

October 18, 2011

Energy beets touted for fighting salty soil

Promoters of “energy beet” production in North Dakota say the crop will make money, but it also could be a help in the region’s problems with “salt” soils, and other problems.

By By Mikkel Pates, Forum Communications Co. , August 04, 2011

American Crystal to plant biotech beets again

American Crystal Sugar's board of directors has decided to have the cooperative's farmer members plant biotech sugar beet seed again this year, despite a federal court challenge by opponents of genetically modified beets.

March 31, 2011

USDA: Farmers can plant genetically modified beets

DES MOINES, Iowa — Genetically modified sugar beets designed to withstand the weedkiller Roundup can be planted under strict conditions with no threat to the environment and other plants, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday in a decision anxiously awaited by farmers.

By By Michael J. Crumb, The Associated Press , February 05, 2011

Minn-Dak beet payments to be up this year

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — The Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative estimates it will pay $180 million to its farmer members for the 2010 sugar beet crop.

December 17, 2010

Judge rules on beet planting

A California judge said this week that the latest round of “Roundup Ready” sugar beet seeds likely shouldn’t have been planted, the newest development in an ongoing legal battle over the use of biotech beet crops. Opponents of genetically engineered beets lauded the move, and said they’ll continue to press for the destruction of such seed crops that have been planted already. Red River Valley beet growers, meanwhile, said they’ll continue to fight for genetically modified crops, which they consider a boon to production.

By By Marino Eccher, Forum Communications Co. , October 01, 2010

Cooperstown has meeting on beets

The Green vision Group is working with Energy beets for ethanol production. The GVG is made up of four people in North Dakota and an advisory council of farmers and businessmen. Energy beets are sugar beets that will work to produce ethanol with good economics compared to today’s ethanol, according to Maynard Helgaas, GVG president. Energy beets have been shown to yield 38-40 ton at the Oakes Research Test site under irrigation. High yield of Energy beets will transpose into more sugar production which will produce more ethanol.

February 10, 2010

Wet fall hurts beet harvest

A wet fall has hurt the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative sugar beet harvest in the southern Red River Valley. Wahpeton-based Minn-Dak harvested 85 percent of its planted acres this year, up from 70 percent a year ago, when conditions were even wetter. But the co-op said the sugar content of this year’s beets dropped sharply.

December 10, 2009

Crystal beet payments to be down

American Crystal Sugar Co. says profits from this fall’s sugar beet harvest in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota will not be as sweet as last year’s.

December 05, 2009

Officials: Sugar beet crop hurt by this year’s weather

Officials: Sugar beet crop hurt by this year’s weather Thanks to miserable weather, profits from this fall’s sugar beet harvest won’t be nearly as sweet for American Crystal Sugar growers as last year. At its annual meeting Thursday at the Fargo Holiday Inn, the Moorhead-based cooperative reported net revenues for fiscal year 2009 totaling $1.20 billion for the crop planted in 2008.

By By Craig McEwen, Forum Communications Co. , December 04, 2009

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American Crystal halts sugar beet harvest

American Crystal Sugar Co. has halted its sugar beet harvest in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota due to the weather.

October 15, 2009

American Crystal halts sugar beet harvest

American Crystal Sugar Co. has halted its sugar beet harvest in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota due to the weather.

October 14, 2009

Rain slows beet harvest

Wet weather has slowed the sugar beet harvest in parts of North Dakota.

October 06, 2009

Truck rules suspended during beet season

Law enforcement officials in North Dakota and Minnesota are questioning the wisdom of relaxed driver’s license rules for truck drivers during the Red River Valley sugar beet harvest.

October 03, 2009

Truck rules suspended during beet season

Law enforcement officials in North Dakota and Minnesota are questioning the wisdom of relaxed driver's license rules for truck drivers during the Red River Valley sugar beet harvest.

October 02, 2009

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