THE four main concerns with beet storage are respiration and ventilation, bruising and damage, frost and insulation and drainage and access, says British Sugars technical services manager Simon Fisher ...

If you are a sugarbeet grower, the growing season can be a long, hard road — from planting in the spring, to spraying in the summer, to the grueling grind of harvest in the fall. If you’re a harvested ...

This year’s sugar beet harvest campaign is now under way, and a shortage of HGV drivers is expected to limit crop collection times, which may force some beet growers to store crops on farm. However, ...

GEORGETOWN, N.D. - Despite a December warm-up and out-of-season high temperatures in mid-March, the region’s sugar beet piles remain in surprisingly good shape, officials say. Brian Ingulsrud, vice ...

The sheds are used to store sugar beets. The opening is about 25 by 100 feet. No one was inside at the time, and no one was hurt. Crews are stabilizing the roof and removing the ice. Plant officials ...

GEORGETOWN, N.D. -- Despite a December warm-up and out-of-season high temperatures in mid-March, the region's sugar beet piles remain in surprisingly good shape, officials say. Brian Ingulsrud, vice ...

In a bulletin posted to all beet Growers last week Greencore Sugar posted important advice to Growers on beet harvesting and storage. Following the consolidation of all beet processing last year at ...

OLIVIA - The Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative remains on track to meet environmental requirements and put behind it the issues that saw it pay more than $1.5 million in penalties and fees in ...

The rumble of sugar beet trucks is back as area farmers wind down an early pre-pile harvest to help bring sugar factories back online. Despite high moisture levels hurting the crop throughout some ...

FARGO - 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, ...