SUGAR BEETS
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT 'Super-busy' harvest
Early October has brought beautiful weather (so far) to the Upper Midwest, and area farmers are taking advantage. The harvest of remaining crops -- mainly soybeans, corn, sugar beets, potatoes and sun...
Posted on 10/2/12 at 10:12 AM
North Dakota begins 'energy beet' process study 
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 idea will be feasible there.
By Mikkel Pates , April 02, 2013
Last beets out in late harvest
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.
By Stephen J. Lee , November 19, 2012
Crystal accepts frost-damaged beets for first time
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.
By Mikkel Pates , November 02, 2012
Talks fail Friday, Crystal says parties still ‘far apart’
A mediation session Friday involving American Crystal Sugar Co. executives and union workers ended without a deal to end a lockout more than 10 months old.
By Forum Communications , June 08, 2012
Roundup Ready sugar beets move closer to deregulation
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.
By Mikkel Pates , June 04, 2012
No injuries in fire at sugar beet plant in ND
Firefighters had the Tuesday evening blaze at the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative plant under control in about an hour. Authorities temporarily closed two Richland County highways.
By Associated Press , May 30, 2012
Crystal planting starts as 2011 slice finale comes
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.
By Mikkel Pates , April 25, 2012
Grafton ethanol plant owners to meet with sugar beet growers
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.
By Herald Staff Report , March 19, 2012
Investor meetings set for Grafton, N.D., ethanol plant reopening
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.
By Kevin Bonham , March 08, 2012
Grafton, N.D., ethanol plant could reopen by fall
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.
By Kevin Bonham , March 05, 2012
THAT REMINDS ME WITH MARILYN HAGERTY: Reader in 1912 asks, ‘Why not sugar beets?’
Of note 100 years ago was the statement of G.L. Holten, Grand Forks, that he believed growing sugar beets would be a solution for unemployment in the winter time.
Holten came from Wisconsin, where farmers were raising sugar beets, and he could see no good reason to prevent raising the crop in the Red River Valley.
By Marilyn Hagerty , February 27, 2012
In Congress, no one beats the sugar beet lobby
With farmers filling political coffers, supports and tariffs help growers reap profitsAcross this stretch of the Red River Valley, roughly 20 miles east of Grand Forks, sugar beets have become an almost-can’t-miss money maker because of federal price protections that go back decades.
By Jim Spencer, Mike Hughlett and Jeremy Herb , January 31, 2012
LIVING ON, OFF THE ROAD: New generation of hoboes, travelers fills need in fields
They are young foot-loose types, living on the road, maybe homeless, technically, traveling with friends by freight train or their thumbs, playing music for tips and finding odd jobs when they can.
By Stephen J. Lee , October 11, 2011
UPDATED: Patrol identifies driver airlifted after SUV crashes into sugar beet truck
Authorities have identified the driver who was airlifted to Fargo after his SUV collided head-on with a truck hauling sugar beets early this morning near Hunter.
By Mike Nowatzki , September 27, 2011
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