Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative announced on April 22 that it will close its plant in Brawley, California, which ...

The Brawley beet facility was built in 1947 and was purchased by the Holly Sugar Corp. in 1996. SMBSC bought Holly Sugar from ...

Sugarbeet planting is starting for some Michigan growers. Rick Gerstenberger says cool, wet conditions in the Thumb have kept ...

See how sugar goes from Michigan farms to your pantry in this behind-the-scenes look at the beet-to-bag journey.

such as sugar beets or forage beets, but these are not consumed by humans. Timeline: Beets grow best in the cooler temperatures of spring or fall. The plants can tolerate light frosts. For a ...

Step inside the world of industrial sugar production where millions of tons of sugar are created every year. From harvesting ...

The Spreckels Sugar plant, originally built in 1947, is being decommissioned by its parent company. Imperial County Chairman ...

In trees, the fibers are reinforced with lignin, among other things, to keep the plant upright and waterproof for years, whereas sugar beet is a tuber that grows extremely quickly in the soil and ...

French group Tereos, one of the world's largest sugar makers, estimated on Wednesday a 9% decline in Europe's sugar beet ...