Tyson Funk finished planting sugar beets April 20, 10-to-14 days ahead of the long-term average for his area. “The guys ...

It starts with a sugar beet, on a farm like the one owned by Peter and Allyson Maxwell of Beaverton. The Maxwells plant and harvest sugar beets as grower-owners of the Michigan Sugar Company with ...

Planting began for Michigan Sugar Company on March 27, when Ben Chaffin of Chaffin Farms and Matt Brown of Brown Farms began planting in the Gratiot County area, and JAG Farms Inc. began planting ...

There are other types of beets, 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 ...