The British Sugar factory at Wissington, an eight-mile (13km) drive from Downham Market, is now dubbed "the largest and the ...

This story was first published Oct. 25, 2014, under the headline, “Sugar beets to sugar bag: Everything you never knew about what goes on inside Nampa’s Amalgamated plant, including why it smells.” ...

CROOKSTON, Minn. -- It's been six years since Allan Dragseth and neighbor Roger Odegaard decided to take the lead on getting the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum up and running. Since then, they have ...

ARLINGTON, Virginia — Across 11 states farmers grow and harvest approximately 1.1 million acres of sugarbeets annually, which are then processed into sugar at 21 factories owned by nine different ...

Roughly half of sugar grown in the United States comes from sugarbeets and the other half comes from sugarcane. Sugar, or sucrose, is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in fruits, vegetables and ...

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MID-MICHIGAN, Mich. (WJRT) - Michigan Sugar Co. expects a record year as the annual sugar beet harvest hits full speed. The grower-owned cooperative anticipates harvesting around 5.4 million tons of ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) -For years, sugar beets were a lifeline for American farmers. More than half of domestically produced sugar comes from the white-fleshed root crops, and robust demand from the ...

HUMBOLDT, Minn. — It normally takes the Olsonawski family 10 days to complete their annual sugar beet harvest. This year, it took less than 24 hours. The volunteer crew at the Olsonawski farm was able ...

Traverse City uses a cherry, Mackinaw Island uses a turtle, and Caro will be using a sugar beet for their ball drop on New ...