Today’s cultivated sugarbeets are derived from wild species of Beta, and these plants possess a natural characteristic where two or more flowers occur as fused clusters to produce multigerm seedballs.

Sugar beets were big news last week−;under the heads of science, business and politics. Beets might long ago have supplied the U.S. with all the sugar it needs but for one stubborn fact−sugar-beet ...

You probably didn’t notice the change in your Hersey kisses this Christmas season: They were made without beet sugar. But it’s a change that could dramatically alter one of Minnesota’s big ...

Dave Wilkins/Capital Press Sugar beets are harvested Sept. 18 near Murtaugh, Idaho, for Grant-Hagan Farms. Idaho farmers are expected to produce 5.56 million tons of beets this year, a 54 percent ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D — From the farm to the factory, sugarbeet production has become more profitable and efficient during the nearly 40 years that have passed since Mark Anfinrud began working in the ...

American Crystal Sugar Co.'s board of directors decided late this afternoon to go with Roundup Ready beet seed this year, despite the threat posed by a federal court challenge mounted by opponents of ...

The Roundup Ready seeds could potentially contaminate the seed supply of organic table beets and chard, "so there wouldn't be any more organic beet and chard seed anywhere," Stearns said, and organic ...

MOORHEAD -- Red River Valley sugar beet growers are evaluating a federal judge's decision that could overturn the approval of the popular Roundup Ready sugar beets. The judge at Grants Pass, Ore., on ...

It is sugar beet harvest season in Colorado and if the more scenic portions of the state are known for the Rocky Mountains, this portion of the state ought to be known for the mountains of corn silage ...

PARIS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The French sugar beet crop area is set to fall to a 14-year low this year despite high prices, with farmers deterred by potential crop damage because of pesticide ...