Attorneys told the president of American Crystal Sugar Co. that a federal judge in San Francisco on Friday made no decision but rather took under advisement the request to halt immediately the use of ...

Genetically modified sugar beets are harvested earlier this year south of Grand Forks, Minn. Nearly all sugar beet producers have converted to Roundup Ready beets, but a judge's decision to require an ...

Attorneys told the president of American Crystal Sugar Co. that a federal judge in San Francisco on Friday made no decision but rather took under advisement the request to halt immediately the use of ...

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 Tuesday ...

Advances in technology have drastically changed the way the sugar beet is planted, grown, harvested and the beet itself. Beets now don’t have to be thinned, a labor-intensive job done by hand years ...

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 ...

Field testing is underway for genetically engineered sugar beets resistant to the herbicide dicamba, which biotech critics fear could injure surrounding crops. KWS, the developer of dicamba-tolerant ...

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 ...

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 are planted on more than 1 million acres in 10 states, with Minnesota, North Dakota and Idaho being the top producers. The judge said the USDA failed to conduct the environmental review he ...

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MOORHEAD A legal challenge to Roundup Ready sugar beet seed could delay the planting of the biotech beets up to two years and could create a big mess for the region's seed and chemical industries in ...