With our sugar consumption likely to rise with Halloween candy piling up, we look at the history of sugar and why California’s last sugar beet plant is leaving the state. The last sugar beat factory ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's sugar beet growers are under siege as U.S. food companies increasingly shun genetically modified (GMO) crops. In the past seven years, the farmers – many in Minnesota, ...

LONDON/PARIS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Europe's sugar beet growers are turning away from the crop in a move that could drive soaring prices even higher, as the EU's environmental rules clash with its bid ...

The annual sugar beet harvest is in full swing. Half of the sugar produced in the U.S. comes from beets, and about a quarter of the nation’s beets are grown in the West. A decade ago, Monsanto Company ...

A new study has uncovered key genetic factors that influence both biomass and sugar content in sugar beet, a critical crop for global sugar production. By analyzing 269 diverse sugar beet accessions ...

The plantin theeastern shore community will use sugar beets to produce the fuel substitute,Agritech Ethanol Corp.announced at a news conference Monday. The companysaid it will be ...

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Lining the shelves of the bakery aisle in your local grocery store are bags upon bags of sugar. Whether it’s brown sugar, granulated sugar, or powdered sugar, the sweet stuff is a vital part of baking ...

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 ...

British Sugar and NFU Sugar have been granted an emergency pesticide authorisation to help protect this year's sugar beet crops from virus ...

RENVILLE — Kids and adults alike took to Main Street in 70-degree temperatures to celebrate the second official day of Sugar Beet Days in Renville on Friday. Activities included prime rib and live ...