Colorado farmer Steve Kelly brushes aside a small mound of dry yellow dirt to reveal a sugar beet seed that’s no larger than a peppercorn. It seems… ...

It rises each fall in the midst of northern Colorado’s farmlands, a mini-mountain that from a distance looks like a pile of dirt. About 30,000 pounds of sugar beets tumble out of each truck that ...

After several years of strong prices, sugar farmers are taking their lumps, analysts say. World production of beet and cane sugar has sent sugar prices into in a slump, a trend that doesn’t bode ...

Felton sugar beet farmer honored for 50 years in the field On Wednesday, Oct. 5, traffic was heavy out in the country, with combines in the bean fields and lifters in the beet fields.

Hershey, with 2014 sales of $7.4 billion and more than 80 brands of candy sold around the world, was a huge customer for beet sugar farmers, and its decision was significant enough to be noted ...

Several seed makers, including Germany's KWS Saat KWSG.DE are working on that would be naturally resistant to virus yellows, but farmers say they may not be available until 2027.

The French sugar beet crop area is set to fall to a 14-year low this year despite high prices, ... Rialland said many farmers had purchased their sugar beet seeds before the EU ruling.

The large amount of sugar beet is transported to a factory in Suffolk. ... According to a 2024-25 contract between British Sugar and the National Farmers Union, external, ...

Choose high-quality sugar beet seeds from a reputable supplier. Plant seeds directly into the soil when the temperature reaches around 50F (10C).

Seed Selection and Planting. ... The farmers hope sugar beet will become the cash crop of Nyandarua since it has more potential to produce sugar than sugarcane.

The large amount of sugar beet is transported to a factory in Suffolk. Skip to content. ... Farmer sorry for huge sugar beet pile left at road. 18 January 2024. Share Save. Neve Gordon-Farleigh.