American Crystal Sugar Company announced in mid-January these changes to its management structure: 

Kevin Price has been promoted to vice president-government affairs. Price has served as director of government affairs since joining the company in 1996. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from North Dakota State University.

Teresa Warne is now vice presidentfinance. Warne joined American Crystal in 2008 as corporate controller after working in accounting at Caribou Coffee, and also in public accounting. She earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Montana State University and a master’s in business administration from Metropolitan State University.

Brian Ingulsrud has assumed the position of vice president-agriculture. Ingulsrud joined Crystal in 1990 and worked in a variety of positions in the company’s finance and agriculture areas. He had served as vice president-administration since 2004. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of North Dakota and a master’s in business administration from the University of Minnesota.

Tom Astrup is now vice president-operations. Astrup, who joined American Crystal in 1994, previously served as vice president-administration, vice president-agriculture and most recently as vice president-finance and chief financial officer. Astrup, who holds a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from the University of North Dakota, also will continue to oversee Crystal’s Sidney Sugars, Inc., subsidiary.

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Tom Peters has accepted the position of extension sugarbeet agronomist, with emphasis on weed control, for the University of Minnesota and North Dakota State University. He will be officed in the NDSU Plant Sciences Department.
Peters, who grew up on a Stearns County, Minn., dairy farm, received his bachelor’s degree in agronomy and soil science from the University of Minnesota. He then earned an M.S. degree in agronomy (specializing in weed science) from the University of Nebraska, followed by a Ph.D. in agronomy (specializing in weed control in sugarbeet) from NDSU. The latter was done under the supervision of Dr. Alan Dexter, longtime UM/NDSU sugarbeet weed specialist.

Peters recently retired from Monsanto after nearly 24 years with the company. Much of his tenure there was in biotechnology, where he contributed to the development of new traits products for weed and insect control, increased yield and improved grain quality composition in corn.

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The 2014 Michigan Bean & Beet Symposium takes place on February 18 at the Horizons Conference Center in Saginaw. The program for this event runs from about 9:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. with a break for lunch. The Bean & Beet Symposium, a free event, is a large agricultural trade show of about 100 vendors.

Approximately 10 university, bean company and sugar company presenters typically speak at the symposium on topics relating to the production and marketing of sugarbeets and beans.

Contact for the event is Karlie Van-Poppelen, MSU Extension, Saginaw. She can be reached at 989-758-2500 or vanpopp8@anr.msu.edu.

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